Will coal work for me
-
- New Member
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Sun. Dec. 17, 2017 9:10 pm
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: warm morning 400b and smaller warm morning unknown model
- Coal Size/Type: nut/stove
I am in the process of buying my first house and am very interested in heating with coal. I have purchased 2 used stoves both warm mornings one with about 40 lb capacity and the other is around 100 lbs. The only issue I'm concerned with is that I am regularly not home for 12 plus hours at a time. Is that to long to leave stove un-attended? How often does grate need to be shaken? How often will I have clinkers build up? Thanks for any help I can get
- freetown fred
- Member
- Posts: 30299
- Joined: Thu. Dec. 31, 2009 12:33 pm
- Location: Freetown,NY 13803
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: HITZER 50-93
- Coal Size/Type: BLASCHAK Nut
Depends how long that "plus" is--if your talkin 13-15 hrs, you should be fine in the dead of COLD season
- Lightning
- Site Moderator
- Posts: 14669
- Joined: Wed. Nov. 16, 2011 9:51 am
- Location: Olean, NY
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Modified AA 130
- Coal Size/Type: Pea Size - Anthracite
Oh yeah, not sure about the little one but pretty much anything that will hold a 100 pounds of coal will easily burn for 12 hours at a rather high firing rate. Closer to 24 hours at a moderate firing rate.
- Hambden Bob
- Member
- Posts: 8546
- Joined: Mon. Jan. 04, 2010 10:54 am
- Location: Hambden Twp. Geauga County,Ohio
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Harman 1998 Magnum Stoker
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Blower Model Coal Chubby 1982-Serial#0097
- Coal Size/Type: Rice-A-Roni ! / Nut
- Other Heating: Pro-Pain Forced Air
Christmas Greetings and Welcome To 'Da Coal Board !
Well Ford,what the Hell.... You already bought 'em,so now it's time to learn all about 'em.
search.php?keywords=Warm+Morning+Stove+&sf=firstpost
The above link is from Our search bar in the upper left corner. I took the Liberty of doing a little Homework for You. You've now got a few miles of reading ahead of You. You've come to the right place. Fill in the rest of Your Profile,as this is a Mystical,Weird Place ! Folks actually help each other out in amazing ways here. Don't worry,'Ol Freetown Fred won't come off of his Hill to Scalp 'Ya ! He can be downright charming at times...
Good Luck,and Good Learning !
Well Ford,what the Hell.... You already bought 'em,so now it's time to learn all about 'em.
search.php?keywords=Warm+Morning+Stove+&sf=firstpost
The above link is from Our search bar in the upper left corner. I took the Liberty of doing a little Homework for You. You've now got a few miles of reading ahead of You. You've come to the right place. Fill in the rest of Your Profile,as this is a Mystical,Weird Place ! Folks actually help each other out in amazing ways here. Don't worry,'Ol Freetown Fred won't come off of his Hill to Scalp 'Ya ! He can be downright charming at times...
Good Luck,and Good Learning !
-
- Member
- Posts: 3555
- Joined: Tue. Sep. 04, 2007 10:14 pm
- Location: Dalton, MA
- Stoker Coal Boiler: H.B. Smith 350 Mills boiler/EFM 85R stoker
- Coal Size/Type: Buckwheat/anthracite
I think the search bar on the upper left only searches this thread, and it's the one on the upper right that does wider searches, but I'll defer to forum poohbahs on that.Hambden Bob wrote: ↑Sun. Dec. 17, 2017 9:37 pmThe above link is from Our search bar in the upper left corner.
Mike
-
- Member
- Posts: 6446
- Joined: Mon. Apr. 16, 2007 9:34 pm
- Location: Central Maine
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: DS Machine 1300 with hopper
- Coal Size/Type: Blaschak Anthracite Nut
- Other Heating: Oil hot water radiators (fuel oil); propane
12 to 15 hours should be fine as long as you aren't pushing the stoves for maximum output. I notice your profile says "nut and stove" coal. I have used both. Both burned perfectly well for me. But because the chunks of stove coal are so much larger, they don't pack together quite as closely as nut. I found I could fit about 15% less weight of coal in the firebox when using stove coal, and it reduced burn time (naturally) by the same 15%. That doesn't sound like a lot, but 15% is almost 1 out of 6, so my "comfortable" shaking/reloading time dropped from 12 to 10 hours, which was significant as I too was away for 12 hours many days. The stove I was using at the time was barely adequate for the area heated. If your stoves have enough capacity it may not matter to you.
- freetown fred
- Member
- Posts: 30299
- Joined: Thu. Dec. 31, 2009 12:33 pm
- Location: Freetown,NY 13803
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: HITZER 50-93
- Coal Size/Type: BLASCHAK Nut
- Rob R.
- Site Moderator
- Posts: 18004
- Joined: Fri. Dec. 28, 2007 4:26 pm
- Location: Chazy, NY
- Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Chubby Jr
You can easily put the stoves on a 12-15 hr tending schedule, but you may or may not be able to keep the house the temperature you want. Either way, the stoves on will add some economical heat to the house.
- Hambden Bob
- Member
- Posts: 8546
- Joined: Mon. Jan. 04, 2010 10:54 am
- Location: Hambden Twp. Geauga County,Ohio
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Harman 1998 Magnum Stoker
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Blower Model Coal Chubby 1982-Serial#0097
- Coal Size/Type: Rice-A-Roni ! / Nut
- Other Heating: Pro-Pain Forced Air
What do you mean ? Like Hell it isn't Christmas Day ! Where's my World's Fair Spoon ?freetown fred wrote: ↑Mon. Dec. 18, 2017 10:06 amDamn it HB, I thought we been workin on that lefty--righty thing???????????
Thanx,Mike and Fred ! That's just what I deserve for typing tired and trying to help this poor guy out ! Now,Dammitt,I know today's Saturday and yes,the steering wheel of my car is on the passenger side........
-
- New Member
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Sun. Dec. 17, 2017 9:10 pm
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: warm morning 400b and smaller warm morning unknown model
- Coal Size/Type: nut/stove
All very good information. Thanks for the advice!! This may sound like a dumb question but does the grates only have to be shaken when it is re loading time or does it have to be shaken periodically during the day?
- coaledsweat
- Site Moderator
- Posts: 13766
- Joined: Fri. Oct. 27, 2006 2:05 pm
- Location: Guilford, Connecticut
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Axeman Anderson 260M
- Coal Size/Type: Pea
Basically you rev the fire up, shake it down and reload. The interval between servicing depends on demand and the appliance size. A big monster once a day, a medium unit twice a day and a small one may require it every 8 hours.
- Lightning
- Site Moderator
- Posts: 14669
- Joined: Wed. Nov. 16, 2011 9:51 am
- Location: Olean, NY
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Modified AA 130
- Coal Size/Type: Pea Size - Anthracite
The grates do not need to be shaken between loading times as long as ash is cleared properly at loading time.Ford farmer wrote: ↑Mon. Dec. 18, 2017 8:39 pmdoes the grates only have to be shaken when it is re loading time or does it have to be shaken periodically during the day?
The more coal your stove will hold, the longer duration between loading times it will give you.