Scored a Puff Back on Video
- Lightning
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So last night I pulled another coal stunt and forced a puff back and captured it on video. I forced it by puting a 15 pound blanket of pea and buckwheat size over 40 pounds of stove size then didn't prop the load door open. I waited to see a 20 degree rise in pipe temp then started rolling video. One minute later it ignited, pretty lucky lol. It's not real violent but did belch fire out the open ash door. I wouldn't wanna be peeking under the grates at that moment!
Also, I edited the video into different speeds, first view at normal speed, 2nd at half, 3rd at quarter, 4th at eighth speed, then the last view at full speed again. I did all that editing on my Galaxy 6 smart phone and uploaded from there. I showed it to my daughter and she says, "Oh. How dramatic. It exploded." The fine words of a 15 year old lol.
Enjoy
Also, I edited the video into different speeds, first view at normal speed, 2nd at half, 3rd at quarter, 4th at eighth speed, then the last view at full speed again. I did all that editing on my Galaxy 6 smart phone and uploaded from there. I showed it to my daughter and she says, "Oh. How dramatic. It exploded." The fine words of a 15 year old lol.
Enjoy
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I know you love those "blue ladies" but I'm thinkin that if you keep that ash door wide open when tending, ya can count on more Depending on the coal.
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Nice job. Glad it wasn't more "spectacular". At close range to it, enough explosive force can make tempered glass be like a shotgun blast.
Anyway, here's your sound track - Jumpin' Jack Flash, it's a gas, gas, gas !
Paul
Anyway, here's your sound track - Jumpin' Jack Flash, it's a gas, gas, gas !
Paul
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Yeah that's part of my tending routine. I leave the Ash door open until the blue ladies show up, let them dance a few minutes, then close it. It's all part of the recovery after adding a fresh load.freetown fred wrote: ↑Sun. Jan. 21, 2018 10:40 amI know you love those "blue ladies" but I'm thinkin that if you keep that ash door wide open when tending, ya can count on more Depending on the coal.
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Great song to go with it Paul, yer the man! I always leave the load door unlatched until recovery is done with. It's my hoping that if there is a violent detonation it will push the load door open instead of blowing the glass out. But yeah, I see the potential there lol.
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I captured my load door on my New Yorker blowing open once from a puff back! I can’t find it though lol
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I lost my hymen 4 or 5 yrs ago when I threw 20 lbs of pea on top of 30 lbs of raging 'nut. WOW! I think I lost a couple nose hairs!
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Lee, refresh me, your contraption doesn't have a hopper? AND, I'm just curious as to why you'd use 3 different size coals? Hell, I'd ignite also.
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Neat!
Good job catching it on video. And, it's a good video, not like one of those Bigfoot videos. This is one of those things you hear about but never see.
I guess I've been lucky. In all the years I have been burning coal in all kinds of contraptions, I have never had a puff.
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Good job catching it on video. And, it's a good video, not like one of those Bigfoot videos. This is one of those things you hear about but never see.
I guess I've been lucky. In all the years I have been burning coal in all kinds of contraptions, I have never had a puff.
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That's correct. There is no hopper. I throw a bucket of coal in it directly on top of the fire every day.freetown fred wrote: ↑Sun. Jan. 21, 2018 2:01 pmLee, refresh me, your contraption doesn't have a hopper? AND, I'm just curious as to why you'd use 3 different size coals? Hell, I'd ignite also.
My coal comes in bulk. I order stove size coal. The load inevitably has some smaller pieces in it. Occasionally I sort my coal with bread trays custom designed to keep bigger pieces on top and the smaller ones fall thru. I use the smaller sizes to "blanket" the fire with for lower and slower burns during warm weather. It works good. Com'on Fred Bro, try to keep up
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Same here.StokerDon wrote: ↑Sun. Jan. 21, 2018 2:10 pmNeat!
Good job catching it on video. And, it's a good video, not like one of those Bigfoot videos. This is one of those things you hear about but never see.
I guess I've been lucky. In all the years I have been burning coal in all kinds of contraptions, I have never had a puff.
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But it doesn't have to be a matter of luck. I was taught how to avoid it happening by older folks that grew up in the days of coal heat.
Seems to happen most often to those in a hurry to get the stove filled up with fresh coal.
Paul
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I wasn't surprised with your puff back after watching the video of you chucking that whole pail via your funnel/scoop set-up. I guess the lack (except on RARE occasions) of puff backs has me really liking my hopper set-up. But like Paul said, I'm thinkin if my hopper was near empty & I just poured on a 5 gal. pail, I'd get quite the puff back. Mine I'm sure would go through my bi-metallic flap & then some. As for the different sized coal--gottcha.
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Hahaha! Watch those eye brows!michaelanthony wrote: ↑Sun. Jan. 21, 2018 1:45 pmI lost my hymen 4 or 5 yrs ago when I threw 20 lbs of pea on top of 30 lbs of raging 'nut. WOW! I think I lost a couple nose hairs!
Yeah, it takes the right circumstances. Sometimes ya get the ingredients right on purpose, sometimes by accident