65° and still burning coal

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Post by Vonda » Fri. Feb. 22, 2019 1:53 pm

Every where I read said, you can't burn coal if temp over 50°. Yesterday, temp in Atlanta reached 65°, my coal kept burning.
Atlanta is weird, it will be 33° in the morning and 60° in the evening. Because of this, I wasn't burning coal, but we had a cold snap where the high was in 30s, I eagerly lit my stove up. For 1.5 days, I burnt coal. Then it happened, cold in the morning, warm in the evening. I decided to see how long before fire died. It went for another 24 hours with me tending it. It died this morning because I didn't shake it down.

The problems of an Atlanta cold burner.😥😌

 
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Post by lincolnmania » Fri. Feb. 22, 2019 2:39 pm

you found anthracite coal in atlanta?

a lot of people who have coal stoker boilers run them 365 days a year.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Fri. Feb. 22, 2019 4:13 pm

I've kept my kitchen range running on coal to cook on when it was up into the 80's outside in late Spring. Our nights get chilly and it's not worth letting it go out just to have to restart it the next morning to drive off the chill. Only problem with it running like that is by dinner time the kitchen got a bit warm until sunset. Good excuse to go eat dinner on the screened porch. ;)

Anyone tells you a coal stove won't burn coal when it gets over 50F, just laugh and tell them they're wood burners who don't know how to run a coal stove properly. :D

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Post by keegs » Fri. Feb. 22, 2019 5:15 pm

The Chubby does pretty good burning wood too. I can keep a wood fire going longer (much longer) in the Chubby than in the VC Resolute. My sense is the Chubby is just a much tighter stove. During the season change I keep an eye on the forecast and switch fuels accordingly.

 
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Post by k-2 » Sat. Feb. 23, 2019 1:25 pm

Anything over 60 and my stoker struggles with the weak draft. Have to have my timer cycle often. Good thing i dont need it for hot water in summer.

 
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Post by Qtown1835 » Sun. Feb. 24, 2019 5:16 pm

k-2 wrote:
Sat. Feb. 23, 2019 1:25 pm
Anything over 60 and my stoker struggles with the weak draft. Have to have my timer cycle often. Good thing i dont need it for hot water in summer.
Same here. Usually if the daytime temps hit 60 my house will stay warm enough overnight that I don't need heat anymore. Problem is I need consecutive 60* days. Lol


 
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Post by Vonda » Sun. Feb. 24, 2019 11:27 pm

lincolnmania wrote:
Fri. Feb. 22, 2019 2:39 pm
you found anthracite coal in atlanta?

a lot of people who have coal stoker boilers run them 365 days a year.
I can only get TSC coal. But I am thankful for it

 
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Post by Vonda » Sun. Feb. 24, 2019 11:30 pm

keegs wrote:
Fri. Feb. 22, 2019 5:15 pm
The Chubby does pretty good burning wood too. I can keep a wood fire going longer (much longer) in the Chubby than in the VC Resolute. My sense is the Chubby is just a much tighter stove. During the season change I keep an eye on the forecast and switch fuels accordingly.
I am going to have to experiment with wood. The problem is the pre cut wood is longer that the chubby coal pot.

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