I think it may be time

Agreed, same procedure here, can always adjust the windowstats. I was a low on nut but a buddy of mine told me about 1/2 ton listed on CL not far from here.

A few weeks ago I was worried about running out of nut, but not now. Got barely 4 tons last Aug., but lit up late on Nov. 1. I should be able to go at least 3 more weeks minimum, if I need to. Many milder daytime temps this Winter, but lots of lows in the teens. One 3 inch snow in Dec. Very weird! Forecast is for 78 on Fri. Not looking forward to that right now. One match.

I just filled up on heating oil at $1.99. Local average right now is more like $1.80. It should be about $1.60/gal. delivered after the April contracts hit.

Holding out on the oil fill...
Just for DHW...
Full tank will get us about 10 months...

My stove is now cold. Always a bit sad but a little less to do. Currently 72 F, so that is a good thing. It sounds like we will hit a stretch of lows in the 30's, shortly. That wonderful ULS diesel crap sold as #2 fuel oil will be a burning. I burned 3.75 ton of nut in 5 months and a week. I have about 500 lbs. leftover.

Still burnin'...
Low and Slow...

Same here-----------------happily so. Nights are in the 30's low 40's.

Same situation as CapeCoaler...oil is $1.65 here, so why not?

Rich W. wrote: ↑

Wed. Apr. 08, 2020 7:03 pm

Same situation as CapeCoaler...oil is $1.65 here, so why not?

That is cheap, but will probably continue to drop for a few weeks. Fill the tank(s).

My EFM is not burning 30-40 lbs per day, still getting regular heat calls in the morning.

Mine will be going out in a couple of days, have one bag left from the last pallet I brought up to the house. Three pallets left for next year. Usually go thru about 4 ton a year but didn't get started as early as normal last fall. Had to go to NYC for a week in Nov. so didn't start as normal, then this winter was quite a bit milder then usual. So just 2 tons + 400 pounds from a partial pallet.
The mini-splits or oil boiler will have the duty from now on.

Our 50-93 idles on.

354 idles need it after sundown

Keystoker 90 just running low and slow, working from home so we need to keep the basement family room warm to keep free space for working and wife doing what she does. She is retired, me soon.

I fire up the Chappee hot water boiler about every other day now. If it’s a sunny day the propane boiler gets the nod. If it’s damp and/or overcast like today the coal is the go-to option. Tomorrow I’ll likely be burning coal again.
Last year I had firebrick on the grates to minimize the area. This year I just let the ash build up, a much easier and less cumbersome option. To build a new fire I dig out a hole in the ash, right down to the iron. An area about 12” x 4”, the bigger dimension is side to side. The full grate is 12”x24”. About half of the cleaned area is then covered with cardboard that covered with fresh coal about 8” deep. The cardboard blocks the draft through the fresh cold coal but burns away later on. On the exposed grate I build a fire starting with kindling ‘cubes’. They are chunks of wood cut to about the size of a child’s building blocks. In about five minutes coal is added, then more, then more.
Soon, about a half hour, I have a good hot coal fire going on about 20 sq in of grate. It gets one more shovel then I close the ash door, set the draft to the minimum and go about my day while the fire migrates into the fresh coal. The house warms to 75 or so and stays that way all day and into the evening. Bed time is nine to ten pm, still cozy downstairs and 60 or a little better upstairs. Perfect for sleeping.
Don

The Kaa-2 tells me when it's time to shut down.... One day I'll come home from work, and find the fire has gone out. That's it!!! Yes, I could add pins for a bigger idle fire, and keep it going, but why? She seems to know when the time is right... For that reason, I don't bother changing any settings... It's normally the first, or second week of May. I don't keep close watch.

Damn, our fuel oil prices are still over $3.00 according to the NYS government web page.
I run my pocono usually into may. I had the coal supply company fill up my bin, just in case there is a supply problem next year.

My 250 gallon oil tank has lasted since 2007 but I am watching the prices this year. The tank is now more than half empty, and one more fill up should last until keeping warm is no longer a concern.
I only run the oil furnace a few minutes to take the chill out when the temps get high enough that a sweater will do. Also ran it in prior years for a few minutes when the pocono was full tilt and not keep up with days of single digits.
Don