I think it may be time

freetown fred wrote: ↑

Sat. Apr. 25, 2020 8:56 pm

Nights remain in the 30's low 40's here on the hill. Emptied last bin today--hopefully within the next 10 days temps will level out. But still burnin till buckets are done.

You're about an hour south of me and my temps are no better. I guess that southerly heat is taking its time heading north.

freetown fred wrote: ↑

Sat. Apr. 25, 2020 8:56 pm

Nights remain in the 30's low 40's here on the hill. Emptied last bin today--hopefully within the next 10 days temps will level out. But still burnin till buckets are done.

Same here...
Mid may to early June is the usual for us...
Day time is ok but rainy days and cold nights...
Its running low and slow but everybody stays near the 503...
LOL...

I had 41 bags and I burned 38 between January 20–March 20 in my Hitzer 354 and it was my first year burning.

That’s 61 days and 1520 lbs., or 24.91 lbs. per day. A jag over half a bag a day ... that’s $2.50-$3.00 a day. I don’t know how good that is compared to the rest of you, but it seems great compared (at the time before Coronavirus) to $2.67-$2.97 per gallon of fuel oil at nearly $280-$325 month.

Mine went out on me on March 20 and temps got warm enough for a while that it didn’t warrant restarting. Been touch and go here.

My problem with my wood stove and this 354 is they are so big for the 1300sq.ft. ranch house. With the 10ft tall inside chimney I don’t have enough chimney height to run it much lower than about 275on the doors. It seems to like 300-330 for the temps we like. I’m sure being new to coal burning I will get better at burning it a little lower on a consistent basis. I had it as low as 240 once, but that wasn’t a consistent day to day basis.

I really think the 254 radiant would still be bigger than I need. This 354 is overkill it seems. I never had to run it above 345-350 over the doors even below 15*F.

That makes me think a hopper fed 30-95 might work really well in shoulder months low and slow so I don’t have to resort to the furnace or electric like I’ve had to since March 20. Maybe the 254 radiant would get close to low enough and still have plenty of thump in the cold stuff. Maybe I should just keep my cheap 354 and open more windows. I just hate wasting the heat.

Going to call the electric provider to have an energy audit performed and go from there though before I change stoves. In another thread someone mentioned a “Manual J” something or another done. Maybe someone can help me out with defining exactly what that is.

I welcome any comments from the peanut gallery.

14.41 pounds per day since November 1 in the New Royal globe. Still burning for another week or so. The D.S. will be running till almost June. 22.7 # per day from 10-1.

I need an antique...LOL!!!

Or a better chimney...
503 purring along on pea coal...
Just a peak a boo of red glow down below...
House 71-72 in all this rain and noreaster...

That's nice.

Seems like when things warm up in spring or cool down in fall there's this transition period for me where it seems like outside temps and inside temps equalize some and I come into the house and burn up. Makes me to where I can't sleep and that's not good. So, that's why the furnace thermos is set for 65-67 to kick on. Anything colder in the house I want the a/c on and unless it's really cold out I don't want much heat. Been that way all my life for some reason.

Bill, Both my chimneys are a couple feet shorter than yours, but are the SS kind.

81* outside & the Hitzer is idling along at 200*. Doors are open! Low 50's by Tuesday so I'll keep it going.

THey're talkin night temps in the 30's through May 14 J. Today was beautiful-- temp around 70*--interesting spring indeed!!

29F here this morning. Going to be down in the low 30 upper 20 at night all week. And only going to get up into the 40's during the day times. Too cold for just the Kitchen range to keep the whole house comfortable, so.... firing the base heater again up as I type this.

Paul

I usually have the hand fed shut down by this point in the year. The forecast says lows in the upper 20's for several nights this week, then a gradual uptick. I anticipate running the Axe till mid May at least.

The house will now maintain 68* on its own...
Coal stove sadly shut down...
Even though it says 68* on the thermo it feels colder...
The radiant heat is missed...
Will lay in a larger batch of pea coal for the coming year...
Oil was so cheap on the last refill so using that if the temp drops below 68*...
Outdoor temps should stay above 40* due to the maritime influence here...
Gas for the car was only $1.34/gallon last refill...

I left the Comfortmax go out over the weekend due to sunday being almost 80 degrees! Now I see later this week the lows are going to be in the 30s. Looks like I will be burning some wood again.

capecoaler how much pea were u burning and how low stove temps were u able to hold and keep fire