Stove Coal vs Nut Coal
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Hi!! me again!!!
I usually use nut coal but I am having an impossible time sourcing it this year near me. One store has stove coal but I am unfamiliar with the size and if it will work in my Godin Coal Stove. Any insight would be most appreciated.
I usually use nut coal but I am having an impossible time sourcing it this year near me. One store has stove coal but I am unfamiliar with the size and if it will work in my Godin Coal Stove. Any insight would be most appreciated.
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It will burn fine. Chunk sizes average about 50% larger than nut coal.
The pros.
Because of the larger air spaces between chunks, it will "breath" better and thus burn hotter than nut. So, you may have to close the dampers a bit more to maintain the same heat levels as you were getting with nut size.
Cons.
Being larger chunks, not as much will fit in the same space. Differance measured by weight is about 10% less fuel density in the stove with stove coal, verses nut coal. As such, you'll likely have to refuel a bit sooner than you had to with nut.
In stoves with a rather narrow magazine, the stove coal will tend to jam and not feed down into the firebed consistently.
Paul
The pros.
Because of the larger air spaces between chunks, it will "breath" better and thus burn hotter than nut. So, you may have to close the dampers a bit more to maintain the same heat levels as you were getting with nut size.
Cons.
Being larger chunks, not as much will fit in the same space. Differance measured by weight is about 10% less fuel density in the stove with stove coal, verses nut coal. As such, you'll likely have to refuel a bit sooner than you had to with nut.
In stoves with a rather narrow magazine, the stove coal will tend to jam and not feed down into the firebed consistently.
Paul
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Most round firepot stoves are sized by the diameter of the inside of the firepot. Depth also is a factor. If I remember, the Godins don't have large diameter firepots compared to many cylinder stoves, but they are deeper than average ????
Paul
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Try a bag or two and see how it goes.
I am no expert but I had been purchasing Santa Nut in the past and now I am using Penn Keystone packaged in Kimmel bags. There is a huge difference in size and consistency of coal with the Kimmel. So it is possible that one companies Nut is another companies stove.
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Nope--a nut is a nut C!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Most coal companies have "nut" sized coal,...
And then there's some companies have,...... "nuttin left out of the bag" sized coal.
Paul
And then there's some companies have,...... "nuttin left out of the bag" sized coal.
Paul
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Size is like ex-girlfriends, some say itz big some say itz small.
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Mine get slightly stuck occasionally. I just leave it for an hour and try again. I get really stuck once, twice a year. The remedy is varied. Last 2 times I got lucky. I shook the handle in super small strokes, but with extreme enthusiasm. First time it popped the problem up into fire box, I kept feeling it catch for a couple days. Second time it must have broken or been small enough to work through.