Stove Coal vs Nut Coal

 
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Post by debel » Fri. Dec. 02, 2022 11:52 am

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.


 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Fri. Dec. 02, 2022 12:07 pm

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.

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Post by Rob R. » Fri. Dec. 02, 2022 12:41 pm

How big is the fire pot in your Godin?

 
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Post by debel » Fri. Dec. 02, 2022 1:00 pm

Rob R. wrote:
Fri. Dec. 02, 2022 12:41 pm
How big is the fire pot in your Godin?
I don't know what that means. It is a large Godin ( cylindrical in shape)

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Fri. Dec. 02, 2022 1:05 pm

debel wrote:
Fri. Dec. 02, 2022 1:00 pm
I don't know what that means. It is a large Godin ( cylindrical in shape)
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 ????

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Post by Rob R. » Fri. Dec. 02, 2022 1:05 pm

The area that the coal burns in…what is the approximate diameter?

 
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Post by ASea » Fri. Dec. 02, 2022 2:14 pm

Try a bag or two and see how it goes.


 
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Post by ColdHouse » Fri. Dec. 02, 2022 4:50 pm

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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Post by freetown fred » Fri. Dec. 02, 2022 8:32 pm

Nope--a nut is a nut C!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Fri. Dec. 02, 2022 8:45 pm

Most coal companies have "nut" sized coal,...

And then there's some companies have,...... "nuttin left out of the bag" sized coal. :lol:

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Post by mntbugy » Fri. Dec. 02, 2022 8:50 pm

Size is like ex-girlfriends, some say itz big some say itz small.

 
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Post by Cap » Sat. Dec. 03, 2022 6:26 pm

Buy the stove and break it into nut and pea....

 
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Post by tcalo » Sat. Dec. 03, 2022 6:29 pm

This thread is getting nuts!!

 
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Post by ColdHouse » Sun. Dec. 04, 2022 9:35 am

I notice my shaker grates never get stuck with consistently larger size pieces of coal.

 
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Post by waytomany?s » Sun. Dec. 04, 2022 10:25 am

ColdHouse wrote:
Sun. Dec. 04, 2022 9:35 am
I notice my shaker grates never get stuck with consistently larger size pieces of coal.
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.


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