I just got back from Upstate Rural New York, and a great Thanksgiving with lots of family I don't see very often. I walked in here after 3 hours on the road, and built a wood fire in my stove, with fallen sticks, and started putting in anthracite coal. I couldn't wait to totally complete my setup, baro never arrived from an Ebay win, so I have temporarily run the stack without one.
I have an anthracite fire going in my stove!!!!!! I was worried about getting it started, it started fine, although I might have let the fire burn down a little longer; the coal caught but there were still some 3" sticks burning in there. They kind of went to charcoal and are slowly being consumed as I write. Stack thermometer is slowly reading in the burn zone, it's around 300* now. I'm keeping an eye on it and learning!
I was afraid I would roast myself out of the building, but I think I can run and regulate the fire enough to get it where I want it! Just before December!
Absolute thanks to all the guys who have been so helpful!
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Hey!!! Nice looking stove. Does that have a combustion blower? What are those vents on the side? Post some more pictures if you have them. Scott
There's an opening on the back for a fan. I'm sure there's a squirrel cage fasco fan that will directly fit the opening. It's really a 17" barrel in a 24" x 24" box. I don't know what cfm I should get. I want a quiet fan. Expanded steel mesh is open to the inside. There's a long narrow opening at the back bottom too 10" x 2".
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Hi Freddy,
Your apsolutely right! I'm just now rounding the corner from learning how to run the coal boiler to, boy!this is pretty easy!
I bought the 1TDN5 blower from Grainger for my SF160. Works pretty well, although I only use it manually now to just liven up the fire for reload as I have learned how to run the stove as Mr. Harman intended, and it doesn't need the blower in normal operation.
What a great help all you guys have been on this forum, so much great information here
JB
Your apsolutely right! I'm just now rounding the corner from learning how to run the coal boiler to, boy!this is pretty easy!
I bought the 1TDN5 blower from Grainger for my SF160. Works pretty well, although I only use it manually now to just liven up the fire for reload as I have learned how to run the stove as Mr. Harman intended, and it doesn't need the blower in normal operation.
What a great help all you guys have been on this forum, so much great information here
JB
Freddy that's the style. My opening in the back of the stove is 3" square and there are tapped 10-32 mounting flange holes in a 4" x 1-1/2" distance. I'm wondering what kind of CFM is good. My friends' Gold Marc insert has a similar fan (which I kindly restored for them) that has a nice variable speed switch on it.
Last year I had a round bathroom fan mounted on an empty paint can reduced to 3" flexible duct to push air through the unit, it sat on the floor, very Rube Goldberg.
Last year I had a round bathroom fan mounted on an empty paint can reduced to 3" flexible duct to push air through the unit, it sat on the floor, very Rube Goldberg.