The Cold Weather Is Here!
- windyhill4.2
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- Location: Jonestown,Pa.17038
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1960 EFM520 installed in truck box
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Crane 404 with variable blower
- Coal Size/Type: 404-nut, 520 rice ,anthracite for both
The scary part of this drastic temp drop is that we are only supposed to go down to 12* till morning,we are already at 7* & when the big light in the sky went dark,the wind came out to play.... BIG time.
- hotblast1357
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- Joined: Mon. Mar. 10, 2014 10:06 pm
- Location: Peasleeville NY
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1984 Eshland S260 coal gun
- Coal Size/Type: Lehigh anthracite pea
- Other Heating: air source heat pump, oil furnace
-3 here, New Yorker is cranking out the btu's! Cozy 72 inside, 55 in the garage keeping the vehicles warm.
- freetown fred
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- Location: Freetown,NY 13803
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: HITZER 50-93
- Coal Size/Type: BLASCHAK Nut
Warmin up nicely this AM--4* & the old HITZER just keeps purrin along. House at 71*
- northernmainecoal
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- Joined: Wed. Jan. 22, 2014 8:33 am
- Location: Aroostook County, Maine
- Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Hitzer 30-95
- Baseburners & Antiques: Herald Baseheater #6
- Coal Size/Type: Rice/Nut/Stove
-18 here at the moment, no wind. going to warm up into the mid 20s tomorrow
- Rob R.
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- Joined: Fri. Dec. 28, 2007 4:26 pm
- Location: Chazy, NY
- Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Chubby Jr
-11 according to my Suburu, 0 on the porch. I think the radiant heat coming through the porch windows must be throwing the thermometer off...or possibly the guys that made it in China didn't calibrate it properly.
- CoalHeat
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- Joined: Sat. Feb. 10, 2007 9:48 pm
- Location: Stillwater, New Jersey
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1959 EFM 350
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harman Magnafire Mark I
- Baseburners & Antiques: Sears Signal Oak 15 & Andes Kitchen Range
- Coal Size/Type: Rice and Chestnut
- Other Heating: Fisher Fireplace Insert
Up to 5 here, no wind. The EFM had a long run warming the place up.
- SMITTY
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- Location: West-Central Mass
- Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520 Highboy
- Coal Size/Type: Rice / Blaschak anthracite
- Other Heating: Oil fired Burnham boiler
I got woke up by the wife - she noticed the CO reading 40 on the detector. I could smell it instantly. The long run times made the bed of coal shallow ... and when that happens I either have to restrict combustion air, or take weight off the baro. In this case I removed an old clinker from the baro (used as additional weight), which added .015" to the draft, which was enough to fix the issue.
- windyhill4.2
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- Joined: Fri. Nov. 22, 2013 2:17 pm
- Location: Jonestown,Pa.17038
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1960 EFM520 installed in truck box
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Crane 404 with variable blower
- Coal Size/Type: 404-nut, 520 rice ,anthracite for both
7* was as low as we saw it go,it is still windy here,altho not the strong wind like last nite.We are supposed to hit a high of 29* today with a low tonite of 9*,The EFM & Crane kept everything warm & provided hot showers this a/m.
- CoalHeat
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- Location: Stillwater, New Jersey
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1959 EFM 350
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harman Magnafire Mark I
- Baseburners & Antiques: Sears Signal Oak 15 & Andes Kitchen Range
- Coal Size/Type: Rice and Chestnut
- Other Heating: Fisher Fireplace Insert
Glad your wife noticed that Smitty! I know that combustion smell.
The issue in this house is I'm still using the forced hot air system in the main zone, via a heat exchanger and the oil furnace blower. When it gets this cold outside the 2nd floor gets cold. The system runs, gets it very warm, and within a few minutes it's chilly again. I still have that pile of radiators out in the barn waiting to be installed, separate zones for the 1st and 2nd floors.
The issue in this house is I'm still using the forced hot air system in the main zone, via a heat exchanger and the oil furnace blower. When it gets this cold outside the 2nd floor gets cold. The system runs, gets it very warm, and within a few minutes it's chilly again. I still have that pile of radiators out in the barn waiting to be installed, separate zones for the 1st and 2nd floors.
- CoalHeat
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- Location: Stillwater, New Jersey
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1959 EFM 350
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harman Magnafire Mark I
- Baseburners & Antiques: Sears Signal Oak 15 & Andes Kitchen Range
- Coal Size/Type: Rice and Chestnut
- Other Heating: Fisher Fireplace Insert
My Hungry Stove!!!
November 21, 2020: February 09, 2021: It's all gone!
November 21, 2020: February 09, 2021: It's all gone!
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- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Harman SF360
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: T.O.M (Warm Morning converted to baseburner by Steve) Round Oak 1917 Door model O-3, Warm Morning 400, Warm Morning 524, Warm Morning 414,Florence No.77, Warm Morning 523-b
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Clayton 7.1/DS Machine basement stove/ Harman SF1500
- Baseburners & Antiques: Renown Parlor stove 87B
- Coal Size/Type: Bituminous/anthracite
- Other Heating: Harman Accentra, enviro omega, Vermont Ironworks Elm stove, Quadrafire Mt Vernon, Logwood stove, Sotz barrel stove,
Yeh these single digits are really hittin the coal bin hard. I’m up to 100 lbs a day. My estimate to buy coal at the end of February has been moved up to next week.