Have Any of You Northern Participants Been Burning Yet?

 
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Post by Rob R. » Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 6:22 am

coalnewbie wrote:
Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 4:19 am
Yep, SA screwing us up again. Somehow I remember that story from a while ago. I was getting lazy in the shoulder season and let loose a little oil heat ... No more. I am done with that one and it's all coal from here on out.
It doesn't hurt to put a tank worth through the oil monster and make sure things still work well, but you are right - it is time to switch over. My dad just got a delivery, $2.20/gallon for No. 2.


 
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Post by pyro29 » Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 7:37 am

I lit up the Chubby in the basement last night and will get the G8 going Thursday morning...its almost winter.

 
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Post by D-frost » Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 7:48 am

Morning,
What's that old saying? "if you got'em, lightem" Well, our friends from the North are sending us some cold air, so it's time to put the Herald to work. Yahooooo!!!!
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Post by k-2 » Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 7:52 am

coalnewbie wrote:
Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 4:19 am
Yep, SA screwing us up again. Somehow I remember that story from a while ago. I was getting lazy in the shoulder season and let loose a little oil heat ... No more. I am done with that one and it's all coal from here on out.
Got a few hundred gallons of oil on backup but i cant bring myself to burn it. I buy it when it gets cheap. Guess it will have to wait for me to go on vacation ,when im not around to take care of the stoker to get used.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 8:25 am

A couple yrs back, I was in a fck all physical situation--some brothers here on the FORUM got together & topped off my 275 gall. tank (Kero mix) --something I'll never forget-- Any-who--still got 2/3 tank left & as Rob stated--I run the oil beast on occasion during the cuff months just so she'll remember why she's here. I've been burning the old HITZER since early Sept. having learned through hit & miss plus much info acquired here on the FORUM how to idle her down even in the 80* days--yep--sometimes window stats. I didn't realize there would be any prizes for who can go longest before lighting up. At 72 I just love the tears out of 70-72* in this 250 yr. old farmhouse.

 
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Post by Rob R. » Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 8:44 am

Supposed to be in the teens Friday night, and only 28 during the day. Hopefully that finishes off the bugs.

 
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Post by hotblast1357 » Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 10:37 am

Rob R. wrote:
Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 8:44 am
Supposed to be in the teens Friday night, and only 28 during the day. Hopefully that finishes off the bugs.
I hear you with the bugs rob! Forecast for 17 tonight, 8 Friday night! I’m excited to see what the new boiler is going to do!


 
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Post by Rob R. » Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 11:24 am

I think it will be uneventful as you watch the 260 loaf along. Would take 3 of your houses to really make it work.

The first 260 I ever saw was heating a 10,000 sq ft apartment building.

 
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Post by k-2 » Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 11:33 am

Rob R. wrote:
Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 11:24 am
I think it will be uneventful as you watch the 260 loaf along. Would take 3 of your houses to really make it work.

The first 260 I ever saw was heating a 10,000 sq ft apartment building.
Thats interesting! Whats the BTU rating of that bad boy? 260,000?

 
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Post by coalnewbie » Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 12:02 pm

FF . At 72 I just love the tears out of
Enjoy youth while you are able.

 
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Post by Rob R. » Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 12:04 pm

260,000 is the Gross input figure. Not sure what they claim for a net output.

Regardless, they are heat monsters. Especially with good coal.

 
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Post by k-2 » Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 12:39 pm

Fired up the K2 at 7AM this morning 34 deg. outside 69 inside. Just in time. now it snowing !!!!!! First snow of the 2017 season !

 
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Post by hotblast1357 » Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 12:43 pm

Rob R. wrote:
Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 12:04 pm
260,000 is the Gross input figure. Not sure what they claim for a net output.

Regardless, they are heat monsters. Especially with good coal.
I think someone on here said something about 209,000? It’s in the eshland thread.

Pacowy says there 209,000 output.

When we use dhw, and the upstairs and downstairs is calling for heat, it deff puts a good load on it, but yes I have a lot of reserve! Which will be good for when I build the shop!

 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 12:55 pm

k-2 wrote:
Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 12:39 pm
Fired up the K2 at 7AM this morning 34 deg. outside 69 inside. Just in time. now it snowing !!!!!! First snow of the 2017 season !
Had several rounds of lite sleet/rain mix here this am.Looks like we go from a mild fall directly into cold winter & it is still fall .

 
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Post by lsayre » Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 2:15 pm

hotblast1357 wrote:
Tue. Nov. 07, 2017 12:43 pm
I think someone on here said something about 209,000? It’s in the eshland thread.

Pacowy says there 209,000 output.
Allowing for a bit more than 80% peak operating efficiency, 209,000 BTUH must be very close to the real output for the AA and AHS 260 boilers. It would heat 4-1/2 homes the size of mine.


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