Stove cleanliness / health

 
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freetown fred
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Post by freetown fred » Tue. Apr. 17, 2018 6:33 am

K, are you running as hard as you were 3 wks ago? Not doubtimg your situation, just curious. :)

 
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Keepaeyeonit
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Post by Keepaeyeonit » Tue. Apr. 17, 2018 7:05 am

Pretty much the same Fred nothing really different but I'm still baffled by this gray film low on everything even on every pair of my wife's reading glasses, but it has since stopped since I stopped using that humidifier, I just don't get it.
I was thinking the stove was leaking and during a reload the oiled coal smokes pretty bad but I'm real sure it wasn't. I'm getting ready to shut down in a week or so for the season so I will revisit this in the fall.


 
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Post by freetown fred » Tue. Apr. 17, 2018 7:20 am

Be interesting to hear what ya figure/ confirm.

 
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Post by kcarr » Thu. Apr. 19, 2018 8:18 am

TCALO, Barry... it is the humidifiers causing the gray film on everything not the coal heat... film comes from the water. Shut down your coal unit(s) and if humidifiers are still running, you'll still have gray film and it gets all over everything. I had the same problem years ago. Handling ash tray will create a little dust but the gray film is 10X worse from the humidifiers. So no more humidifiers here. Ken

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