How Much Coal Have You Burned So Far

 
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Post by freetown fred » Sat. Jan. 29, 2011 9:48 am

Yep,my youngest girl was born Sept.18,1990--she's just a woodpecker :lol: I'm about even w/ you IOF--been through 2+--will probably need more end of Feb,start of March--that's OK,I'll have a jump on next season--3 T minimum delivery--& that's what I used last year Hitzer 50-93--heating 2000 sq late 1700's farm house


 
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Post by spiker » Sat. Jan. 29, 2011 5:16 pm

spiker wrote:
spiker wrote:Roughly 2500 # since Nov 1; heating around 900 ft2 with various rooms closed off for winter; average temp 69-70 F.
During the recent cold snap, I burned 50#/day. My normal winter rate has been around 30 #/day. Even running the stove hard, my furnace had to help keep the house warm when it was so cold outside. I like my stove, but it is a little undersized given the poor insulation of our house - it was originally built as a cottage. We plan to renovate in a few years, so improved insulation should allow the stove to better fit our heating load.
With some colder temps due this week, I decided to experiment with some Stove size coal. I usually burn Nut, and tried Pea last March. I had some empty Kimmels bags, so went to Androess Hardware in Charlestown, RI and bagged 300# for myself. A bit more expensive than my regular supply, equivalent to 310 $/ton. Interested to compare the heat output from the Stove size coal.

 
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Post by New Hope Engineer » Sat. Jan. 29, 2011 5:27 pm

not sure here,but I know I am well past the 2 ton mark. :)

 
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Post by paulfun » Sat. Jan. 29, 2011 6:07 pm

I burnt about 2.5 ton so far

 
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Post by Rob R. » Sat. Jan. 29, 2011 11:06 pm

750 lbs in the last 7 days.

 
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Post by dandy » Mon. Jan. 31, 2011 4:30 pm

Since oct 29, I have burned approximately three tons of coal in my ka-6. The house is nice and toasty at 72 degrees. Would not want to heat with wood as I see my freinds going to load up every 3-4 hours. Best investment I ever made was this coal boiler,weather man says -15 to -20 degrees tonight!! So I'm just sitting back enjoying the heat inside the house!!!

 
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Post by sterling40man » Tue. Feb. 01, 2011 8:41 am

dandy wrote:Since oct 29, I have burned approximately three tons of coal in my ka-6. The house is nice and toasty at 72 degrees. Would not want to heat with wood as I see my freinds going to load up every 3-4 hours. Best investment I ever made was this coal boiler,weather man says -15 to -20 degrees tonight!! So I'm just sitting back enjoying the heat inside the house!!!
Sounds like you got it dialed in pretty good Dan! :D I'm at 3.75 tons since Oct 11. Not as cold this morning as they predicted. I had -8*.

Bob


 
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Post by g350h » Tue. Feb. 01, 2011 4:21 pm

used about 3 ton since oct. on the alaska, carpet feeder is adjusted to max with about 1 " of ash, and the rheostat is WFO. stove temps are about 450-525.it varies on how far I dig in the coal bin, got one good load that burns real nice.

 
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Post by MoBe » Tue. Feb. 01, 2011 6:53 pm

month of January 4592#

 
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Post by I'm On Fire » Tue. Feb. 01, 2011 8:08 pm

freetown fred wrote:Yep,my youngest girl was born Sept.18,1990--she's just a woodpecker :lol: I'm about even w/ you IOF--been through 2+--will probably need more end of Feb,start of March--that's OK,I'll have a jump on next season--3 T minimum delivery--& that's what I used last year Hitzer 50-93--heating 2000 sq late 1700's farm house
I went out yesterday and checked. I have enough of my third ton left to last me maybe another week or two. Gotta get more.

Only a few more hours and it'll be my l'il wiggly's birthday.

 
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Post by jumperjoe » Wed. Feb. 02, 2011 7:15 am

About 3000 lbs. Didn't start coal till 1st of December 2010.
1400 sq ft brick home. Set at 72 deg. :clap:

 
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Post by NWBuilder » Wed. Feb. 02, 2011 7:13 pm

I've burned about a ton and a half since mid November keeps the house at a balmy 63* consistently. Going to make some changes to hopefully improve the heat in the house overall.

 
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Post by I'm On Fire » Thu. Feb. 03, 2011 8:47 pm

Update. I've gone through 2.75 tons. Will be hopefully picking up some coal this weekend.

 
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Post by Stoked » Thu. Feb. 03, 2011 8:58 pm

Went through 3 ton since mid October

 
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Post by lincolnmania » Fri. Feb. 04, 2011 2:52 pm

between the efm and the alaska about 5.5 tons of rice so far this season


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