How Much Coal Do You Burn Per Day?
- 2001Sierra
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Dead of winter 2.
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OK, I'll bite.
Why does it have to be 40 pound bags?
-Don
Why does it have to be 40 pound bags?
-Don
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OK, I'm not sure that's true. Why don't you just ask how many pounds per day people are using, I can answer that one. About 35 pounds per day.bcdex wrote:Because that's what most coal comes in when it's bagged. So far I've used one bag a day in my indoor boiler.
-Don
- bcdex
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Don, it's true. That's all they sell around here, 40# bags or bulk. Not fun carrying a ton of bagged coal to the basement by yourself a bag at a time. Gotta come up with some kind of slide where I can slide the bags down the basement stairs.
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BCDEX, welcome to the forum. It would help out greatly if you filled out your avatar. How many sq ft ya heating & with which boiler. I heated 1500 sq ft with boiler in basement and all DHW on 1.3 bags per day. & that is with a fire breathing belching Harman hand fed. & I don't think that is too bad.
Jim
Jim
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BC, finish fillin out your profile so we don't have to be guessin about your coal burner. I promise, nobody'll steal ya. Damn, Jim beat me to it!!!
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Yep, that would sure explain a lot!!! From my research, blows the doors off my Harman. You are going to love the absolute silence of a hand fed boiler. Wife & I are recovering from the flu so past couple of nights I took the couch with our big dog. It was so silent it was deafening when I heard a click, AS I listened I could barely hear the circulator going. & That was the most noise I noticed since November. Congrats & welcome.bcdex wrote:Jim, I heat 1300 sf house with a DS 1100.
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Both are very similar in design. However the DS doesn't require firebricks as the entire firepot is surrounded by water. That's a great innovation & most likely increases heat transfer. Your firepot is slightly larger & yours holds 2 gal more water. Not to mention that the Harman ash pan doesn't catch all the ash; as the shaker mechanism forces the pan 2 inches off to one side. All in all I think you have a real nice boiler there. Glad ya made the post, as not many about the DS boiler. However your post just confirmed my suspicions.
Jim
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A fire pot not insulated from water backed walls is the worst possible design.