Hey everyone.new guy from WNY. Running a keystoker90DV with a steady diet of Lehigh Rice from Higbi’s in Spencerport NY.
Ive been running my stove manually w/o a t-stat for 3 years as a primary heat source for a 2300sq home.
Stove is in an open basement, dead center of building, top vent tied into my old oil ductwork and using the stairwell as a cold air return.
I can usually maintain 72 with simple feeder screw adjustments and combustion blower restrictor plate tweaking. Sometimes I wake up to a 65deg house if I’m not right on top of my adjustments, other times me and my sons walk around in our underwear in a 78deg house.
When I acquired my stove (ask about how I got a k90 for FREE) the timer and t-stat feature was bypassed and missing. I had such overwhelming success (read: too much heat for the garage) in the garage I moved it downstairs in the basement, tore out the stinky oil furnace and haven’t looked back.
My reason for joining is that I’d like to put automated controls on it. Being 2019 and all, id like to put a digital PLC or something comparable on.
Figured you coal pros could point me I. The right direction.
Roast the FNG
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- Joined: Tue. Jan. 29, 2019 8:14 pm
- Location: Genesee County NY
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Keystone 90 DV
- Coal Size/Type: RiceRiceBaby
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- Joined: Wed. May. 20, 2009 8:09 am
- Location: Wynantskill NY, 10 miles from Albany
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Keystoker 90 Chimney vent
- Coal Size/Type: Rice
- Other Heating: Buderus Oil Boiler 3115-34
Coal-trol does it all
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- New Member
- Posts: 5
- Joined: Tue. Jan. 29, 2019 8:14 pm
- Location: Genesee County NY
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Keystone 90 DV
- Coal Size/Type: RiceRiceBaby
Thank you. I will look into them. Any other brands to check out or avoid?
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- Location: niagara falls new york
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: keystoker 90 dv
the coal troll on mine does run great , I have seen post with guys installing a digital tremostat and working out good , I cant recall what model though , if you did a search im sure you could find it