Alaska Channing III
- mfgallagher
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Guy's I have my new stove up and running everything seems to be going great, only concern would be should the fire be further out on the grate. I am running a Coal-Trol and so far room temp is being maintained.
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is the coal trol feeding at 99% in those pictures?
- mfgallagher
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I have made no adjustments to the Coal-Trol. But the room was at 55 when i fired up the stove. This was shortly after reaching the desired temp. Room maintained temp all day.
- CoalKracker
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The back of your fire is where it should be. The front of your fire will vary depending on your feed rate.
- WNY
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if the thermostat is satisfied, it will reduce feed rate down and should only burn towards the back as it looks like it is doing. Just a small line of burning coal. that would be your MIN setting on coaltrol. Feed rate is very low.
The MAX is running full out with FR=99 (Feed rate) and should not be pushing hot coals off the grate. if it is, the max needs to come down a point or two.
The standard/factory settings in the coaltrol for your stove should be a good starting point, normally don't need much adjustment.
The MAX is running full out with FR=99 (Feed rate) and should not be pushing hot coals off the grate. if it is, the max needs to come down a point or two.
The standard/factory settings in the coaltrol for your stove should be a good starting point, normally don't need much adjustment.
- mfgallagher
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- Coal Size/Type: Rice
Thanks, I have been reading too many posts, and was concerned about a hopper fire not having any experiance of where the coal should be burning. Stove and Coal trol have been running great.
- Spacecadet
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From what I was told. Hopper fires occurred in the original Alaska stoves because the air from the feeder grate would bypass the grate because the holes got plugged up. I believe the first ones didn’t have the strong back gasket.mfgallagher wrote: ↑Mon. Dec. 14, 2020 9:22 pmThanks, I have been reading too many posts, and was concerned about a hopper fire not having any experiance of where the coal should be burning. Stove and Coal trol have been running great.
- mfgallagher
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Thanks for the info. The Alaska is running great 40lb bag a day. Maintaining 72 in finished basement and 67 on the first floor running HVAC fan 24x7.
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that's decent!
i'm burning double that.
i'm burning double that.