Coal trol settings for leisure line econoline???

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Post by Tifford » Mon. Nov. 14, 2022 4:26 pm

My power went out for 8 hours and I believe my settings for my coal trol got messed up

I have a leisure line econoline model that I purchased used some time ago to save money.

My house is stick built, well insulated, 960 square feet, 8 ft ceiling.

The feed rate I believe is set to 7 minimum and 46 maximum. I'd like to keep the temperature of my house to around 75ish. The outside temp is around 40°F right now and I live in Central NY.

Any help with the other settings would be appreciated.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Mon. Nov. 14, 2022 4:40 pm

Personally T, I'd lose the coal-trol--someone back a few yrs had the econoline & I don't remember her using a coal-trol. It worked well for her.

 
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Post by Tifford » Mon. Nov. 14, 2022 5:22 pm

CFT was at 27.....I changed it to 8


 
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Post by freetown fred » Mon. Nov. 14, 2022 5:55 pm

Ahhhhh, you just like tinkerin!!! :)

 
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Post by Tifford » Wed. Nov. 16, 2022 10:24 am

Update:
Min 4
Max 20
CFT I put it back at 27
I set the day and night temp to 73° F and she's holding steady at that temp.

It's about 40° outside right now.

One of the big changes I made was placement of the coal trol thermostat. I had it laying down. It's now vertical so the small vent holes are vertically up and down.

Stove is running great. Holds 73 pretty close.

If the Temps outside get low (like 10 degrees) I might increase the max to 40 but I'll do it in small increments

 
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Post by WNY » Fri. Nov. 18, 2022 5:26 am

I think the LL stove usually run about min 6 and max 40. thats what I run on Hyfire. Sounds like you got it working good,

the max is only when it's feeding at 99% (FR=99) and you should have a full grate of burning coal, with maybe about 1" of ash at the end. if you don't have that, it should be bumped up, if you have hot coals falling off, they bump it down a couple points. takes a bit to get it dialed in properly.

Thermostat has to have good air flow around it and placement is always important. Mine's been running fine for almost 15 years.

Yes, always make small increments and let it settle out for a couple hours or more.


 
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Post by Mitch » Sun. Jan. 01, 2023 3:31 am

I still sit at factory settings. Is it in my interest to fudge with the min to save some coal on my AK-110?

 
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Post by Jeff213465 » Sat. Feb. 04, 2023 9:58 pm

I run 7 and 55 on the Coaltrol. You can run the low as far down as you like such that you don't loose the fire. I think I've had it down to 3 or 4 on those spring days when the day is warm and nights are still cold and you don't want to light the fire every night.

 
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Post by Mitch » Thu. Feb. 23, 2023 10:50 pm

Thanks man, I'll knock down that low and give it a whirl.

 
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Post by pvolcko » Mon. Mar. 27, 2023 6:16 pm

If you're using a natural draft chimney, a word of caution on driving down to lower MIN values, particularly in the warmer outdoor weather: the warmer it is outside and the lower MIN you run, the greater risk of losing draft that you have. Make sure you're using a CO detector, keep an eye on your barometric damper, check your burn line to make sure it isn't getting close to the hopper, and watch for condensation around any openings in the stove body (stoker/hopper, hopper lid, etc.) as it can be an indication of loss of draft.

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