Coal Trol Versus Any Other Programable Theromstat
- mooseman100
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I read alot about the coal trol. What would make it better than a say honey well programable thermostat for my EFM 520?
- mooseman100
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So is it more like the aquastat mounted on side of my stoker that I adjust cut in and out temps on?
- mooseman100
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Wow, klook. Saw your location. I grew up in north east AL. We were always at rock city and lookout mtn.
- 2001Sierra
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Coal-trol is a total control for specific stoker stoves. I do not believe they work with hydronic systems, or furnaces.
- CoalisCoolxWarm
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I didn't see anything that referred to boilers, either, just hot air systems.
- mooseman100
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I run an efm 520 stoker with an air exchanger in duct work
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Nice country down here mooseman100. How did you get a handle like mooseman? I have seen many and even killed one.....tasty.....I have some in my freezer in fact. Nice up in Winchester also, I hunted in the Danville area this last Nov.
Kevin
Its a small world, I have an old highschool classmate up on Lookout and she has a furniture business down in Stevenson, AL.
Kevin
Its a small world, I have an old highschool classmate up on Lookout and she has a furniture business down in Stevenson, AL.
- mooseman100
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When we bought the current hiuse we are in, I made a comment when I walked in that there was room for my moose I had not shot yet. The lady who owned the hiuse at that time kept asking my realtor if that "moosman" guy was going to buy the house.. Realtor was good friend and started calling me that, it just stuck. There is a moose in that spot now!
Grew up in scottsboro al
Grew up in scottsboro al
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Alaskan Moose? or somewhere else? That aint no moose in your avatar pic....lol. I would not think it was cold enough to run an EFM520 in Virginia......must idle a bunch.
Kevin
Errr. Just looked at Winchester.....I can see ya getting some cold weather....it all blends together in my runs back to Maine and such.
Kevin
Errr. Just looked at Winchester.....I can see ya getting some cold weather....it all blends together in my runs back to Maine and such.
- mooseman100
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When we bought the current hiuse we are in, I made a comment when I walked in that there was room for my moose I had not shot yet. The lady who owned the hiuse at that time kept asking my realtor if that "moosman" guy was going to buy the house.. Realtor was good friend and started calling me that, it just stuck. There is a moose in that spot now!
Grew up in scottsboro al
Grew up in scottsboro al
- mooseman100
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One from British Columbia, right up against the yukon border, he did not know he was supposed to be a smaller canadian moose! LOL
I burn baout 7 tons a year here, I buy in bulk amd store in farmer grain bags, do hot water as well
I thought I lived far from coal country.......
I burn baout 7 tons a year here, I buy in bulk amd store in farmer grain bags, do hot water as well
I thought I lived far from coal country.......
- ricoman2737
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mooseman,
I have a Tork, percentage timer on my EFM DF 520, for about 5 years. Very easy to make adjustments and to understand. Good luck - John
I have a Tork, percentage timer on my EFM DF 520, for about 5 years. Very easy to make adjustments and to understand. Good luck - John
- Richard S.
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The Coal Trol is not for a boiler. It's for hot air stokers, the heart of it is the control box on the stoker.
As you know with coal when the demand for heat from the thermostat stops the heat being produced from the stoker does not stop. What the coal trol does is take into account the peculiarities of coal and optimizes them for efficiency and a more steady heat.
As you know with coal when the demand for heat from the thermostat stops the heat being produced from the stoker does not stop. What the coal trol does is take into account the peculiarities of coal and optimizes them for efficiency and a more steady heat.