One Big Lump
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- Location: LaFollette, TN
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Currently a Warm Morning 414 A. Previously had a Hot Blast 1321
- Coal Size/Type: To Be Determined
- Other Heating: propane
Burning egg bituminous in a hand fired Hot Blast. Having a problem where it melts together into one big lump about 5 hrs into a burn after loading. It'll be hot but not put off good heat. I have to shove a poker under it to loosen it up. Then it burns hot as hell for another 6-8hrs when its time to load again. Any suggestions to get away from the mid burn maintenance?
- SWPaDon
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- Location: Southwest Pa.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Clayton 1600M
- Coal Size/Type: Bituminous
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I haven't found a way yet, but I will be interested in other peoples responses.
You can also search 'bridging' in the search box at top right. Will be lots of reading material.
You can also search 'bridging' in the search box at top right. Will be lots of reading material.
switch to a coal with lower coke button. There's a few coals in your area that might work. Off the top of my head, an eastern KY lump coal would require NO maintenance as it has almost 0 coke button (1-9, 9 being the worst, less than 6 ok, less than 4 decent)
- davidmcbeth3
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The hotter than hell burning cycle .. how's it for clinkers?
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- Coal Size/Type: To Be Determined
- Other Heating: propane
Clinker wise it has very few if any most of the time. Fortunately I have very little of that load left and I mixed it up with the 2800lbs of lump I recently brought from Thompson Brothers.
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- Coal Size/Type: To Be Determined
- Other Heating: propane
The Thompson Brothers is much better. I can load, leave air wide open for half hour, back the air down, and go back 12 hrs later and reload.
- SWPaDon
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- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Clayton 1600M
- Coal Size/Type: Bituminous
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No bit coal in my area is like that (that I know of). The stuff around here ya gotta fight with continuously.Smitty275 wrote:The Thompson Brothers is much better. I can load, leave air wide open for half hour, back the air down, and go back 12 hrs later and reload.