Fellas With Glenwood #6's ...What Size Coal Ya Burning?.

I am getting ready to make my very first purchase of anthracite...ever. Do you guys burn straight stove coal or mix it with nut size?.

I am told I need 6 tons (ish) and was thinking of mixing the two sizes.....or should I just get all stove size?.

Thanks for the input.

Get the stove coal.

wsherrick wrote:Get the stove coal.

Welp.....end of thread.

Just curious, have you run anything other than stove in your #6?.

I have a similar #6 Herald and I use nut coal. People keep giving me coal so I use it. It is less responsive to changes in the air settings on the stove. Stove coal has larger air spaces and is easier to control.

stovehospital wrote:I have a similar #6 Herald and I use nut coal. People keep giving me coal so I use it. It is less responsive to changes in the air settings on the stove. Stove coal has larger air spaces and is easier to control.

So your heat output is still adequate but recovery time is slower nut coal?.

I ask as the supplier I am working with stocks nut coal but I have to order stove coal. If I come up short next heating season I may be forced to use 'some' nut coal.

Start out with the nut and save the stove for when it's cold. That big stuff burns hot and fast. Best to get a handle on your new toy before you start hot rodding it!

Pancho

I can't speak for Glenwood stoves but I can say my Crawford enjoys Stove size the best. Though I have found a 70/30 or 80/20 stove to nut ratio works great.

Bottom line? Play around with the sizes and see what works for you.

Plus, your chimney draft will also play a part in which size coal works best.

If your chimney has a strong draft, nut, or a nut/stove mix can help slow the stove down to where it's easier for you to get the temps you want.

Or, if your chimney draft is on the weak side, the stove coal will burn more easily than the nut, producing more heat output.

Paul

coaledsweat wrote:Start out with the nut and save the stove for when it's cold. That big stuff burns hot and fast. Best to get a handle on your new toy before you start hot rodding it!

Fast......as in if I think I need 6 tons of 'coal'....then I should get 7 tons?.

Sunny Boy wrote:Plus, your chimney draft will also play a part in which size coal works best.

If your chimney has a strong draft, nut, or a nut/stove mix can help slow the stove down to where it's easier for you to get the temps you want.

Or, if your chimney draft is on the weak side, the stove coal will burn more easily than the nut, producing more heat output.

Paul

Well, it drafts strong with my current wood stove.....but the stack temps are much higher with the wood stove than they will be with the new base heater (at least that's what it sounds like anyhow).

ONEDOLLAR wrote:Pancho

I can't speak for Glenwood stoves but I can say my Crawford enjoys Stove size the best. Though I have found a 70/30 or 80/20 stove to nut ratio works great.

Bottom line? Play around with the sizes and see what works for you.

I probably will, at some point, mess with a mixture but that's only because if I want to run stove coal I have to order it ahead of time (in full for the season). The dealer(s) I have talked to don't stock it here in Michigan.

Do base burners use a baro?

coaledsweat wrote:Do base burners use a baro?

No, not really. A base burner leaves little heat left to go up the chimney. Unless the chimney draws like an Electrolux, you have a high probability that the baro will cause draft failure and/or reversal.

baseheater=coal stove. In direct draft stoves, burn time and temps is greatly effected by size of coal. Since the baseheater sends it down around the inner barrel through the bottom and then out again, it slows the airflow down robbing the max amount of heat out of it. Stove coal helps because it lets the airflow through the coal without choking it off. Other sizes will burn, right now I'm using up my pea coal that was left over, great for shoulder months, but it is more work as the coal is smaller. I'd rather burn one size and just control the air settings.

Since both nut and stove have worked well to get different cooking temps with the range, I'm going to add on another bin for stove coal next to the nut coal bin for when the #6 gets hooked up for next season.

Then I can mix and match for both stoves whenever I need to.

Paul