Home Sparkle #12 Is Home
- joeq
- Member
- Posts: 5744
- Joined: Sat. Feb. 11, 2012 11:53 am
- Location: Northern CT
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: G111, Southard Robertson
I don't use my check damper anymore, after last years fiasco. My draft is consistently fine, and I must've clogged my base passages using it wrong last year, cause it took a while in the spring to vacuum them out. I'm curious to know what those chambers will look like coming this next spring.
(TOTP)
(TOTP)
- michaelanthony
- Member
- Posts: 4550
- Joined: Sat. Nov. 22, 2008 10:42 pm
- Location: millinocket,me.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Vigilant 2310, gold marc box stove
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Gold Marc Independence
- Baseburners & Antiques: Home Sparkle 12
- Coal Size/Type: 'nut
- Other Heating: Fujitsu mini split, FHA oil furnace
...or in base mode. Of the 4 openings in my check damper, 3 are covered with sheet metal and furnace cement as the new check damper slide plate doesn't seal all that well so I don't use it. As previously noted I did make room for a baro if needed but so far all is well. My ash pan door and primary air vent seal very well and the opening around the grate handle above the ash pan door adds just enough air to keep the stove satified at idle. I just emptied a shoe box size of grey fluff ash, it might have weighed a pound after 24 hrs. The Vigilant is going to have a good fight on it's hands when the head to head begins. I'll need to even the playing field with a few bads of Blashack pea for the Vigilant as my stove coal is A1.
-
- Member
- Posts: 4197
- Joined: Wed. Oct. 03, 2012 9:53 am
- Location: Western Massachusetts
- Baseburners & Antiques: Crawford 40, PP Stewart No. 14, Abendroth Bros "Record 40"
- Coal Size/Type: Stove / Anthracite.
- Other Heating: Oil fired, forced hot air.
Maybe I missed it Mikey, but have you used the Mano on this rig?
- michaelanthony
- Member
- Posts: 4550
- Joined: Sat. Nov. 22, 2008 10:42 pm
- Location: millinocket,me.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Vigilant 2310, gold marc box stove
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Gold Marc Independence
- Baseburners & Antiques: Home Sparkle 12
- Coal Size/Type: 'nut
- Other Heating: Fujitsu mini split, FHA oil furnace
- michaelanthony
- Member
- Posts: 4550
- Joined: Sat. Nov. 22, 2008 10:42 pm
- Location: millinocket,me.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Vigilant 2310, gold marc box stove
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Gold Marc Independence
- Baseburners & Antiques: Home Sparkle 12
- Coal Size/Type: 'nut
- Other Heating: Fujitsu mini split, FHA oil furnace
- michaelanthony
- Member
- Posts: 4550
- Joined: Sat. Nov. 22, 2008 10:42 pm
- Location: millinocket,me.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Vigilant 2310, gold marc box stove
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Gold Marc Independence
- Baseburners & Antiques: Home Sparkle 12
- Coal Size/Type: 'nut
- Other Heating: Fujitsu mini split, FHA oil furnace
After Sunday night's Patriot's unimaginable winner vs. the Steelers and all the post game genius talk I loaded HB12 with approx 30 lbs of black beauties and let her ride until tonight. On idle I'm holding a nice fire with the mpd 50% closed , 350* on the lower barrel, and 210 on the top for almost 2 days. Outside temps have been between 6* overnight and today's high of 20* with one living room window open a couple inches for a nice 76* indoor temp.
-
- Member
- Posts: 4837
- Joined: Wed. Apr. 03, 2013 1:24 pm
- Location: Elkhart county, IN.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: 1 comforter stove works all iron coal box stove, seventies.
- Baseburners & Antiques: 2014 DTS C17 Base Burner, GW #6, GW 113 formerly Sir Williams, maybe others at Pauliewog’s I’ve forgotten about
- Coal Size/Type: Nut Anth.
- Other Heating: none
saaaaawheet. that's REAL good performance.
- michaelanthony
- Member
- Posts: 4550
- Joined: Sat. Nov. 22, 2008 10:42 pm
- Location: millinocket,me.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Vigilant 2310, gold marc box stove
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Gold Marc Independence
- Baseburners & Antiques: Home Sparkle 12
- Coal Size/Type: 'nut
- Other Heating: Fujitsu mini split, FHA oil furnace
I hooked up the mano Scott and I'm not surprised given the fact there is a mile high mountain in my back yard. On a calm day you can fly a kite up here. This was taken a couple of days ago, on a calm day the stove runs .04 -.08...tonight it's crazy!
-
- Member
- Posts: 4837
- Joined: Wed. Apr. 03, 2013 1:24 pm
- Location: Elkhart county, IN.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: 1 comforter stove works all iron coal box stove, seventies.
- Baseburners & Antiques: 2014 DTS C17 Base Burner, GW #6, GW 113 formerly Sir Williams, maybe others at Pauliewog’s I’ve forgotten about
- Coal Size/Type: Nut Anth.
- Other Heating: none
is that the new Mark ll ? kind of different from mine but either way that's alot of draft though it seems you've been pretty successful running the stove without knowing it was that high.
here's mine steve
having reread the post i see this level is not the norm but part of the storm conditions in your area.
here's mine steve
having reread the post i see this level is not the norm but part of the storm conditions in your area.
- michaelanthony
- Member
- Posts: 4550
- Joined: Sat. Nov. 22, 2008 10:42 pm
- Location: millinocket,me.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Vigilant 2310, gold marc box stove
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Gold Marc Independence
- Baseburners & Antiques: Home Sparkle 12
- Coal Size/Type: 'nut
- Other Heating: Fujitsu mini split, FHA oil furnace
let it be said, let it be writtin'
This is with 40 -50 mph wind gusts...I'll take it. Otherwise .04-.06
This is with 40 -50 mph wind gusts...I'll take it. Otherwise .04-.06
Attachments
- michaelanthony
- Member
- Posts: 4550
- Joined: Sat. Nov. 22, 2008 10:42 pm
- Location: millinocket,me.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Vigilant 2310, gold marc box stove
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Gold Marc Independence
- Baseburners & Antiques: Home Sparkle 12
- Coal Size/Type: 'nut
- Other Heating: Fujitsu mini split, FHA oil furnace
The mano was an ebay bait n' switch...show a picture of your mano and this is what I got. 7-8 yrs ago I needed one so I kept it.KingCoal wrote: ↑Thu. Jan. 04, 2018 7:15 pmis that the new Mark ll ? kind of different from mine but either way that's alot of draft though it seems you've been pretty successful running the stove without knowing it was that high.
here's mine IMG_2043.gif
steve
having reread the post i see this level is not the norm but part of the storm conditions in your area.
I did notice an immediate change in the stove. The blues would love to dive down the front of the fire pot because of the strong draft (I had to lower the exit on the rear pipe to appease the low fireplace)...now more blues are climbing to the rear of the fire pot and diving, less draft-more balance.
It sure is a nice storm just the same...boy I love coal in a hand fed antique or not!