And the saga continues.
My 1st attempt today resulted in a blow torch of Matchlight, (1/4 pot) and another 1/4 of Lehigh stove coal, once the Matchlight was burning. In about 5 minutes the barrel temp was climbing, and the orange flames were roaring like a freight train. Both lower doors and MPD wide open. So I dumped in another small load of Lehigh, and in mins it had taken off and my barrel temp was heading past 500°! Quickly. Another helping of Lehigh, and W/I minutes more of the same. So I decided to fill the pot the rest of the way with coal, and in no time, the fire died down to almost nothing. The clinker door was red with Matchlight, but the whole pot above was unresponsive. The barrel temp and draft were heading to zero, so in about 15 mins, from roaring to nothing, I decided to start over.
Dumped the burning Matchlight into it's own pan, and the Lehigh stove coal into another, and started over. Using what had begun the process, and adding some more Matchlight, I was careful this time not to over do it. And it worked. I'll say maybe a 1/2 hour from the "2nd" beginning, to topping off the pot, and barrel temps in the 400s, I put it into BH mode, and have been smooth sailing since.
The oats are mid 30s, and the living area almost 80°. Been playing with the settings trying to control her while the system settles in and heats up, but hopefully by tomorrow the routine will begin. Have a few pics for you, and a "very" short video, but as usual, I'll have to give a disclaimer, and apologize for the quality. Not very good, but still learning.
This 1st pic is how a new set of bricks looks after only one half a seasons use. I had contemplated cleaning them up a bit, but decided once the pot is full, they won't look so ugly. This is how they looked today.
And here is the fire on it's way to normalcy. A bit blurry, but all I have for now.
And finally, once in base heater mode, I tried to do a video and capture the flames being sucked down around the suspended pot. One of our Glenwood members (sorry, the name has eluded me right now), but gave me the tip of filming with the door open, so more secondary air would propel the flames downward better. Still not as good a shot as I've seen, but I'll keep trying. The buffeting on this film is horrible on my computer. Does it play smoothly on anyone elses?
So I'll leave the beginning of season 2 with this shot of the G111 burning blue with Lehigh stove coal. Working very nice as of right now. Enjoy.
my fault, not yours), so later on, we hope to be up and running. Haven't decided to start off with the nut, or the stove size yet. Maybe the nut, seeing the temps won't be too bad yet. Pics to follow.
