The Bairmatic - Van Wert Project

You guys are starting to get to know me a little to well!

The only remedy I can think of that would help you to keep the same unit going in your house more than 1 yr. would be for you to help other folks install theirs,just like you helped coalkirk with his. (smile)

Meter reading today was, 3139.8 - 3120.1 = 19.7 hours, 2.8 hours per day over the past 7 days. 28.0 pound per day. Feed rate is still set at 10 pounds per hour. That is really good! Mostly mild days. The first half of the coming week is forecast to be 70's and 80's,Yuk!
Coal bin raking is still a once a week affair. When it gets down to a few days, it will be time for the barrel. -Don

Are you getting domestic hot water from this? 28 lbs/day must be close to the minimum amount of use.

David

David... wrote:Are you getting domestic hot water from this? 28 lbs/day must be close to the minimum amount of use.

David

Yes! last Summer it ran between 18 and 22 pounds per day to heat DHW.

-Don

I would think with insulation you could get by with less coal?

David

Don,

I'm not sure what you use to rake, but I've found these work great, it's called a concrete placer. I found a nicer one from a local masons supply.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Marshalltown-19-1-2-in-x-4-in-Aluminum-Placer-AP753/202401264

David... wrote:I would think with insulation you could get by with less coal?

David

The current plan is to install my VA-600 down here with some good insulation under the covers.

Olllotj wrote:Don,

I'm not sure what you use to rake, but I've found these work great, it's called a concrete placer. I found a nicer one from a local masons supply.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Marshalltown-19-1-2-in-x-4-in-Aluminum-Placer-AP753/202401264

I will have to see if I can find one of those. It looks like it would work great for rice coal raking. I currently use a stone rake. I had a heck of a time finding one down here. It works well but some coal escapes through the top teeth.

-Don

Meter reading today was, 3154.8 - 3139.8 = 15.0 hours, 2.1 hours per day over the past 7 days. 21.4 pound per day. Wow, that's Summer time coal usage! Highs have been in the 60's and 70's all week, today it was 86, Yuk!
Raked the coal pile. -Don

Olllotj wrote:Don,

I'm not sure what you use to rake, but I've found these work great, it's called a concrete placer. I found a nicer one from a local masons supply.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Marshalltown-19-1-2-in-x-4-in-Aluminum-Placer-AP753/202401264

They do work great! I have one that a New Jersey mason laborer gave me. He calls it a "come along". I use it for coal deliveries. It makes raking effortless.

Scottscoaled wrote:They do work great! I have one that a New Jersey mason laborer gave me. He calls it a "come along". I use it for coal deliveries. It makes raking effortless.

I will have to find me one of those. I bet it makes less coals dust than my stone rake. Probably quicker than the stone rake to.

Meter reading today was, 3170.7 - 3154.8 = 15.9 hours, 2.27 hours per day over the past 7 days. 22.7 pound per day. That's pretty dern low! Did the raking. Looks like we will be able to rack for a few more weeks before we go back to the barrel. Coal usage will probably be low this coming weeks to. The second half of the week is forecast to be in the 80's.

-Don

Meter reading today was, 3183.8 - 3170.7 = 13.1 hours, 1.87 hours per day over the past 7 days. 18.7 pound per day. Summer is here, there won't be many heat calls now, only DHW calls.
Raked the bin. We're doing the ashes once a week now. Here's my stone rake. I will be on the look out for one of those things like Scott has. For now, I may just attach something to this. -Don

Don,
You won't regret the concrete placer.

40* and windy here. The keystoker is still chugging away in the basement.

Olllotj wrote:40* and windy here. The keystoker is still chugging away in the basement.

For down here, this will be the first week in a long time that there is not one 70 or 80 degree day in the forecast.

-Don

Just when I start bragging about it chugging along, I let it run out of coal, and had to relight for the first time since September !