The Van Wert VA600 Project
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- Joined: Fri. Jan. 26, 2007 9:55 pm
- Location: Birdsboro PA.
- Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 350
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: reading allegheny stoker
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: alaska kodiak stoker 1986. 1987 triburner, 1987 crane diamond
- Coal Size/Type: rice
that's excellent mileage.....i'm burning like 80 lbs a day here with a hot air stoker stove.
- StokerDon
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- Location: PA, Southern York County!
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
Meter reading today was, 3681.6 - 3646.8 - = 34.8 hours over the passed 7 days, 4.97 hours per day, times 12.25 pound per hour = 60.9 pounds per day. Cold this past week, highs upper 30's to low 40's.
That "V" just keeps get'in wider!
-Don- hotblast1357
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- Location: Peasleeville NY
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1984 Eshland S260 coal gun
- Coal Size/Type: Lehigh anthracite pea
- Other Heating: air source heat pump, oil furnace
So since last Sunday you have burned 426.3 pounds?
Are you still heating your garage?
Do u have heaters in the basement or just radiation off the boiler?
Are you still heating your garage?
Do u have heaters in the basement or just radiation off the boiler?
- StokerDon
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- Location: PA, Southern York County!
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
Yes, the garage is staying at about 55-60 degrees with a slow, constant gravity feed through the GJ and the monster radiator.hotblast1357 wrote: ↑Sun. Dec. 10, 2017 7:13 pmSo since last Sunday you have burned 426.3 pounds?
Are you still heating your garage?
Do u have heaters in the basement or just radiation off the boiler?
The basement stays about 75-78 degrees from the boiler and plumbing.
-Don
- hotblast1357
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- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1984 Eshland S260 coal gun
- Coal Size/Type: Lehigh anthracite pea
- Other Heating: air source heat pump, oil furnace
What are u keeping the upstairs at?
What sq ft is your house again?
What sq ft is your house again?
- StokerDon
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- Location: PA, Southern York County!
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
About 70 degrees. 1400 sq ft ranch, garage and breezeway about 900 sq ft.
-Don
-Don
- StokerDon
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- Location: PA, Southern York County!
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
Meter reading today was, 3726.6 - 3681.6 = 45.0 hours over the passed 7 days, 6.43 hours per day, times 12.25 pound per hour = 78.75 pounds per day. That's kind of a big jump. It has been cold and it has snowed a couple times over the passed week.
Gofer action.
Mid week I moved the LO limit up from 155 to 160 to try to ease boiler temp crash a bit.
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- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
Meter reading today was, 3758.1 - 3726.6 = 31.5 hours over the passed 7 days, 4.50 hours per day, times 12.25 pound per hour = 55.125 pounds per day.
-Don
I did a fire box brush down. These are the brushes I usually use.
This is the first time I have cleaned the Van Wert. I found that this one works best and is now my main brush down tool.
In other news, I made kind of a drawbridge door to cover the glass when not in use. This way I don't have to change the door every time I want to look at the fire.
1 weeks worth of ash.
The Gofer hole.
Merry Christmas!-Don
- windyhill4.2
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- Location: Jonestown,Pa.17038
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1960 EFM520 installed in truck box
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Crane 404 with variable blower
- Coal Size/Type: 404-nut, 520 rice ,anthracite for both
Your drawbridge door may have opened up a whole new world of stove door modifications....
All those folks using the flatbed stoker stoves with glass that gets "hazed" in a season or 2...
~~ Don's Drawbridge Doors,Inc...
Sometimes i get depressed when seeing figures like your 55 # avg... my last 7 days avg was 158#....
BUT, that is for 3 buildings +DHW for 2 houses.... i doubt if i am triple the sq. footage tho.
How is your current boiler doing compared to the last unit you had ?
All those folks using the flatbed stoker stoves with glass that gets "hazed" in a season or 2...
~~ Don's Drawbridge Doors,Inc...
Sometimes i get depressed when seeing figures like your 55 # avg... my last 7 days avg was 158#....
BUT, that is for 3 buildings +DHW for 2 houses.... i doubt if i am triple the sq. footage tho.
How is your current boiler doing compared to the last unit you had ?
- lsayre
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- Stoker Coal Boiler: AHS S130 Coal Gun
- Coal Size/Type: Lehigh Anthracite Pea
- Other Heating: Resistance Boiler (13.5 KW), ComfortMax 75
55 lbs. per day sounds pretty good for December. Looks like you are dialed in for the winter.
- windyhill4.2
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- Location: Jonestown,Pa.17038
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1960 EFM520 installed in truck box
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Crane 404 with variable blower
- Coal Size/Type: 404-nut, 520 rice ,anthracite for both
- StokerDon
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- Posts: 7496
- Joined: Mon. Nov. 11, 2013 11:17 am
- Location: PA, Southern York County!
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
Thanks W.H.windyhill4.2 wrote: ↑Mon. Dec. 25, 2017 9:03 amSometimes i get depressed when seeing figures like your 55 # avg... my last 7 days avg was 158#....
BUT, that is for 3 buildings +DHW for 2 houses.... i doubt if i am triple the sq. footage tho.
How is your current boiler doing compared to the last unit you had ?
I don't expect the 55 pounds to last very long, we had some warm days this week, that brought the average down.
It's a little difficult to compare the BairMatic to the Van Wert right now. The Van Wert is currently heating the garage/breezeway as well as the house/DHW. I will have to look back at the history but I think the BairMatic only covered this for a week or two. The rest of the time the GJ covered the garage/breezeway.
Merry Christamas!
-Don
- StokerDon
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- Posts: 7496
- Joined: Mon. Nov. 11, 2013 11:17 am
- Location: PA, Southern York County!
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
- StokerDon
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- Posts: 7496
- Joined: Mon. Nov. 11, 2013 11:17 am
- Location: PA, Southern York County!
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood