Coal Gun S- 130 Install

FirstcoalstokerRon · Post by **FirstcoalstokerRon** » Tue. May. 22, 2018 12:35 am

I am still have a few problems with my boiler but with so many other things to do I will get back to the boiler as soon as I can.

I hope you all are doing well !!

FirstcoalstokerRon · Post by **FirstcoalstokerRon** » Tue. Jun. 26, 2018 10:53 am

Ran out of coal and can not shower till I get more!! Going after it tomorrow.

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Tue. Jun. 26, 2018 10:58 am

FirstcoalstokerRon wrote: ↑
Tue. Jun. 26, 2018 10:53 am
Ran out of coal and can not shower till I get more!! Going after it tomorrow.

Aside from this bummer of a setback, here's to hoping that all has been going well of late.

Post by **StokerDon** » Tue. Jun. 26, 2018 7:47 pm

Things must be going pretty well. No problems reported through the Spring. At least running out of coal is one of those "easy fix" problems.

Good luck Ron, we're all in this together.

-Don

FirstcoalstokerRon · Post by **FirstcoalstokerRon** » Wed. Aug. 15, 2018 2:06 pm

<t>Thanks Don,
I know it's been a long time since I was on, but I did get more coal. This time I got LEHIGH, the six skids before were BLASCHAK and since I put the LEHIGH in I have had many outfires, not sure what is going on as I only had 1 outfire with the BLASCHAK. Any ideas as what is causing them now?? BTW it is also hard to get the LEHIGH lit, the BLASCHAK was easy.

Is one of the two better for my COAL GUN S-130 than the other and why??

Thanks again for all the help!!

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Wed. Aug. 15, 2018 2:40 pm

Lehigh that I have burnt is less volital, but I had no problem lighting it with a torch and charcoal, and I never had an out fire.. sounds like u need to adjust your ash temp.

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Wed. Aug. 15, 2018 4:32 pm

I'm worried that I'll have difficulties with Lehigh when next summer rolls around. The S-130 fire pot is much smaller, and my boiler idles for hours on end doing absolutely nothing, wherein Hotblast's boiler is always circulating. Those are factors that make a big difference. And I fear that only coal like Blaschak will prove to be suitable to the differences (just as it always has).

Post by **StokerDon** » Wed. Aug. 15, 2018 6:14 pm

I think H.B. is probably right, Ron's ashing temperature might be a little bit too low. If you had a out fire with the Blaschak, the ashing temp setting was probably marginal for that coal. The fire is probably to high and thin.

Try turning the ashing temp up 5 or 10 degrees, leave it run for a few days and see what happens.

-Don

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Wed. Aug. 15, 2018 7:58 pm

lsayre wrote: ↑
Wed. Aug. 15, 2018 4:32 pm
I'm worried that I'll have difficulties with Lehigh when next summer rolls around. The S-130 fire pot is much smaller, and my boiler idles for hours on end doing absolutely nothing, wherein Hotblast's boiler is always circulating. Those are factors that make a big difference. And I fear that only coal like Blaschak will prove to be suitable to the differences (just as it always has).

My combustion fan will go 12-16 hours without coming on, constant circulation or not, I consider that idleing.

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Thu. Aug. 16, 2018 1:47 am

hotblast1357 wrote: ↑
Wed. Aug. 15, 2018 7:58 pm
My combustion fan will go 12-16 hours without coming on, constant circulation or not, I consider that idleing.

Are you burning only 12 lbs. per day?

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Thu. Aug. 16, 2018 8:39 am

lsayre wrote: ↑
Thu. Aug. 16, 2018 1:47 am
Are you burning only 12 lbs. per day?

When I shut down in May, I was burning 25 pounds per day, including heat calls. I use a lot of hot water, I want to find some type of gpm monitor to watch my usage.

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Thu. Aug. 16, 2018 8:43 am

hotblast1357 wrote: ↑
Thu. Aug. 16, 2018 8:39 am
When I shut down in May, I was burning 25 pounds per day, including heat calls. I use a lot of hot water, I want to find some type of gpm monitor to watch my usage.

It would have been interesting to see if you could hold your fire in July and August.

lzaharis · Post by **lzaharis** » Thu. Aug. 16, 2018 9:26 am

hotblast1357 wrote: ↑
Thu. Aug. 16, 2018 8:39 am
When I shut down in May, I was burning 25 pounds per day, including heat calls. I use a lot of hot water, I want to find some type of gpm monitor to watch my usage.

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hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Thu. Aug. 16, 2018 11:56 am

lsayre wrote: ↑
Thu. Aug. 16, 2018 8:43 am
It would have been interesting to see if you could hold your fire in July and August.

It has ran though many 90 degree days without issue. I believe I documented it in my thread.

McGiever · Post by **McGiever** » Thu. Aug. 16, 2018 12:20 pm

Results would not be "apples for apples" with a 260 having a different size standby residual fire size...bigger is better there.

If the 130 could have the fan air adjusted down for re-firing there might be a wee bit better chance to coax the fire back by slowly ramping back up the air instead of just coming full force.