T-Stats off, the heating season is over (hopefully)

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Post by lsayre » Fri. May. 04, 2018 6:16 am

My T-Stats were shut off on May 2nd. The AHS Coal Gun is now only running to provide for DHW. Since the boiler does not get shut down, if the weather makes a turn, all I will need to do is turn the T-Stats back on, but the hope is that this will not be the case.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Fri. May. 04, 2018 6:49 am

Down to tending the old HITZER once every 24 hrs. up comin night temps in upper 30's lower 40's- days upper 60's low 70's. What are ya using to heat the house now Larry?.

 
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Post by hotblast1357 » Fri. May. 04, 2018 7:02 am

My tstat s have been off for two days, but today is very humid, rain and t storms forecast, high of 70, but I just turned the basement radiators on to warm them up to dry it out a little. My 260 will stay lit until I run out of coal for DHW. I might get another month if I’m lucky.

 
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Post by lsayre » Fri. May. 04, 2018 7:25 am

freetown fred wrote:
Fri. May. 04, 2018 6:49 am
Down to tending the old HITZER once every 24 hrs. up comin night temps in upper 30's lower 40's- days upper 60's low 70's. What are ya using to heat the house now Larry?.
Nothing. The windows are open. Lows of 60-65 at night for the last few days. With the coming of May, the April nightmare ended here.

 
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Post by coaledsweat » Fri. May. 04, 2018 8:23 am

Turned the heat off Monday night, by Wednesday I needed the AC.


 
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Post by Lightning » Fri. May. 04, 2018 2:12 pm

Yup, my fire went out on Tuesday night. It took 48 hours from last tending to go cold.

 
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Post by kcarr » Sun. May. 06, 2018 8:58 am

T-Stats still on here occasionally, especially today, dry out the dampness. I usually run my Van Wert Stoker until about June 10. With an underfed firepot it's great, on very low or no demand fire goes down to a glow almost looks as if it went out. I don't use a timer, stoker can go idle 7 or 8 hours without running...and on demand fire comes back up no problem. One big advantage of shoulder season, I only empty ash bucket about once a week. Is that great or what !
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Post by lzaharis » Mon. May. 07, 2018 7:35 pm

My weather has been like yours Fred, I fired up the KAA-4-1 this afternoon to get rid of the dampness. I expect to keep running until Wednesday at least.

 
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Post by hotblast1357 » Tue. May. 08, 2018 5:19 am

28 here this morning with a light frost.. heat has been on all night.

 
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Post by lsayre » Tue. May. 08, 2018 5:36 am

44 degrees here. I still have the T-Stats off. 68 degrees inside.


 
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Post by freetown fred » Tue. May. 08, 2018 6:29 am

68* huh?? LOL 29* here on the hill. HITZER still purrin along. 20 lbs per 24 hrs--house at a comfy 72* here I sit in my skivvy's--no pix!!! It ain't pretty!! LOL

 
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Post by lsayre » Fri. May. 11, 2018 12:26 pm

T-Stats are back on, hopefully for today and tonight only.

 
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Post by Lightning » Fri. May. 11, 2018 6:04 pm

I'm just running the electric fire place as needed to keep the chill out.

 
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Post by hotblast1357 » Sat. May. 12, 2018 6:20 am

Ya was 27 here when I woke up, t stats have been on almost every morning this week.

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