Coal vac barell?

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Post by mcguirehg » Sun. May. 27, 2018 1:47 pm

I use my cot vac cleaner that works really well. My issue is the barell. Metal one worked and rusted out. My plastics one is collapsing due to thickness. Any adivice on the type of plastic barrel I can use without collapsing?


 
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Post by freetown fred » Sun. May. 27, 2018 1:55 pm

Hope this helps--thickest ya can find!! :)

 
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Post by mcguirehg » Sun. May. 27, 2018 2:34 pm

Not really. I thought the one I found was thick....apparently not.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Sun. May. 27, 2018 4:25 pm

Then I guess plastics a no go????

 
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Post by nepacoal » Sun. May. 27, 2018 6:05 pm

What size? 55 gal?. My 55 gal plastic will implode if I don't pay attention but since I suck it into the barrels by hand, I can control the suction rate. I have seen 10 gal and 17 gal steel drums sold by dust deputy. Pricey but good quality. I use the 10 gal setup for my coal dust collector on my system. I made my own container above my hopper out of plywood that holds right at 105 lbs. Is making your own an option? Here's the thread on my setup.

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Post by StokerDon » Sun. May. 27, 2018 7:44 pm

OK, I have to ask, Why do you want to use a coal vac on an auger fed stoker? Can you just put the auger into the bin?

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Post by titleist1 » Mon. May. 28, 2018 9:00 am

I use a ~12 gallon plastic container that held liquid laundry detergent for a hospital in a previous life. The walls are thick enough to not get sucked in, I measured them once but forget if it was 1/4" exactly. The 2" threaded bung on the top was perfect for the one PVC fitting and the other holes were easy to cut.

The only down side is it does not have a removable lid. My arm is too short to reach the top from the bottom outlet hole. So I couldn't use a threaded fitting in the other hole on the top I had to caulk that pipe in.


 
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Post by Lightning » Mon. May. 28, 2018 11:07 am

Hmm. Mount cross braces inside the plastic barrel to support it from caving in.

 
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Post by McGiever » Mon. May. 28, 2018 4:34 pm

On my white plastic barrel I liked having a removable lid so I cut out the top and then friction sealed in a nice round plywood lid. Strip of rubber garage door bottom seal cut to length and then hammered down tight between the wood circle and the barrel cut out to make a 100% tight seal.
Friction seal lid allows, if ever desired, the removal of that plywood lid.

Hole saw used for cutting the holes to then use a pvc pipe male adapters w/ a conduit locknuts on inside to attach pvc fittings through the wood lid.

My white plastic drum w/ it's very thick walls has not had any collapsing issue but, if that were the case I'd prolly just cut a plywood circle as a thin donut shape and wedge it into the barrel taper for some added structural strength.

Obviously, do the donut rib brace inside the barrel and add the pvc male adapters to the top lid before sealing the lid down tight. ;)

 
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Post by Dave 1234 » Mon. May. 28, 2018 4:50 pm

The maple syrup supply houses will have stainless ones if you want a forever fix.

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Post by mcguirehg » Sat. Jun. 02, 2018 8:44 pm

Maybe building a wood box would be an option. We don’t have any syrup industry on Long Island so that’s not an option for me.

 
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Post by mcguirehg » Sat. Jun. 02, 2018 8:51 pm

How many pounds of coal can be held by 55 gallon drum? I need to figure out the size of box I would need to hold the same amount.

 
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Post by McGiever » Sat. Jun. 02, 2018 11:13 pm

mcguirehg wrote:
Sat. Jun. 02, 2018 8:51 pm
How many pounds of coal can be held by 55 gallon drum? I need to figure out the size of box I would need to hold the same amount.
~400lbs.

 
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Post by mcguirehg » Sun. Jun. 03, 2018 10:19 am

Currently working off a green pail for coal hopper with coal vac. We were going to fix the coal vac, but want other coal feeding but options first. We are trying to eliminate as much coal moving as possible. We have a window directly by our stoker, but would need to move our oil tank. I’m going to try to attach a pic of our setup for reference. We would want to do it right the first time and be done, not having to redo the project several times.

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Post by StokerDon » Sun. Jun. 03, 2018 7:24 pm

I merged your two coal vac threads together so all the information will stay in one place.

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