coal gun S130

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Farmer6
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Post by Farmer6 » Sun. Aug. 12, 2018 10:11 am

Hello members Is anyone using oiled coal in a coal gun to keep down the dust when loading? Does this cause and problems? Thanks

 
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lsayre
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Post by lsayre » Sun. Aug. 12, 2018 10:52 am

I immediately had repeated puff-backs from oiled coal the one and only time I tried it. Didn't have them before the oil, or after the oiled coal worked its way out of my hopper.

I used mineral oil from TSC. Perhaps I used too much.

Water works much better.


 
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Post by StokerDon » Sun. Aug. 12, 2018 7:58 pm

My initial though is that oiled coal is not a good idea in an AHS or and Axeman Anderson. When the fire tries to go dormant during idle, volatile liquid on the fresh coal on top might cause a BOOM.

I would contact AHS to find out for sure.

-Don

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