Burning Lehigh buck in a kaa-4. Probably the best case scenario for ash as it was ideal conditions to burn a lot of coal with no long timer cycles. Temperature in the teens with 20 to 40 mph winds.
21.66 lbs of ash / 148.72 lbs Lehigh buck = 14.56%
KAA-4 ash percentage
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StokerDon
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Looks real good. Have you checked you ash percentage in warmer weather?
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Rob R.
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Ashes look great - how does your fire look during those long burns? Totally burned ashes are nice, but not if you have to use a bunch of extra combustion air to do it.
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Fire looks great with it turning to all ash right at or just past the last set of holes. Over fire draft is at -.02. Here's a pic of the fire after only a 20 minute run. The fire will move down another inch or inch and a half on a longer run. I get very small clinkers on occasion but I can crush them to dust with my hand. I'll try to get a new pic after a long run.