1,564 Lbs. burned
~93 Lbs. for DHW
~1,471 Lbs. for home heating
968 HDD's
1.52 Lbs/HDD
January tale of the tape
- nepacoal
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- Location: Coal Country
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Keystoker KAA-4 / "Kelly" and an EFM 520 at my in-laws
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Harman SF-260 - retired
- Coal Size/Type: Buck
Your HDD's should be close to 1290. The data is from a station in Chazy at 167 ft elevation (KNYCHAZY2)...
https://www.degreedays.net/
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- lsayre
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- Posts: 21781
- Joined: Wed. Nov. 23, 2005 9:17 pm
- Location: Ohio
- Stoker Coal Boiler: AHS S130 Coal Gun
- Coal Size/Type: Lehigh Anthracite Pea
- Other Heating: Resistance Boiler (13.5 KW), ComfortMax 75
I'm burning roughly 11-12% more coal per HDD this winter vs. an average of a number of years past. Whatever it is that I'm burning, it is seriously lousy coal. And the frequency of ash tub emptying verifies it (albeit that the ashes look good). It's as if it only has about 10,800 'as delivered' btu's per pound.
- nepacoal
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- Posts: 1701
- Joined: Wed. Nov. 21, 2012 7:49 am
- Location: Coal Country
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Keystoker KAA-4 / "Kelly" and an EFM 520 at my in-laws
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Harman SF-260 - retired
- Coal Size/Type: Buck
My usage is directly related to the wind... I can burn up to 35% more, depending on how much the wind blows. I've also noticed that an easterly wind has more of an affect than any other direction.
- hotblast1357
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- Joined: Mon. Mar. 10, 2014 10:06 pm
- Location: Peasleeville NY
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1984 Eshland S260 coal gun
- Coal Size/Type: Lehigh anthracite pea
- Other Heating: air source heat pump, oil furnace
1512 pounds for me.