Lit Up for the 2020-21 Heating Season Today

Post by **Lightning** » Mon. Sep. 14, 2020 6:29 pm

swyman wrote: ↑
Mon. Sep. 14, 2020 7:09 am
The bug is finally biting me, can't wait till I can join you!

Yeah man, can't wait to see that 260 in action!

nepacoal · Post by **nepacoal** » Mon. Sep. 14, 2020 6:31 pm

Lightning wrote: ↑
Mon. Sep. 14, 2020 6:23 pm
Do you measure coal? Just curious how much you use thru June, July and August.

Yes, I measure what I burn... I burn just under 12.5 lbs/day so for the summer it's just under 1500 lbs. I don't burn year around to save money... I burn to prevent my boiler and stove pipes from rusting out. Having tons of hot water is just a bonus.

Post by **Lightning** » Mon. Sep. 14, 2020 6:37 pm

Wow that is some fantastic coal mileage! I don't think the Axe could even get close to that.. Too much standby loss with no insulation on the vessel.

Post by **StokerDon** » Mon. Sep. 14, 2020 6:44 pm

Lightning wrote: ↑
Mon. Sep. 14, 2020 6:27 pm
What's the reasoning for switching in mid December? Do you prefer the Van for summer burning?

After the biggest puff-back I have ever heard, an outfire immediately after, and then not lighting after 2 attempts I switched over to the Van Wert. It might be nothing more than the new crappy charcoal I bought to light it with but I didn't have time to mess with it at the time.

This gave me some time to play with the Van Wert and I successfully applied what I learned from running the Axeman. Since I was running the Van Wert when I ordered coal, I got 4.5 ton of Rice for the basement and 1.5 ton of Pea for the Axeman in the garage. Only 6 ton fits in the truck. I'll probably get about 3 more ton of Pea before Winter.

In my case I couldn't seem to tame the full throttle nature of the Axeman for Summer use. It was just easier to run the Van Wert low and slow. Once it actually gets cold in December we will switch over to the Axeman.

-Don

Toddburn · Post by **Toddburn** » Mon. Sep. 14, 2020 7:14 pm

Lightning wrote: ↑
Mon. Sep. 14, 2020 6:22 pm
Thanks Todd , you still running the hand feds?

Yes sir. I’m ready to go just waiting on fall to arrive. Hope your boiler is purring along!

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Mon. Sep. 14, 2020 7:57 pm

Lightning wrote: ↑
Mon. Sep. 14, 2020 6:28 pm
Whatchya gotta change up piping for? Are you heating another building with it?

I had the extra ports on my manifold capped, I want to put ball valves on them, so when I move the hot tub into the basement this fall I can put a heat exchanger on the loop of the manifolds and start heating the hot tub with the boiler, and I need to switch out my pressure/temp gauge, it isn’t reading correctly, and I want to put in some more aqua stat wells in the boiler for future projects, and I didn’t go with a big enough expansion tank, so I’m doubling it up.

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Tue. Sep. 22, 2020 7:58 pm

Officially lit for the season!

Post by **Lightning** » Wed. Sep. 23, 2020 12:11 pm

hotblast1357 wrote: ↑
Tue. Sep. 22, 2020 7:58 pm
Officially lit for the season!

Nice!!
How's she running for ya?

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Wed. Sep. 23, 2020 12:32 pm

Lightning wrote: ↑
Wed. Sep. 23, 2020 12:11 pm
Nice!!
How's she running for ya?

Like a champ like always

PippaScott · Post by **PippaScott** » Wed. Apr. 07, 2021 8:37 am

You guys have some beautiful furnaces!