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Trumpeterb
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- Posts: 230
- Joined: Sun. Feb. 10, 2019 8:37 am
- Location: West Middlesex, PA
- Stoker Coal Boiler: AHS130 Coal Gun
- Coal Size/Type: Pea
- Other Heating: Electric baseboards (hopefully never use these again)
Just picked up my second load of coal for the season—2.3 tons of Blaschak pea coal—for my AHS130. I got 3 months out of my first 2.5 tons. Working on finishing my basement now and will be adding an additional loop to a manifold that feeds 4 European style radiant wall panels (model 22 I believe). The basement is very well insulated with a layer of R13 and an additional layer of R19 on the top 4 feet of wall, and 1.5” rigid foam and R13 on the bottom 4 feet, in front of the block. I am interested to see how much more coal I burn once these are up and running. Is anyone using these types of radiators? How efficient have you found them to be? My research seems to indicate they are great, but I always like to hear first hand accounts.
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fig
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- Joined: Fri. Feb. 12, 2016 2:36 pm
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Harman SF360
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: T.O.M (Warm Morning converted to baseburner by Steve) Round Oak 1917 Door model O-3, Warm Morning 400, Warm Morning 524, Warm Morning 414,Florence No.77, Warm Morning 523-b
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Clayton 7.1/DS Machine basement stove/ Harman SF1500
- Baseburners & Antiques: Renown Parlor stove 87B
- Coal Size/Type: Bituminous/anthracite
- Other Heating: Harman Accentra, enviro omega, Vermont Ironworks Elm stove, Quadrafire Mt Vernon, Logwood stove, Sotz barrel stove,
When I lived in England they were in every place I lived and worked. Worked well. They have a dial on them to cut back heat. These were all on gas fired boilers though so no experience with coal fired. I should add that the climate there is much more mild then here. It snowed once the four years I was there.
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Rob R.
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- Location: Chazy, NY
- Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Chubby Jr
Those panel radiators work very well if sized and installed correctly.
Sounds like the basement should hold heat pretty well based on your description. I don't expect you will see much of a change in the coal bin.
Sounds like the basement should hold heat pretty well based on your description. I don't expect you will see much of a change in the coal bin.
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Trumpeterb
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- Posts: 230
- Joined: Sun. Feb. 10, 2019 8:37 am
- Location: West Middlesex, PA
- Stoker Coal Boiler: AHS130 Coal Gun
- Coal Size/Type: Pea
- Other Heating: Electric baseboards (hopefully never use these again)
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StokerDon
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- Joined: Mon. Nov. 11, 2013 11:17 am
- Location: PA, Southern York County!
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
Nice!
-Don
I thought you already had manifolds? Each one of these should just be connected to the manifolds off the boiler, not a "loop".Trumpeterb wrote: ↑Sun. Feb. 07, 2021 10:11 amWorking on finishing my basement now and will be adding an additional loop to a manifold that feeds 4 European style radiant wall panels (model 22 I believe).
-Don
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Trumpeterb
- Member
- Posts: 230
- Joined: Sun. Feb. 10, 2019 8:37 am
- Location: West Middlesex, PA
- Stoker Coal Boiler: AHS130 Coal Gun
- Coal Size/Type: Pea
- Other Heating: Electric baseboards (hopefully never use these again)
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StokerDon
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- Joined: Mon. Nov. 11, 2013 11:17 am
- Location: PA, Southern York County!
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
Wow, that looks pretty nice!
-Don
-Don