Pics of Coalman up and Running on Ky Bit

at last my coalman is up and running here are some pics burning ky bit coal 11600 btu

markc

pic of fire on the head

very nice. glad to see someone using a "modern" bit coal stoker. good luck with your setup. btw, where did you get your stoker? who is it made by I googled "coalman" and nothing relevent came up.

Here's the pdf brochure for it. Looked at this one a while back.....all I can do is dream about it
markc, Are you just lifting buckets up and dumping them in or how are you filling the hopper?

right now I am a bucket lifter next season once my bin is empty iam going to put in a 4 inch grain auger on a regular light switch control and I have an old auger to fabricate an ash auger for the bottom of the fire box,the stove holds about a weeks worth of coal ( about 20 full buckets),i bought this stove from
heatinnovations.com they are the mfg the guy to talk to is tim suderman 1-888-385-4328 they helped me with everything a complete flow process cad drawing tech support and even componet locations my house is 23 ft above my stove and shop is 8 feet above the stove so I had to use a pressurized system directly after the stove running aprox 260 feet to the house and only loosing 2 degrees in temp

mark

more pics
mark

Boy, that is a really nice looking set up!

I wonder, since you have it installed in an enclosed outbuilding, whether installing a barometric draft regulator in your pipe would help with efficiency? Just a thought.

Awesome!!

markc wrote:right now I am a bucket lifter next season once my bin is empty iam going to put in a 4 inch grain auger on a regular light switch control and I have an old auger to fabricate an ash auger for the bottom of the fire box,the stove holds about a weeks worth of coal ( about 20 full buckets)
mark

If you get that ash removal going you will have the ultimate setup ...all you have to do is monitor the system and maybe deal with a clinker or two..... If I were to put in a coal boiler I would do it exactly like you have.

Nice and neat! Great job!

Nice lookin setup! I wonder how it would work with anthracite?

looks great to me! two thumbs up!

where can I get strap on pipe thermometer ,bought an infrared from habor frieght but it will not read on the copper pipe
markc

markc wrote:where can I get strap on
markc

You should be able to get a strap on at an adult book store. No serious any fireplace store or Home Depot should have one.

Great setup! I looked at those a few times over the last couple of years when I was thinking of replacing the Prill. Enjoy!!