Need some help with Legend coal furnice

warminmn · Post by **warminmn** » Tue. Dec. 26, 2017 5:15 pm

Thats great! Glad its working out.

Pauliewog · Post by **Pauliewog** » Tue. Dec. 26, 2017 6:10 pm

How long was your power out and what did the temperature drop down to inside your house ?

Do you have a backup generator ?

Paulie

Ranger · Post by **Ranger** » Tue. Dec. 26, 2017 10:47 pm

As far as I know the power was out for 3 to 4 hours on the 24th, starting around 7 and it's pretty much dark here by then. I wasn't here during this time, I was further up north. And to top it all off that's when the outside temp dropped to -30 with the windchill up to -37. We are under a extreme cold warning right now, have been for a few days now and looks like will be for about 5 more days. Dad said my house was still fairly warm.

No back generator for the furnice but we do have a few generators here. I'll ask dad about that tomorrow.

I'm pretty sure dad turned up the coal feed as the table has alot more coal on it. Furnice temp is staying above 150 but hasn't got to 160 yet. And half the valley on the table was 2 clinkers. So I'm back to a clinker issue and maybe to much feed. But it's staying over 150 so for now I'm gonna leave it for tonight. I have one more shift and then a day off to play with it and do some babysitting during the day.

McGiever · Post by **McGiever** » Tue. Dec. 26, 2017 11:47 pm

With your -30 temp, is that C or F?

cabinover · Post by **cabinover** » Wed. Dec. 27, 2017 4:51 am

From looking around briefly you have an outdoor wood boiler for all intents and purposes. On this forum we an air heating appliance as a furnace, whereas a water heating appliance is a boiler. Not to start a battle of words but to help everyone understand what you're working on and how to make it work better again is all.

corey · Post by **corey** » Wed. Dec. 27, 2017 6:56 am

cabinover wrote: ↑
Wed. Dec. 27, 2017 4:51 am
From looking around briefly you have an outdoor wood boiler for all intents and purposes. On this forum we an air heating appliance as a furnace, whereas a water heating appliance is a boiler. Not to start a battle of words but to help everyone understand what you're working on and how to make it work better again is all.

Wood boiler??

The guy has a coal stoker.

Post by **coaledsweat** » Wed. Dec. 27, 2017 7:02 am

cabinover wrote: ↑
Wed. Dec. 27, 2017 4:51 am
From looking around briefly you have an outdoor wood boiler for all intents and purposes. On this forum we an air heating appliance as a furnace, whereas a water heating appliance is a boiler. Not to start a battle of words but to help everyone understand what you're working on and how to make it work better again is all.

A boiler is a closed vessel, I don't think the OP's appliance can truly be called a boiler as it is vented. I believe the proper term in this case is water heater.

Ranger · Post by **Ranger** » Wed. Dec. 27, 2017 7:18 am

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Post by **Lightning** » Wed. Dec. 27, 2017 10:02 am

Oh, so it's a hybrid outdoor wood/stoker - boiler/hot water furnace lol.

Ranger · Post by **Ranger** » Wed. Dec. 27, 2017 12:58 pm

I mean -30C outside temp. And I go by F on the coal furnice. Gotta love canada lol.

Pauliewog · Post by **Pauliewog** » Wed. Dec. 27, 2017 2:54 pm

On the bright side, once winter sets in and the temps drop to -40 we don't have to calculate the difference.

Hung up my plates and helmet liner as a reminder, but the only thing I truly miss are the Northern Lights.

Paulie

Ranger · Post by **Ranger** » Wed. Dec. 27, 2017 9:22 pm

I could go for some of that weather right now lol. We don't get to see the northern lights much here which sucks. Just cold windy nights.

Pauliewog · Post by **Pauliewog** » Thu. Dec. 28, 2017 1:41 am

That picture is down in my basement next to the coal stoker.

We are at a +7*F outside right now.

Spent some time just above Dillon off of 155 . No city lights to ruin the light show up there........... Not many gas stations either .

Is your boiler temp coming up any ?

Paulie

cabinover · Post by **cabinover** » Thu. Dec. 28, 2017 5:26 am

coaledsweat wrote: ↑
Wed. Dec. 27, 2017 7:02 am
A boiler is a closed vessel, I don't think the OP's appliance can truly be called a boiler as it is vented. I believe the proper term in this case is water heater.

Reckon all of those OWBs are really OWHs then. Sorry for the confusion.

Ranger · Post by **Ranger** » Thu. Dec. 28, 2017 10:38 am

Everytime I check the furnice it is around 150F still. Dad said he had it up to 170F with his pump off but as soon as he kicked his in it dropped to 150F and seems to stay around there. We both have our furnices turned down to around 20C and the shop turned down to just keep the chill off. It's still -30C outside here and -40C over night. I'm on days off now so I'm gonna go play with it today and see if I can get more out of it. Dad turned the coal feed down abit so I'm gonna play with the air. We have decided to setup our second furnice when it gets warmer and run just my house off it so hopefully this doesn't happen again. I have people asking me why I don't get with the times and run natural gas, well for 1 being on a acerage we don't have gas here with the only option propane. And 2, we both work at a coal mine and at 2 bucks a ton for coal running a coal furnice is a no Brainer for us. I'll get some pics of the flame and stuff when I get out of my warm blanket and out to the furnice lol.

Need some help with Legend coal furnice

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