March 2013 Coal Consumption
- lsayre
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- Coal Size/Type: Lehigh Anthracite Pea
- Other Heating: Resistance Boiler (13.5 KW), ComfortMax 75
I'm currently projecting 1,540 lbs. of coal burned this March vs. 996 lbs. last March. 55% more. The groundhog has let me down big time.
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Last edited by lsayre on Sat. Mar. 23, 2013 7:03 am, edited 1 time in total.
- lsayre
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- Stoker Coal Boiler: AHS S130 Coal Gun
- Coal Size/Type: Lehigh Anthracite Pea
- Other Heating: Resistance Boiler (13.5 KW), ComfortMax 75
It's going to end up being close to a full 20 degrees colder per day here this March vs. last March. We will end the month at close to 5 degrees below the long term average for a normal March.
- tsb
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- Coal Size/Type: All of them
About twice what I expected !
- freetown fred
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I tend to stay on average 1200 lbs per month ( 30 day figuring )no matter what the temps do--it's about having figured out the bi-metallic thermo on the old HITZER--some days 30 lbs some 50 lbs, but it all averages out the same. When warmer temps sets in I'll drop down to 20 lbs per--again----bi-metallic thermo--outstanding contraption Dean
- lsayre
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I just topped off and my actual March coal consumption came in at 1,466 lbs. That's 75 lbs. below my mid month projection. We had a few warm days toward the end of the month that helped out. March will end here at a mean temp overall of 33.5 degrees, vs. 37.0 for a normal March, or 3.5 degrees below normal.
1.50 lbs. burned per degree day for March.
7,931 lbs. burned overall since firing it up on September 29th. 4 tons.
1.50 lbs. burned per degree day for March.
7,931 lbs. burned overall since firing it up on September 29th. 4 tons.
- wilder11354
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- Other Heating: crown oil boiler, backup.if needed
put the coal in, tke the ash out......put the coal in, take the ash out...... still better than buying oil. over all so far since october, burned 5.5 tons coal give or take a quarter or so. If weather does break soon, hope to shut done by mid april or so.
- michaelanthony
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- Coal Size/Type: 'nut
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I call it multi march matchness, or multi match marchness, try saying that a whole bunch o' times, anyway I burned about half ton of coal and zero oil, love it!
- freetown fred
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Wilder, it's hard to give any answers with your PM turned off OR--just email me about the lumber
wilder11354 wrote:put the coal in, tke the ash out......put the coal in, take the ash out...... still better than buying oil. over all so far since october, burned 5.5 tons coal give or take a quarter or so. If weather does break soon, hope to shut done by mid april or so.