Bituminous coal burning in Warm Morning 523
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Showing differences from anthricite coal, this is bituminous or (soft) coal from western Pennsylvania and how to burn it. If you watched the videos on anthricite and wanted to know what bituminous looks like when it burns. I may post another video depending on interest or help
I had a hand fired, thermostat controlled furnace which used anthracite stove coal. Started a fire in the fall and let it burn out the spring. I didn't have to fiddle with it much other than shovel out the ashes and in the coal in the morning and add a shovel or two in the evening. It was almost self regulating because when it was cold out the draft pull on the chimney was greater. In another house I had an auger fed boiler which used anthracite pea coal. It also had a coil for domestic hot water. The ashes fell into a bucket under the retort. No smoke or back drafts on either. No poking or clinkers either. The furnace could work without electricity but the hot water boiler required current for the auger and water pump.
Anthracite is the best!
I was at Ft. McCoy, WI, back in 1987 for a short time. They still burned coal to heat the old barracks bldgs (I think most of it was built prior to WWII). You'd go outside and there was a thick yellow smog that hung in the air and it smelled foul (almost took your breath away), must of been the bituminous they were burning.
Yep anthracite don't do that
I like the MACO antenna!!! Nice vid. Thanks
That actually was a vintage Wilson v58 I rescued and bought a brand new maco lower section, hoop the radials and the vertical sections are original
I've always burned anthracite (NE PA...the stuff practically lays on the ground here - like $200-250/ton. Was $100-150 pre-2020, then the world went stupid). It's great to see someone who appreciates and understands coal. How often do you have to clean the furnace and chimney running bituminous? I'm good once a year in September/October before it runs every day.
Also, sweet antenna! I'm a ham, but I'll mess around on 11m once in a while.
Chimney only 6 foot above stove adapter, I have the previous videos to this one are of burning anthracite, it's single wall pipe through metal roof I don't clean it its strait just tap it occasionally, when I'm running anthracite it basically cleans itself
And yes I am a ham too but just stay on 11 meters in the freeband during this skip cycle
As I understand from your video, you can start with Bit coal (easy to light?) and after a while top it off with anthracite? Here in the Netherlands we have anthracite from Wales UK and Bit coal from Poland. Very expensive but I have an obsession with coal.
Yes you can!
I live in Pennsylvania and have always burned anthracite I have a stove exactly like yours and I use stove cold if it packs in too tight it will not breathe and burn correct I have had it burned for 5 to 6 months at a time without going out but you do need to bust up the clinkers once in awhile
Yes I'm in western PA about 40 mi from Ohio line, so thr anthracite mines farther east. Cheapest I can find anthracite is 450 a ton bagged on a skid. If I lived close enough I'd just go to the mine and buy bulk. Closest mine to me is all bituminous.and about 30 miles away so I burn anthracite in the colder months and use bit early fall late spring or if I need fast heat plus it's only $70/ton
I was posting these videos to help out some people on stove groups, but apparently the admin on the sites don't want youtube videos posted and they too long for Facebook. Some people where having trouble or wanted to learn or had some real misconceptions about coal, previous videos are of burning anthracite
Thank you so much. Very helpfull. Greetings from the Netherlands!
I wish I could find a place that would sell those corner flue blocks to me at a reasonable price. I never get to find a deal like that
I hear SSB in the background! 😉
All I talk on...freeband
You should try burning lignite. I live in Greece. This is what the power company uses to make electricity. I tried it once. Burns OK, but produces more ash and dirt than what you put in. Smells too.
Don't have access to that in my area, but if it was cost effective and lasted longer than wood I would burn it
First, I don't know. But I suspect you could shut the damper some. I guess your stack temperature should be a hint. You could check smoke and CO2. Maybe I expect too much from a basic stove.
No I run a barometric damper look in my other video Anthracite coal burning in Warm Morning 523. I took my mpd out.. I explain it in that video
Coal dose not create high flue Temps because the heat stays low un the stove unlike wood where alot of heat goes up the chimney
I've got an old Bacharach CO2 tester and happen to have the card for stack temp and CO2 readings and the correlated efficiency. It shows a couple or a few types of coal. It's all very fascinating. Thanks for your time and replies.
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Ummmmm, yeah. If you have high CO 2 readings I bet your house plants look great!😂😅😅
@@scottreynolds4827 combustion analysis
I only got 6 hours burns on bit.
It depends in mine, anywhere from 6 to 10 if I just let it fuse together and not poke it, definitely lasted till I got home from work to pick it back up unlike the epa wood stove I had for one season chucking wood in every 3 to 4 hours...and be out by time I got home
Definitely alot less work than wood. And the price point is better than anthracite, I burn anthracite primarily but always have bit on hand for like days today in mid 40s where I let it Peter out in the morning then get it going in evening and not have to worry bout getting up through the night