Coal in a Pellet Stove?
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I am in agreement on the inadvisability of trying this....what brought it to mind for me was in Kijiji a few months ago someone had posted an ad for anthracite rice coal and specifically mentioned "suitable for pellet stoves".....go figure!!
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LOL. Yeah, OK, I got the point the first time. Not advisable, check. Melted stove, check. Pets burned to a cinder, check. Denied insurance claim, check... check... check.
Still looking. A local dealer is supposed to be getting a delivery this week. We'll see...
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A possibility. I'd need to find someone to split it with. Thanks for the suggestion!
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They are saving the day for me (well planned at least...I don't have a confirmation on my delivery day yet). I expect to get a delivery just as I am about to run out 
Glad to help out fellow RKBA friendly people
Glad to help out fellow RKBA friendly people
You're up in MA, I'm in PA. The way things are going, we might need to meet up in CT before long...
Looks like the OP didn't like the answers here so he, or someone else from the forum, went looking for better answers > '
By: 43Yankee On: Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:01 pm
New to the forum so be kind! I have a Harmon Advance auger fed pellet stove. Looking to feed bagged rice coal into it. I have read all about 'melting' the stove down and killing my family. I don't see the technological difference other than btu's / # difference. Since the feed is regulated by stack temp how will I melt anything?? Exactly how will this meltdown occur. Harmon coal stokers have the same style burn pot and combustion air screen. Has anybody experimented w/this and documented the results? If someone can show me facts other than dealer hype I'd love to discuss! Thanks in 'Advance'!!''
http://nepacrossroads.com/about33253.html
He got the same answers there, thankfully
By: 43Yankee On: Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:01 pm
New to the forum so be kind! I have a Harmon Advance auger fed pellet stove. Looking to feed bagged rice coal into it. I have read all about 'melting' the stove down and killing my family. I don't see the technological difference other than btu's / # difference. Since the feed is regulated by stack temp how will I melt anything?? Exactly how will this meltdown occur. Harmon coal stokers have the same style burn pot and combustion air screen. Has anybody experimented w/this and documented the results? If someone can show me facts other than dealer hype I'd love to discuss! Thanks in 'Advance'!!''
http://nepacrossroads.com/about33253.html
He got the same answers there, thankfully
Coal gets hot enough to crack cast iron. I went thru about 1 grate a year before i changed my coal source. Also an volume of coal burning about 6"x4" and 1 inch deep ,about 24 Cubic inches can heat my poorly insulated 3000 Sq ft house to 75 degrees when its ZERO outside. Ill say it puts out more heat than wood.
Nope. Wasn't me. Leaving aside the couple flippant posts, the other more lucid replies convinced me that coal wasn't an option, and helped me understand the underlying reason why.
No, I didn't think it was you because of the stove referenced but it made me wonder.
Letting the ash build up too close to the grate is a sure way of cracking your grates. Other than that, they should last longer than that unless you were overfiring the stove or the castings were really sheeety.
Coal was clinkering blocking some of the air holes in the grate leading to uneven heat in the grate. Not really possible to over fire my stove. I changed coal and problem solved.
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