NO coals? or NO HOT coals? are COLD coals acceptable? the only time i ever had NO coals was the very first fire ever in my boiler.
sometimes i do, mostly on the weekends. weekdays i am in the barn to get my truck in the morning and again to tuck her in at night, so every 12 hours fits my schedule 5/7 days. also, if something comes up after work and i stop on the way home, i know the house will not go cold cuz I DID have a fire 12 hours ago and have more BTUs to run on. AHH, STORAGE...I get better results only loading a small part load at startup and then loading full a half hour later, than I did when I lit with a full load of fuel. Might be a nature of my beast - just seems to build a good fire faster at first with the small part load.
Although it has been a long time since I've done that - maybe I'll try it again sometime for the heck of it.
Why relight again after 12 hours? That's two fires in one day. Why not do it all in one burn with a re-load on a hot bed & refractory after 3 or 4 hours? That's only one fire a day.
Just goes to show the flexibility that storage allows - usually more than one schedule and procedure set to skin these cats with...
Why relight again after 12 hours? That's two fires in one day. Why not do it all in one burn with a re-load on a hot bed & refractory after 3 or 4 hours?
take that AVC!
You guys keep answering with "coals". This man wants to start with NO coals.
For me, I throw some cardboard in that I was going to recycle anyways. Then I grab some of the smallest splits I have (realize I do not "make" kindling, just whatever happens to be smallest in the pile). These are usually ~4". Then I touch off the cardboard with the propane torch and the forced draft carries it from there. Pile on the real splits (6-9") and go upstairs and sit in the warm house.
ac
Yes, I own both an EPA stove (in LR) and have owned and operated several stoves and wood-boilers in the past. I can honestly say that an induced draught boiler is truly the easiest thing to get going.Apparently. Keep changing the parameters and everyone can be happy.
Either way, starting these boilers is simple.
Forced draft. Love it.
ac
Wasn't there something about fire gremlins in the wood-gun?what do you have for a boiler?
You just described my lighting procedure to a T only I have forced draft. Looking like if you use the correct procedure the type of draft isn't a factor in the procedure.Yes, I own both an EPA stove (in LR) and have owned and operated several stoves and wood-boilers in the past. I can honestly say that an induced draught boiler is truly the easiest thing to get going.
I use no cardboard, newspaper, kindling....just rake the cold charcoal from yesterday's fire over the nozzle, stack a split on that charcoal, and fill to the brim with whatever you want. Light through the nozzle from the lower chamber close it all up and walk away.
TS
Having some charcoal to start with really makes re-starting easy and gets gasification going very fast.Key also seems to be charcoal, cold or not.![]()
I don't have coals after a burn. Maybe I'll look closer, but I don't think i can restart without a bit of kindlin'. I do one fire a day.
Having it reduced to ash would also be a blessing compared to the coal management I'm saddled with when cranking the insert in the cold weather.Ditto. Maybe a few clinkers but that's it, just a bunch of ash.
I kind of start form scratch each fire.
K
Ditto. Maybe a few clinkers but that's it, just a bunch of ash.
I kind of start form scratch each fire.
K
SKFire,
Did you pick that fire starter up at HomeDepot or LowesMaybe my wife might let me get one for Valentines day.
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