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Anthracite Coal. need freeper input. vanity
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Posted on 01/06/2015 12:57:00 PM PST by sopwith

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1 posted on 01/06/2015 12:57:00 PM PST by sopwith
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To: sopwith

buy coke


2 posted on 01/06/2015 12:58:55 PM PST by big bad easter bunny
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To: sopwith

Anthracite is notoriously hard to get lit unless you shovel it into an already stoked furnace.


3 posted on 01/06/2015 12:59:25 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: sopwith
Yes I'm logged in.

My laptop works well on bitumen coke.

The GPU is a bit smoky though.

4 posted on 01/06/2015 1:00:02 PM PST by Steely Tom (Thank you for self-censoring.)
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To: sopwith

You got anthracite for Christmas?

You must’ve been better than me. I got lignite.


5 posted on 01/06/2015 1:02:08 PM PST by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed is his demon.)
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lignite

dirt that burns...


6 posted on 01/06/2015 1:02:59 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: sopwith

Put it into a cast iron stove first.


7 posted on 01/06/2015 1:05:43 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: SpaceBar
"Anthracite is notoriously hard to get lit...

I've had 100% success in "getting lit" with this:

And, it goes down smooth while lighting your inner fire!

8 posted on 01/06/2015 1:07:18 PM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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Easy to get going. Start with a wood tinder fire with draft wide open. Add a layer of anthracite every half hour til you get the firebox at the level you want. Cut back the draft and your good to go for 12-16 hours.


9 posted on 01/06/2015 1:08:07 PM PST by Renegade
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To: sopwith
start with a HOT wood fire, add small amounts of coal.

Don't put a lot in the stove or it'll get so hot it'll melt through.

10 posted on 01/06/2015 1:09:48 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: sopwith

Coal can be a real pain, you need to get a hot fire before it burns properly.

Get some kiln dried wood, those $6 packs in the grocery store work, and when it’s real hot toss in the coal a little at a time and maintain it.


11 posted on 01/06/2015 1:18:16 PM PST by Malsua
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Have you no regard for the environment? (sarc)


12 posted on 01/06/2015 1:19:59 PM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Mariner
start with a HOT wood fire, add small amounts of coal.

Guess I should read the entire thread before I post

13 posted on 01/06/2015 1:19:59 PM PST by Malsua
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To: Mariner
start with a HOT wood fire, add small amounts of coal.

Guess I should read the entire thread before I post

14 posted on 01/06/2015 1:20:01 PM PST by Malsua
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To: sopwith

Not much info here. Do you even have a coal stove or just a wood stove? Does it have a shaker grate? Is it air tight?

Hard coal needs the right stove.


15 posted on 01/06/2015 1:26:57 PM PST by Revel
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What size coal are you using? What are you using it in?


16 posted on 01/06/2015 1:41:41 PM PST by black_diamond
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Light it and keep adding. Don't mess with it once lit, it doesn't need stirring like wood.

17 posted on 01/06/2015 1:42:48 PM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: sopwith

Isn’t anthracite (coking coal) for making steel? Wouldn’t you get lignite (thermal coal)?


18 posted on 01/06/2015 1:44:05 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Revel

its a vogelzang wood / coal stove with a blower and a draft blower. a rather large stove , it does wood well and that may be my problem as i’m use to wood. I can get the coal fired but it seems downhill from there . to much coal or to little? My main problem I think is i’m use to wood.


19 posted on 01/06/2015 1:46:02 PM PST by sopwith
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To: outofsalt

That I’ve learned the hard way.


20 posted on 01/06/2015 1:47:47 PM PST by sopwith
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