Coal in a Pellet Stove?

Not by much in a Harman with it being fed from the bottom.

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!!

peirhead said:

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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Hopefully ment stoker.

Why is this still going? Ridiculous to begin with and way off track now.

So were you able to find more pellets, rkbaguy?

Woodpellets.com will have 3tons of CleanFire to your door in 14days for $1,013.70. Unfortunately you can't buy less, but it's something.

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

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

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.

RKBAGUY said:

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.

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No, I didn't think it was you because of the stove referenced but it made me wonder.

Seasoned Oak said:

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.

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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.

tjnamtiw said:

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.

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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.

Seasoned Oak said:

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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Sounds like you have a stoker.