Not trying to be a Debbie Downer but news from Harman

wil lanfear said:

IMHO, the burnpot bubble issue has been resolved. The burnpot with the vertical slits on the burning surface resolved this issue for me and many others I suspect.

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Yes, my dealer installed the latest burnpot over the summer and it seems to be holding up well. The previous two bubbled and cracked.

So they ironed out the last bug and now they're discontinuing. Sounds like General Motors.

kinsmanstoves said:

I like anthracite coal but before I spend the money I want to know I will be able to burn coal in the future. Look at all the power plants having to switch to NG.

Eric

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That's all bituminous coal, not clean burning anthracite. Two entirely different animals.

tjnamtiw said:

That's all bituminous coal, not clean burning anthracite. Two entirely different animals.

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Power plants burn the cheapest, high sulfur 'coal' they can get. I use the word coal loosely. Remember, I live near one of the largest coal fired plants in the country, Detriot Edison's Monroe Steam Plant on Lake Erie and just south of the DTE plant is the Consumers Energy's JR Whiting Steam Plant, also coal fired. Whiting is being decomissioned but DTE isn't, In fact DTE just spent millions on scrubbers (that I get to pay for...)

I see the coal trains coming north constantly and the coal is more dirt than coal, nothing like you'd burn in a coal stove. Power plants pulverize the 'coal' and blow it into the furnaces that heat the boilers that make the steam to spin the turbines that send electricity to my home.... That I pay dearly for.....

Their coal is nothing like the coal you (and possibly me) burn.

One of our club members is the second shift operator at DTE and I've been able to get a peek inside. Pretty interesting place. Pretty big coal stoves too.

There are some interesting U-Tube vids on power plant biolers that give you an idea of their size....

wil lanfear said:

IMHO, the burnpot bubble issue has been resolved. The burnpot with the vertical slits on the burning surface resolved this issue for me and many others I suspect.

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Me as well. I had my burnpot out last night....Purfect just like it was when I installed it...11 tons ago