We have a "Dual Fuel" "Spiral Flame" Harman forced air furnace in our basement that we've never used. Previous owner had a chimney fire and never used it after that (though he had a stainless steel flue installed in the chimney after the fire).
I've been a long time wood burner (Englander upstairs) but I'm sick of chopping wood and want to try burning coal. Previous owner burned both wood and coal in the Harman.
I cleaned the birds nests out of the flue, put new fire brick in the box, cleaned it up, and I'm about ready to burn.
However, I can't tell what model it is! The manuals on line don't specify and there is no name plate, as far as I can tell. I wondered if maybe the size of the firebox might be an indicator. the 1500, 2500, etc. all look the same (and basically, like mine).
My other question is, is there supposed to be fire brick under the ash pan? The pan does kind of drop down once you slide it in, and I figured it's either designed that way, or the pan is supposed to be sitting on brick.
Thanks!
I've been a long time wood burner (Englander upstairs) but I'm sick of chopping wood and want to try burning coal. Previous owner burned both wood and coal in the Harman.
I cleaned the birds nests out of the flue, put new fire brick in the box, cleaned it up, and I'm about ready to burn.
However, I can't tell what model it is! The manuals on line don't specify and there is no name plate, as far as I can tell. I wondered if maybe the size of the firebox might be an indicator. the 1500, 2500, etc. all look the same (and basically, like mine).
My other question is, is there supposed to be fire brick under the ash pan? The pan does kind of drop down once you slide it in, and I figured it's either designed that way, or the pan is supposed to be sitting on brick.
Thanks!
