[Steam-engine] burning coal-

[Andrew]

Last year I burnt some ohio coal that was mined further east from where
i'm at. I've had some that was a little cleaner but what I had the last
time was not. I think there is a mine about 20 or 30 miles from me, I
might check it out. About 1/2 hour is all it takes, but I can sometimes
get a little longer than that.

>From Andrew at
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On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Rupert Wenig wrote:

> Hello Andrew,
> 	Have you tried a different coal? We have two 1/4 scale cases here. One
> owner refuses to burn coal so he burns wood. He gets about 1/2 hour of
> running before he has to clean flues. The other owner imports his coal
> from some where in the eastern US. I'm not sure what type of coal it is
> but it is a metallurgical grade. He can run all day without cleaning
> flues. Hope that helps.
>
> Rupert
>
> Andrew wrote:
> > Has anyone here ever had trouble with coal plugging up the flues on
> > smaller engines? Mine has 1/2" flues that will plug up after a little
> > while when burning coal. For that reason I mostly just burn wood but it
> > eats the wood fast on the baker fan... The coal is ok for a while but
> > eventually the flues will plug up and the preasure starts dropping
> > quickly as the draft is cut back so much the fire dies down.
> >
> >>From Andrew at
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> > b10730 at hotmail.com
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