AGA solid fuel cooker
Thanks The Natural Philosopher, ss and muddymike for your replies. I am in Kenya and have returned to the house I grew up in that has a 4 door (Model E?) charcoal burning AGA (which was abandoned for many years). I will need to do some work on it and re-learn how to run it at optimum efficiency. I found a copy of a booklet entitled "Aga Solid Fuel Deluxe Cookers Models C, CB, E (1956-2001)" but it does not give good instructions on recharging, vent control etc. If anyone can supply something a little more detailed I'd be truly grateful! The temperature gauge is missing (and probably the sensor) so I will need to find and install a new (?) or secondhand one. All the AGA tools are also missing. |
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AGA solid fuel cooker
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Thanks The Natural Philosopher, ss and muddymike for your replies. I am in Kenya and have returned to the house I grew up in that has a 4 door (Model E?) charcoal burning AGA (which was abandoned for many years). I will need to do some work on it and re-learn how to run it at optimum efficiency. I found a copy of a booklet entitled "Aga Solid Fuel Deluxe Cookers Models C, CB, E (1956-2001)" but it does not give good instructions on recharging, vent control etc. If anyone can supply something a little more detailed I'd be truly grateful! The temperature gauge is missing (and probably the sensor) so I will need to find and install a new (?) or secondhand one. All the AGA tools are also missing. As others have said, the normal fuel was anthracite grains which is a hard high purity coal. I dont know how easy this will be to find in Kenya. Given the lack of demand these days, I think you might have difficulties. I cant see it working well with charcoal which has a much lower energy density and would need very regular recharging. If you cant find a supplier of anthracite I would look for a kit to convert it to oil if youre very keen to keep it but the cost of that would probably buy several conventional cookers! Tim -- Please don't feed the trolls |
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