Amount of coal needed for steel

[DDDsDD999]

In one steel crucible, how much coal would it take to keep it lit the entire steel round? Not counting the coal used in the 2 bottom parts and the coal needed to get the fuel gauge full at the start.

[drevnyy]

hmm never checked
BUT
to fuel cruicible you can use branches, logs boards, block of wood, coal chairs and anything

ok not that last one

you need 16 blocks for full cycle

[borka]

DDD Thanx to "Apocalypso" it's answered to the max again here:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=22391&start=2240#p357319

To answer the question: 9 charcoal

one fuel meter holds 4 Blocks

Granted this is off memory, using 4 blocks is unoptimal. 9 charcoal, 18 branches, or 3 blocks w/ 3 branches will fill up a crucible for 12 hours. 1 tick is 40 minutes. The calculations you did rounded up terribly bad. 1 block lasts for 3 hours and 20 minutes, not 3 hours.

Charcoal: 9 for 12 hours, 42 for a full cycle.
Branches: 18 for 12 hours, 84 for a full cycle.
Blocks: 3.6 for 12 hours, 16.8 for a full cycle.

[DDDsDD999]

Thanks borka babs for finding that.

[borka]

RoBWiki updated
http://ringofbrodgar.com/wiki/Bar_of_Steel

[drevnyy]

being honest i've never counted that
i just heard that you need 16 blocks to smelt it