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Posted by Bubba on October 31, 2006, 7:37 pm
wrote:
>
>Subject: Re: Oil Boiler runs...then shuts off. Help!
>Date: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 4:24 PM
>
>That is very nice advice "Buba" but tell me
>what the old timers did when they did not
>have all those nice digital gadgets, it seems to me
>that are far in between good techs. left out there
>good luck those people who will be needing them
>Dido
>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks for all the input. Tonight I hit reset and it kept running. So
>>>maybe the new filter and HOT treatment have kicked in. But, lets see
>>>how long it lasts. Maybe an extra filter is a good idea.
>>>
>>>Since it was running good tonight I turned on the heat. After about 10
>>>minutes it starts to smoke a little. Though it is a small stream of
>>>smoke, it is enough tp stink up the utility room, so needs to be
>>>adressed.
>>>It doesn't run long enough to smoke when heating just hot water ,but
>>>running the heat will bring on the smoke.
>>>
>>>>From what i've gleened, it can be the air intake adjustment or possibly
>>>a cracked
>>>heat element. I'm hoping it is the air intake adjustment.
>>>
>>>The last time the oil tech was working on it , he was moving the air
>>>intake thing until the chimney was burning clean (his assistant would
>>>tell him when the smoke was light)
>>>So I'm not sure if this is correct way to adjust this or not?
>>>
>>>If this were adjusted wrong is it possible for smoke the back up and
>>>appear to be coming from inside the unit.?
>>>
>>>I would so rather pay the guy and not have to bother, but I've been
>>>forced to do some simple things out of necessity. I change filters ( I
>>>do have the A-1-25 canister) . Replace nozzles and clean the ceramic
>>>and electrodes. All with power off.
>>>
>>>Thanks again!
>>
>> Okay, lets try this once again for all you "kids" out there that think
>> they can play with their own oil furnace.
>> First off, get those bozo's out of your house playing with your
>> furnace.
>> Next, you will need to do some searching and make some calls.
>> You are looking for an oil service company that has a few service
>> tools.
>> You need one with a digital combustion efficiency analyzer.
>> They also need to be able to read smoke.
>> They also need to be able to read draft
>> They also need to be able to read stack temp and ambient temp.
>> Then after they get all that info they need to be able to analyze it
>> all and decide what plan of action it takes to make your furnace burn
>> efficiently and safely.
>> Hint: Eyeballing the flame dont do chit and can cost you hundreds of
>> dollars in excess fuel burnt.
>> That should get you a start.
>> Bubba
>
>Old timers use(d) the old paper pull smoke tester, draft gauge and hi temp
>thermometer/pyrometer. It works, but not as accurate as the new expensive
>stuff..
>
>Bubba is of course correct; eyeballing it is not too good unless you have an
>expert eye looking at the flame, toasting your eyes in the process. And it
>really is not a good job anyway, especially in checking for CO and CO2
>
and actually, I will accept the above as long as you are using the red
Fyrite CO2 fluid tester. No prob with that.
The eyeballing though is ridiculous. If you noticed, almost all the
newer stuff for almost 10 yrs now makes it where you cant even see the
flame. They dont want you eyeballing it anymore.
Bubba
>My fucking old oil company, who got paid pretty well did a real shitty job,
>never really cleaned the heat exchangers (at all!). I fired them, cleaned
>the (Weil McClain Boiler) exchangers out with a soot saber, they were
>plugged almost solid, then brushed them, vacuumed the shit out of the
>chamber, replaced the burner with a nice Beckett AFG clean cut burner, set
>it up. I then got a new oil company, also with a contract for service. At
>least they start out with a nice, clean well running system, and I will
>expect them to keep it that way, and I will make sure they do. It runs sweet
>since last December when I did it. And that only because I stayed in a
>Holiday Inn Express for a week before that.
>
>I guess I am a jerk. I just did the brakes on my wife's car and my truck
>today because I just can't seem to trust the places that do them. At 63,
>going on 64, I hope next time I will be more trusting of others. NO, I am
>NOT a cheap fuck either (just a stupid fuck).
>
>Bob
>
>
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