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Posted by ransley on May 9, 2008, 10:31 am
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> > > You aren't suggesting that they can skip the annual service on the
> > > boiler are you??? Gas may not need to have a nozzle and filter changed=
> > > like oil, but it certainly needs an annual service just like oil,
> > > particularly for a commercial sized unit like the OP has. The cost of
> > > that annual service isn't going to be any different since a nozzle and=
> > > filter account for about $10 worth of materials.
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> > We run two 125 HP boilers fired with gas. =A0They are checked for effici=
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> > every two months. =A0We are, in fact, putting on controls at $45,000 to =
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> > just 2% in efficiency. They get opened and cleaned once a year and the f=
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> > side gets a quick brushing. Takes one person about an hour
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> > We used to run a smaller (40 HP) oil fired boiler. =A0It had to be opene=
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> > every three months and it took two men about 4 hours to clean, vacuum,
> > dispose of the soot, dispose of their now filthy coveralls, breathing
> > apparatus, and then another hour to clean up the boiler room.
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> > Now you say the cost of annual service is not going to be different
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> When having to spend that much money, I'd start looking at Solar
> energy.
> Or you can keep paying out the monthly fees to the different power
> companies.
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Solar, at his size might cost 200,000.00 minimum
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