Hot Water Oil Consumption

Posted by homeguy on July 29, 2006, 9:27 am

I have an oil fired Bock Hot Water heater. I shut off my boiler for
the summer and then wrote down the gallons in my oil tank and after 1
month my summer usage is 40 gallons just for the hot water. I have 4
adults and 1 child living in the house. I've never checked the actual
usage in the summer but I don't ever remember using that much oil. I
was wondering if anyone has any figures to compare to mine?

Thanks in advance

Posted by Joseph Meehan on July 29, 2006, 2:39 pm

homeguy wrote:

> I have an oil fired Bock Hot Water heater. I shut off my boiler for
> the summer and then wrote down the gallons in my oil tank and after 1
> month my summer usage is 40 gallons just for the hot water. I have 4
> adults and 1 child living in the house. I've never checked the actual
> usage in the summer but I don't ever remember using that much oil. I
> was wondering if anyone has any figures to compare to mine?
> Thanks in advance

I would not be surprised if the gauge you are using is inaccurate.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

Posted by homeguy on July 29, 2006, 3:27 pm

I have an expensive guage that you pump to get a reading. It may not
be that accurate but I've always used that guage so that is a constant
in the equation. I was hoping someone could tell me what an average
family consumes in oil for a month.
Joseph Meehan wrote:

> homeguy wrote:

> > I have an oil fired Bock Hot Water heater. I shut off my boiler for
> > the summer and then wrote down the gallons in my oil tank and after 1
> > month my summer usage is 40 gallons just for the hot water. I have 4
> > adults and 1 child living in the house. I've never checked the actual
> > usage in the summer but I don't ever remember using that much oil. I
> > was wondering if anyone has any figures to compare to mine?
> > Thanks in advance

> I would not be surprised if the gauge you are using is inaccurate.
>
> --
> Joseph Meehan
>
> Dia duit

Posted by homeguy on August 4, 2006, 10:55 am

anyone
homeguy wrote:

> I have an expensive guage that you pump to get a reading. It may not
> be that accurate but I've always used that guage so that is a constant
> in the equation. I was hoping someone could tell me what an average
> family consumes in oil for a month.
> Joseph Meehan wrote:

> > homeguy wrote:

> > > I have an oil fired Bock Hot Water heater. I shut off my boiler for
> > > the summer and then wrote down the gallons in my oil tank and after 1
> > > month my summer usage is 40 gallons just for the hot water. I have 4
> > > adults and 1 child living in the house. I've never checked the actual
> > > usage in the summer but I don't ever remember using that much oil. I
> > > was wondering if anyone has any figures to compare to mine?
> > > Thanks in advance

> > I would not be surprised if the gauge you are using is inaccurate.
> >
> > --
> > Joseph Meehan
> >
> > Dia duit

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