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Posted by on September 8, 2006, 8:02 am
Crud aside you sometimes have to prime the pump by loosening a plug or
a piece of tubing and holding a coffee can under it to catch the excess
while holding the reset button. The crud will just gum up a filter or
six on the side/bottom of the tank.
Al Bundy wrote:
> Someone asked me today what would happen if they ran out of fuel oil. I
> have no idea.
>
> I assume the pickup is a few inches off the bottom so it doesn't suck up
> crud. What's involved in restarting it once the tank is replenished? It's a
> 20 yr old furnace that's going to be replaced with a gas furnace. They
> don't want to add fuel needlessly for obvious reasons.
>
> Thanks,
> Al...
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Posted by Willshak on September 8, 2006, 8:03 am
Al Bundy wrote:
> Someone asked me today what would happen if they ran out of fuel oil. I
> have no idea.
>
> I assume the pickup is a few inches off the bottom so it doesn't suck up
> crud. What's involved in restarting it once the tank is replenished? It's a
> 20 yr old furnace that's going to be replaced with a gas furnace. They
> don't want to add fuel needlessly for obvious reasons.
>
> Thanks,
> Al...
>
My oil tank is outside and buried, which requires that I go out and read
the oil level with a measuring stick.
In 20 years, I have forgotten to measure it about 3 times and it ran out
of fuel. I think all three times, it was on a weekend. :-)
After it was filled, just hitting the reset button started it up.
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To Email, remove the double zeroes after 'at'
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Posted by Jeff Wisnia on September 8, 2006, 11:30 am
Al Bundy wrote:
> Someone asked me today what would happen if they ran out of fuel oil. I
> have no idea.
>
> I assume the pickup is a few inches off the bottom so it doesn't suck up
> crud. What's involved in restarting it once the tank is replenished? It's a
> 20 yr old furnace that's going to be replaced with a gas furnace. They
> don't want to add fuel needlessly for obvious reasons.
>
> Thanks,
> Al...
If they did "run out of oil" then the "no fire" sensing system on the
furnace would have tripped and shut down the electric power to the
burner. They would have to locate the reset button and press it to get
burner power back again.
Unless the tank is a huge distance away from the burner, just adding a
few gallons of oil to the tank and "turning on the heat" should do it,
The suction from the burner's pump sould be able to pull oil into the
burner before the "no fire" sensor times out again. And if it should
time out, press the reset button again and give it a second try.
If that doesen't do it, play it smart, stop trying to get it to fire and
call an oil burner service tech.
Jeff
--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength."
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Posted by avid_hiker on September 8, 2006, 11:52 am
I ran out of oil last winter and called in the oil guy. He didnt prime
anything but he did place a jumper wire arcross 2 terminals to restart
it. I dont remember exactly which 2 terminals it was out of maybe 5-6
present......guess I should write this down next time it happens. By
the way.....mine is an oil furness/heater/water heater........(have hot
water baseboard) and it also heats the drinking water.
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Posted by =?iso-8859-15?Q?Tekkie=AE?= on September 13, 2006, 9:07 pm
avid_hiker posted for all of us...
> furness
>
Like in Betty? Or did you mean BOILER?
--
Tekkie "There's no such thing as a tool I don't need."
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