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DRH · 05-27-2008, 08:08 AM

Steve - we replaced our oil-fired heating system about 10 years ago, replacing a 1950s vintage Sears Roebuck forced hot air furnace with a 4-zone forced hot water system. Fred Fuller Oil Co. in Laconia did the job. We opted for a high-efficiency "System 2000" by Energy Kinetics. That type of system has a stainless steel boiler which is hot only when heat is called for; otherwise it remains cold and the burner doesn't run. The boiler is designed to hold only a small amount of water so it heats up very quickly when the burner fires. We heat our two-story house, including hot water, with about 600 gallons of oil per year.

Fuller did an excellent job on the installation. One of our neighbors is a retired home heating oil dealer in MA who also did installations, and when he saw the job Fuller did on our system he commented that it was one of the best "installs" he had seen.

I just checked last year's annual maintenance service tag and the unit was evaluated at 86% efficiency. We are very satisfied with this system.

05-27-2008, 08:08 AM	#2
DRH Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Meredith Posts: 1,690 Thanks: 1,207 Thanked 677 Times in 179 Posts	Fred Fuller Oil Co Steve - we replaced our oil-fired heating system about 10 years ago, replacing a 1950s vintage Sears Roebuck forced hot air furnace with a 4-zone forced hot water system. Fred Fuller Oil Co. in Laconia did the job. We opted for a high-efficiency "System 2000" by Energy Kinetics. That type of system has a stainless steel boiler which is hot only when heat is called for; otherwise it remains cold and the burner doesn't run. The boiler is designed to hold only a small amount of water so it heats up very quickly when the burner fires. We heat our two-story house, including hot water, with about 600 gallons of oil per year. Fuller did an excellent job on the installation. One of our neighbors is a retired home heating oil dealer in MA who also did installations, and when he saw the job Fuller did on our system he commented that it was one of the best "installs" he had seen. I just checked last year's annual maintenance service tag and the unit was evaluated at 86% efficiency. We are very satisfied with this system. __________________ DRH Last edited by DRH; 05-27-2008 at 03:27 PM.