Bad fuel oil?

[swnoel]

Originally Posted by Charlie T

Interesting. I had a new Buderus oil boiler installed in the fall at the cabin. It has been fine until it shut off overnight on Feb 6/7th. I got a oil delivery on Feb 6 from Eastern. The installer of the unit couldn't find a good reason for the burner to have stopped firing when they came for a service call.
Who is your oil provider?

So has it gone off on safety again??

[Charlie T]

Originally Posted by swnoel

So has it gone off on safety again??

No it has not failed again since the initial incident.

FYI, I ended up with a Carlin burner on my system at the recommendation of the installation company. I have a "direct vent" system that has no chimney and actively pulls intake air from outside the house. It's my hope that this system will be far more reliable than the previous power vent system that constantly fouled.

[swnoel]

Originally Posted by Charlie T

No it has not failed again since the initial incident.

FYI, I ended up with a Carlin burner on my system at the recommendation of the installation company. I have a "direct vent" system that has no chimney and actively pulls intake air from outside the house. It's my hope that this system will be far more reliable than the previous power vent system that constantly fouled.

Direct vent units not set up properly can be worse than any power vented system. Make sure that the vacuum breaker is installed at a location near the entrance of the outside air and left open so it can mix warm air with the entering cold air. Hopefully you'll be happy with this system.

[fatlazyless]

As the most expert expert ever with more expertise than all the other experts combined in the world history of burning oil for winter heat .... it seems that this too thick blend of bio#2 heat'n oil is absolutely, positively, absolutely, positively, absolutely the problemo here!

For a late model oil boiler/furnace to run good, everything ..... the very high 150-psi pump pressure, the fan driven air volume, the tiny tiny hole in the fuel nozzle which atomizes and sprays the fuel oil, and the fast paced electric zap that ignites the atomized oil to make a continuous hot, pulsing flame need to all be in synch for it to go good.

Is like the oil pump pressure, oil viscosity, tiny miniscule hole in spray nozzle, fan air, and electric spark are four different partners that got to work together to make it happen ..... budda, budda, budda, budda, all together now ...... to make the hot, hot, hot, sputtering flame to make the water hot, or air hot for either the oil fired boiler or furnace.

Could be a different nozzle with a not so tiny spray hole would make the thicker fuel go good, and is not a big deal to switch out the nozzle?