Anatomy Of Oil Burner Service: Tools Of The Trade

Some tools and equipment that maybe needed when servicing oil burners.

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Science & Technology

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• Beckett
• Oil
• Burner
• Service
• Tools

[arnoldcustom]

I shoud add this has been like this since day one, run time of the burner to heat the water in the boiler, (boiler holds 14 gallons not including 100' 0f 1" pex pipe) 20 to 30 min. run time, witch i am sure is way to long, fire is not burning hot enought at all....see bottom post an work your way up

[MagicPatrick1]

@arnoldcustom What's the flue size?

You may have a drafting issue and they downfired the unit?

[freonfreak65]

very good video

[MagicPatrick1]

@freonfreak65 Thanks)

[Joop5000]

Beckett burners, the newer ones that come through with the big ole blue box on Burnham boilers and the "L" heads, i usually convert the burner back to the "F" head style when buying a package boiler setup.

8184 primaries worked fine, but now we have the pre purge - post purge stuff. i like the lock out feature though, people like to push the reset button a million times, but with the newer primaries, that solved flooding the chamber with oil problem.

[MagicPatrick1]

@Joop5000 Plus after you hold it down and 'tap' it, seems to be much easier bleeding the pump.

[TheWillygood]

you took my comments down clown? propaganda machine. say something for your self genius.

[arnoldcustom]

side of pump say set psi to 140, I do not know what the nozzle psi is, and the wholesaler don't know ether, said never been asked that, and nothing on the nozzle other then 1.00 60deg.. now after haveing 3 so called pro's here telling me all is good when I know my self it is not,, i have worked as a welder in the bush, heavy eqipment repairs, marine and auto repair, as well fixed mayny oil units in my 50 + years so it is not like I am an office worker.... any help msg me,, thanks, never find thi

[arnoldcustom]

smoke, and i have to open up the top of th boiler at lest 3 times a winter and pull all 30 rodes out of all the 1-3/4" tube that go though the water and out the vent. they are pluged up sold all the time, i take the burnned out, change the nozzle to same as from factory suck out 5 galllons of black damp sut. not to mention all the oil o go though, i know it is putting out 140psi as i put a gage on it my self when I installed it, and many times since,

[1WaySafe]

just as it is unlikely that you have a 1960's auto in the drive way , so should it be that your oil fired burner isn't of that vintage. technology has improved significantly on residential burners and for that reason plus the improvement in fuel economy and electrical consumption ,one would do themselves a favour upgrading to a burner made in this century. Very few if any that use less than 140 PSI oil pressure for atomization.

[1WaySafe]

get the nozzle for the oil pressure and boiler vessel. the change in the oil pressure is not quite like people might think. doubling the oil pressure does not double the out put of a nozzle , as newer burners come on line that operate in the 300 to 900 PSI a person would be doing well to investigate that a little further. Older oil burners , burned an oil fuel with considerably more BTU's per gallon , this allowed 100 psi atomization of the fuel ....however ,

[yrtuag]

@MagicPatrick1 The thing is you never exceed the maximum firing rate. If a unit max firing rate is 1.00gph @ 100psi and you increase it 140psi using the 1.00gph nozzle, you have now over fired the unit. Never do this ever. Always match the nozzle at a given psi to produce the correct firing rate. All nozzle manufacturers print such a chart showing the firing rate of nozzles at different pressures.Forget the 80psi stuff. No debate on increasing pump psi without taking in account the nozzle

[yrtuag]

You can increase pump pressure but keep in mind you will have to reduce nozzle size and change the spray angle in a lot of cases. Nozzles are rated at 100 psi so if your furnace is rated for a 1.00 gph and you feel you need to increase pump psi to inprove burner performance don't forget to check the chart to see what nozzle will produce 1.00 per hour at that psi. You will also want to chose a spray angel that will fill the chamber without impinging. Experience is the best teacher on this call.