ls99
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So I stopped in one of two of the town's heating contractor's office. Asked what is done in routine furnace service? The secretary calls the manager.
He comes out of his office and says, let me check with the guys who usually do that. A few minutes later comes back and says: well we change the nozzle, check to see if combustion chamber is clean, check the flue for soot, change the oil filter and screen.
I then ask if an efficiency test is part of the service. The manager says: I need to check with the guy that does that. Comes back and says: no we don't. we don't have the smoke tester or the other stuff for that.
I thanked him and said, I was going to hire you to do the job but I'll pass.
I think it is bizarre that a heating contractor does not have equipment for efficiency test, especially with the price of oil nowadays. Last time I had called a contractor from a town 12 miles away, and I had to force him to test the efficiency.
During the test I had to show the guy how to use the CO2 tester, and he could not even read the chart to convert the readings to efficiency.
It is truly sad that in small towns people trust the "oil burner man" who says things are well, when he is clueless.
It seems most neighbors have net stack temperatures over 650 some over 750 degrees F. I checked a few with my thermometer. Clearly oversized burner nozzles, heating the neighborhood. At $ 3.70 to 4.00 per gallon for heating oil.
//rant off//
He comes out of his office and says, let me check with the guys who usually do that. A few minutes later comes back and says: well we change the nozzle, check to see if combustion chamber is clean, check the flue for soot, change the oil filter and screen.
I then ask if an efficiency test is part of the service. The manager says: I need to check with the guy that does that. Comes back and says: no we don't. we don't have the smoke tester or the other stuff for that.
I thanked him and said, I was going to hire you to do the job but I'll pass.
I think it is bizarre that a heating contractor does not have equipment for efficiency test, especially with the price of oil nowadays. Last time I had called a contractor from a town 12 miles away, and I had to force him to test the efficiency.
During the test I had to show the guy how to use the CO2 tester, and he could not even read the chart to convert the readings to efficiency.
It is truly sad that in small towns people trust the "oil burner man" who says things are well, when he is clueless.
It seems most neighbors have net stack temperatures over 650 some over 750 degrees F. I checked a few with my thermometer. Clearly oversized burner nozzles, heating the neighborhood. At $ 3.70 to 4.00 per gallon for heating oil.
//rant off//