Oil furnace ?

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rawgerz The hell was that? Premium join:2004-10-03 Grove City, PA	Oil furnace ? Just wanted to ask if one ran out of oil, would it stay shut off, or keep trying to burn air?
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ame101 join:2002-05-02 Southington, CT	It should lock out after 2-3 tries.
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PSWired join:2006-03-26 Annapolis, MD	reply to rawgerz All modern oil burners have a flame sensor inside. If the flame goes out the burner will try to reignite a few times like the last poster mentioned. After that it will need to be manually reset.
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Subaru 1-3-2-4 Premium join:2001-05-31 Greenwich, CT	said by PSWired: All modern oil burners have a flame sensor inside. If the flame goes out the burner will try to reignite a few times like the last poster mentioned. After that it will need to be manually reset. yep I had to help a friend with this.. then when he got oil back I had to bleed the air out because the flame would keep going out.
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jrs8084 Premium join:2002-03-02 Statesville, NC kudos:1	reply to rawgerz I thought you lived on land with a free natural gas well. Didn't you have to have water pumped out of the well about 6 years ago to restore service? I was somewhat jealous at the time.
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patcat88 join:2002-04-05 Jamaica, NY kudos:1	reply to rawgerz You might have clogged the filter can, or the strainer in the pump with sludge if it ran dry. The oil pump on the burner can't suck oil with vacuum, gravity must deliver it to the burner. You can take apart the pipe after the shut off valve near the burner, put a tray to catch the oil, open the valve, and it should tickle out (it won't be very pressurized and its thicker than water). If it doesn't you have a clog somewhere. If changing the filters doesn't help, you will have to CO2 blow out the fuel pipe. Google that.
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aannoonn @optonline.net	reply to rawgerz It used to be that oil pumps would need to be re-primed if they ran dry. The oil delivery man should know how to do that. Not sure if they still make pumps like that.
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rawgerz The hell was that? Premium join:2004-10-03 Grove City, PA	reply to jrs8084 Nothing is free, you pay 10K upfront to reclaim a well. This is a dead relative's property, and I'm not thrilled with the $1200 oil bill every month when the heat is at 50f. I don't care what happens to the furnace, this **** is too expensive
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rockotman ...Blown On The Steel Breeze Emerging Research join:2000-08-06 DSotM kudos:2	$1200 a month? Dang - that is like 300 gallons a month at today's prices! Must be a really huge place to use that much oil in a month. I'm down here in Butler, PA, and heating a 4500 sq. ft. house with the thermostats set between 65 and 70 (three zones), I use at best 150 gallons in the coldest of months. -- Shine on you crazy diamond...
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patcat88 join:2002-04-05 Jamaica, NY kudos:1	reply to rawgerz said by rawgerz: Nothing is free, you pay 10K upfront to reclaim a well. This is a dead relative's property, and I'm not thrilled with the $1200 oil bill every month when the heat is at 50f. I don't care what happens to the furnace, this **** is too expensive Get a new oil company. The cheapest road diesel is $4.15, my oil company of many years in the last year, the price sky rocketted. They had the balls to sell at $4.15 a gal last delivery. Manager said thats just how it is and he cant do anything, ULSD heating oil yada yada he said. Switched, new delivery was $3.69 a gal. Huge difference. Shop around. Some companies have a business model of subsidizing service contracts with sky high oil prices. Best choice is have 1 company for maintenance, and a 2nd, preferably delivery-only, for oil. Plus there is no conflict of interest for rich burn settings
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rockotman ...Blown On The Steel Breeze Emerging Research join:2000-08-06 DSotM kudos:2	said by patcat88: Best choice is have 1 company for maintenance, and a 2nd, preferably delivery-only, for oil. Plus there is no conflict of interest for rich burn settings This is what I do. I use a local heating/cooling outfit for the yearly boiler service, and I have three different local oil distributors that I call for price before ordering fuel oil. I just had oil delivered today, and I ended up paying $3.87 a gallon; a few weeks ago, gasoline was cheaper, so the fuel oil would have been as well. Prices tend to bounce wildly this time of year. With the recent trend upwards, I figured I better order now rather than wait another week. -- Shine on you crazy diamond...
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PSWired join:2006-03-26 Annapolis, MD	Same here. Was getting gouged with contract auto delivery, so now I shop around. $3.66/gal for last week's fill, the first of the winter.
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Subaru 1-3-2-4 Premium join:2001-05-31 Greenwich, CT	reply to rawgerz Can I ask this.. why don't people stock up during the summer months or off-season?? I ask because I know a person that had a large area that had I think 1,000 tank or so and they could only afford to maybe put like $600 in and it would only last maybe 2 weeks at the most.. All that time I would assume summer months would be cheaper? they could get the tank most to full and not have to worry about the renters complaining about not having any heat. -- It's NOT Ni-kon It's NE-KON! LG is NOT Lifes Good It's Lucky Goldstar!
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Jeffrey Connoisseur of leisurely things Premium join:2002-12-24 Long Island kudos:3 Reviews: ·Verizon FiOS ·Vonage	reply to rawgerz said by rawgerz: Nothing is free, you pay 10K upfront to reclaim a well. This is a dead relative's property, and I'm not thrilled with the $1200 oil bill every month when the heat is at 50f. I don't care what happens to the furnace, this **** is too expensive Whoa, whoa. $1,200 a month at 50 degrees? I'm locked at $3.89/g and I use about 500 gallons from Sept-April under normal circumstances. Are you paying $1,200/yr for 50F? That's at least reasonable. -- He used to say that soul shine, is better than sunshine, better than moonshine, damn sure better than rain. Debunking the 2012 hysteria. \| Always looking for a new job \| Begging the Wilpons to sell the Mets.
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Phillip I Need A Nap join:2004-12-21 Hatboro, PA	reply to rawgerz I payed $3.56 a gallon back in 10/12, and I am looking at a $3.76 a gallon tomorrow. I do the same as some of the others here, I call around to see who has the best price and order it from them. A good place to see what the average price is in your area is here..... »www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_wfr···us_w.htm
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rockotman ...Blown On The Steel Breeze Emerging Research join:2000-08-06 DSotM kudos:2	reply to Subaru said by Subaru: Can I ask this.. why don't people stock up during the summer months or off-season?? I would if I could. Unfortunately, I only have a 550 gallon tank. And actually, this past summer the prices were even higher than they are right now. -- Shine on you crazy diamond...
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CylonRed Premium,MVM join:2000-07-06 Bloom County	reply to rawgerz said by rawgerz: Nothing is free, you pay 10K upfront to reclaim a well. This is a dead relative's property, and I'm not thrilled with the $1200 oil bill every month when the heat is at 50f. I don't care what happens to the furnace, this **** is too expensive No way it is $1200/month. If it was $1200/month then in about a year you should have saved the $10K to reclaim the well - well worth the effort - no brainer in fact. -- Brian "It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain
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rockotman ...Blown On The Steel Breeze Emerging Research join:2000-08-06 DSotM kudos:2	I think he is referring to two different properties; his own with the well, and a deceased relative's with the oil heat. Plus during the warmer months of spring, summer, and fall, heating oil usage drops to almost nothing. -- Shine on you crazy diamond...
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Subaru 1-3-2-4 Premium join:2001-05-31 Greenwich, CT	reply to rockotman said by rockotman: said by Subaru: Can I ask this.. why don't people stock up during the summer months or off-season?? I would if I could. Unfortunately, I only have a 550 gallon tank. And actually, this past summer the prices were even higher than they are right now. Hmm I would of thought it would go down since hardly any demand to buy any oil. -- It's NOT Ni-kon It's NE-KON! LG is NOT Lifes Good It's Lucky Goldstar!
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garys_2k Premium join:2004-05-07 Farmington, MI Reviews: ·callwithus ·Callcentric	said by Subaru: said by rockotman: said by Subaru: Can I ask this.. why don't people stock up during the summer months or off-season?? I would if I could. Unfortunately, I only have a 550 gallon tank. And actually, this past summer the prices were even higher than they are right now. Hmm I would of thought it would go down since hardly any demand to buy any oil. But the refineries switch over to making more gasoline so the supply is scarce, as well. Net result is that the price stays high.
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