This the technician was due to a partially plugged fuel line. The service technician came to the house three days ago.Īlthough not noted below, it is noted that a single fuel line (from the inhouse oil tank to the burners is about 35 feet in length) serves both the furnace burner (1.25 GPH)and the hot water burner (.75 GPH).Īfter experimenting and repeating the below described hot water burner tripping out, the technician thought that when the furnace burner came on it was starving the hot water burner of fuel. In the course of doing that, we also went to a larger-diameter oil line which made a significant Improvement in the system.įollowed up on the below problem. Indeed in situations such as you described I have replaced the oil lines. It sounds as if you had an excellent service technician on site. Thank you for the very helpful follow up about the oil burner operating problems being solved by discovering that the oil flow was not adequate. On by (mod) - oil burner was starved for fuel These questions & answers about draft regulators were posted originally at DRAFT REGULATOR, DAMPER, BOOSTER - please be sure to read the diagnosis, repair or installation advice givent there. Guide to Inspecting Barometric Dampers or Draft Regulators on Oil Fired Heaters, Furnaces, Boilers, Water Heaters We also provide an ARTICLE INDEX for this topic, or you can try the page top or bottom SEARCH BOX as a quick way to find information you need. Here we explain the inspection and adjustment of draft regulators or barometric dampers on oil fired heating equipment:Ī Guide to Barometric Dampers on Oil Fired Boilers, Furnaces, Water Heaters: inspection, adjustment, cleaning, troubleshooting. We have no relationship with advertisers, products, or services discussed at this website.ĭraft regulators / barometric dampers on oil fired heating equipment: InspectAPedia tolerates no conflicts of interest.
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