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To: Tijeras_Slim
I lived in a old stone farmhouse that had an oil fired Burnham cast iron boiler for hydronic baseboard heat. My friend's great aunt had it installed I. 1985... and other than not being serviced (other than emergency servicing) it had not been properly cleaned in 7 years... I tore it down and brushed all the heat exchange surfaces... The clean out plates went taken off were completely plugged with soot. After the major clean out and a new nozzle... I was able to adjust the stack temp and CO2 and get the efficency to about 86.5%... unheard of for a 25 year old oil burner. I was impressed with the 1985 model Burnham. Well built unit.
42 posted on 02/28/2014 4:37:32 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala

Thanks, that’s very cool.


44 posted on 02/28/2014 6:14:59 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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