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Waste Oil Burners Equal Zero Heating Bill

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
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I am not talking about your ordinary oil burner, I can tell you that much!

I have said this in previous posts but I love my waste oil boiler system.  It is one of the best things that I have put my money into.

Because back in 2007 I purchased a waste oil burner heating system I can now put at least $400 in my pocket monthly.

To me having this machine is the equivalent to having a rental property that is giving me passive income.  Its the exact same concept.  Its money being put into your pocket that you did not have to work for.

If I did not have my Energy Logic waste oil heating system than I would be spending an extra $400+ to heat my home and shop every single month.

I had known many people with these exact same systems as mine but they failed to maintain and take care of their machines.  They failed to filter the oil going into their burner and they never got annual tune-ups.

It did not take long for their boiler or furnace to start breaking down and then the complaints started that this technology was worthless.

I heard from many guys who worked for people who had purchased waste oil boilers who said their boss uninstalled these machines after buying them because they were giving them way too much trouble.

They ragged on them and said they did not work and blah blah this and blah blah that.

You can go on these forums and you will hear people saying the exact same thing.  I got into an argument with this guy because he said that Omni and Energy logic boilers sucked and were no good.

He claimed that he was a boiler technician who has had to fixed tons of the very ones that I have.

Well, my waste oil boiler has never broken down.  It has never given me any problems.  I still pay $10 a month for the hook up fee to natural gas just in case my waste oil boiler breaks down and I have never had to use it whatsoever.

The reason is that I have filtered all the oil going into my system.  I have went beyond the call of duty in doing this.

These oil burners are very delicate and can clog up easily if you do not take the utmost care of them.  You need to make certain that you get as much of the contaminants out as possible, including water, and make certain that no chlorine gets in there.  In addition you need yearly tune-ups on them.

If you do the same you will have a waste oil burner system that will last a long time without any problems.

I have said it many times and I will keep saying it.

I think this technology is wonderful and I want everyone to know about it but if you would like to take advantage of it you need to know how to protect your $8000+ investment.

If you do not than you will waste your money and then prevent others from wanting to get one.

I am glad to see small towns investing in these things now.  These small villages or towns do not have huge budgets and it takes a lot of convince them.

The town of Cambellsport, Wisconsin built a new Department of Public works buildings and installed a waste oil boiler to heat it.

Marvelous!  More places should jump on board. They would save a bundle and could finally stop raising our property taxes.

Oil Burner Basic Troubleshooting

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
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These are two problems that most people who have oil burners come across.

Keep in mind that these are basic diagnostic troubleshooting steps for a person somewhat familiar to what they are doing.

If you have no clue how these machines work I would strongly recommend you call a professional to make a service call.

The oil burner will not turn on?

This is a common problem.  If your furnace or oil burner will not turn on you need to start with pressing the reset button.  This is going to manually start the burner.  Its usually in plain sight and not hard to find at all.  Although they may not say the words “RESET” on them its most likely going to be red.  Push the button.  If that does not work push it again.  If it does not come on or comes on for a brief while and then kicks back off do not keep pushing the button.  Check the circuit breaker and then check the fuses .  You will usually find out that its a shorted fuse and if so its an easy fix.  Again if it does not turn on after the second time do not keep pushing the button.  Its just going to put more heating oil in the combustion chamber and when you do finally turn it on it could overload it.

The oil burner seems to be on and running but there is no fire?

I would start with the transformer on this.  It could be that oil is being sprayed out the nozzle but not being lit.  CAUTION:  Discount the oil burner before proceeding further with diagnostics to the oil burner transformer.  If its powered you can get shocked really bad or electrified.  Disconnect the wires to the burner and the furnace.  Leave the transformer wire in place.  Take a screwdriver with a rubber handle (again the transformer could be charged with several thousand volts so take extreme caution and hold the rubber end) and touch it to one of the terminals of the transformers of the transformer.  At the same time you want to angle the screwdriver so the it comes into contact with the other terminal.  The current will form a nice 2″ arc and if the its smaller or yellowish it needs to be replaced.

It could also be the oil burner nozzle if the furnace is running but there is no fire.  The tip of the nozzle is extremely small.  Its made to spray a very fine mist of fuel out to be ignited and can clog up really quickly with moisture or dirt.  To check for moisture or dirt disconnect the oil supply line from the burner and catch the fuel in some sort of glass. Look for the presence of water or excess particles.  If you see some your nozzle is most likely plugged up.  This is again one of the main reasons you want to filter you heating oil as much as possible.  The same thing applies to if you are fueling your oil burner with waste oil.  This part is really not that expensive and if your nozzle is clogged you should be able to get a new one either online or at a heating parts store.