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Best Heating System You can Get

Thursday, November 12th, 2009
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Do you think I regret my decision in purchasing a waste oil burner at all when my natural gas bills come in?

Its the best heating system I could have every gotten.

As you can see from the picture below my total heating expense for this month was $9.00.  I live in the coldest state of the the country and my gas bill is only nine dollars!  Sometimes I cannot believe this whole idea of mine actually worked.

How do you think I am able to do this?  The answer is I bought a waste oil boiler back in 2007.

I have a company that generates tons of used waste oil and it was becoming a pain to get rid of it.  I was having a company come by and pick it up every other week and it was becoming a huge pain.  At times they wanted to charge me for it as well even though they planned to re-sell it to companies who make asphalt.

October Natural Gas Bill

October Natural Gas Bil

So as you may already know every furnace or boiler has an oil burner in them.  Some of them run off natural gas, some run on electricity, but most of them throughout this country (especially on the east coast) run off heating oil.   I  had found out, from doing a lot of research, that you can purchase oil burners especially designed to run off used motor oil.

I was skeptical as usual (its very hard to convince me of anything) but the idea of being able to completely heat your home, office, or any building you own off a product that’s considered waste by most people was just too tempting to pass up.

I live in Alaska and as you may or may not know winter in this area lasts for six to seven months.  And as you might have guessed it gets extremely cold (duh!). So you can also imagine how much a person stands to save if he could totally erase a heating bill from his monthly expenses.

I have already saved thousands by purchasing my Energy Logic waste oil boiler.  Every ounce of heat I use now is absolutely free.  As of now I can run my home and garage at 80 degrees or 60 degrees and it does not matter.

As I have stated before every winter the gas company have become suspicious of me tampering with the meter.  I have told the meter guys over and over again that I am not running my home off natural gas.

They do not seem to believe me.  Most people have no idea that this type of alternative energy technology even exists.  Those guys have every home in their grid on their computer system and cannot accept the fact that I only owe them $9.00 a month when its -20 Fahrenheit outside.  I think its hilarious.  If I were in their shoes I would think the exact same thing.

So I know for a fact that once the weather dips down to bellow zero (its actually been fairy warm for November) I’ll be seeing some of the meter guys come wanting to talk to me and ask me all sorts of questions because they think I am lying to them.

Investing in my waste oil burner for my boiler has helped me become more self sufficient and has allowed me to reduce my heating bill to absolutely nothing (well, $9.00 for the hook-up fee).

I have not had any problems with my set-up at all.  I have taken the time and funds to maintain my expensive machine and it has never given any problems whatsoever.  You have to filter the oil, make certain no condensation gets into your burner, and do annual tune ups every years.  If you do this I can almost guarantee that you will have the same results.

Maximize Oil Burner Efficiency

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
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I have written about this topic before but I think its a really important subject that can help people with save a lot of money on their heating bill.   This  is of interest to anyone who desires better fuel efficiency.

If you have a boiler you need to purchase a fuel economizer because they really can reduce your heating needs by 20%.

My own personal oil burner has used 2-3 less gallons of waste oil everyday since I installed it and if you are a person that uses heating oil than those savings at$ 2.50/gal equal savings of $7.50 daily.  That’s significant.

Over the course of a month that’s $210.  Now heating oil is different than waste oil but even if its half that amount its worth it!

beckett-heat-manager

I have a Beckett Heat Manager.  I have found this device to be the best in my own personal experience and talking with several professionals I know (I am not getting paid to say this, I promise). 

You will usually find that they retail for approximately $300 if you buy it at any heating store.  You can find them for significantly less online. 

I got mine for $185.00.  I guess its worth the savings buying the Heat Manager online if you can stand to wait several days to a week.

It works by automatically adjusting the oil burner’s firing patterns and the normal water temperature to match the system’s heat load.  They are designed to work with the controls of your existing boiler controls and the aquastat ( the device used in hydronic heating systems for controlling the water temperature). 

I have not had any trouble with mine and I have a fairly intricate set-up that’s highly multi-zoned.

The ads for this device said that it controls fuel consumption, wear on parts, flue emissions, and electrical usage and I have found all these things to be true.  I was really pleased with this purchase so I figure it was worth it to reiterate what I said over six months ago about this particular product. 

They are great for anyone who owns an oil burner hooked up to a boiler type system.