black smoke coming out of chimney ,oil smell in basement

[@LexVance]

Even though I'll probably never work on an oil burner, I'm always fascinated & watch your burner videos. So intimidating! Nice work Steve.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Lex Vance its like anything else the more you work with them the better you get at it

[@polarbear1754]

That's quite a build up for just 5 months. I'd say the last furnace guy ripped the homeowner off!

[@bigsalty3661]

That's not necessarily true nozzles do go bad even brand new ones but other factors can lead to a soot bomb clogged chimney blockage on air gate ect

[@bbm8873417]

I can't imagine how you answer every response made and all the work you do every day on all your calls and still respond in such a timely manner, You have a Great Channel,your doing great. Thanks

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Bernard Sobbe i spend hours answering comment i feel its important

[@adamcykj]

good work steve, as a current hvac student I'm learning a lot from your videos. learned a bit about oil burners recently so it's good to see how to service that kinda system.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+adamcykj good luck with school

[@thomascoolberth2648]

Student, too. Instructor mentioned that a senior tech was having hell tuning a system running biofuel .. did the same thing as you ...

[@salmonhunter7414]

I don't know who John is but I would call him. I know no one has pride anymore. Very nice job

[@BruceThereItIs96]

Wow whoever was there a few months before must have did a crappy job. Why can't people take pride in their work, anyways good job Steve.

[@johnsellers2999]

Christian Cillo yes Steve seems to do a good job ,but doesn't explain what he is doing well enough for someone to do what they need to do to fix their own boiler. Not putting his workmanship down at all ,just his teaching skills if you know what I mean?

[@altarara9858]

The guy a couple months before pulled a rag and tag! Drag a rag across everything looks clean fill out the tag.

[@MrJkellybuddy]

Awesome video man! Real informative from start to finish.. Love the testo combustion analyzer too! Great tool .. Like you said, without that you're just guessing and that boiler would be sooted up again. Noticed the stack temp was high but better to burn it hot and clean and give up a few efficiency points. 80% is pretty good for oil. Thanks for your sharing of wealth of knowledge Steve!

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+MrJkellybuddy with oil it sometimes runs hot ,depends on set up

[@iPad2Thao]

@11:42 You put in a .85gph nozzle in a 140 psi, that's equivalent to a 1.01gph nozzle in a 100psi. This boiler looks way too small to to handle a 1.01gph (or a little bit over 140,000 BTU) efficiently and causes fast soot built up and higher stack temperature. I would find out the correct BTU for this burner and calculate the right gph it needed and use the right nozzle size, adjust the pump pressure and air. If the boiler is rated at .85gph then I would use a .75 gph nozzle and adjust the pump pressure from 140psi to 125psi instead of .85gph on a 100psi

[@HighVoltageMadness]

yeah thanks for pointing that out

[@johnerway7255]

Man, talk about incomplete combustion!!!!!!! Once it starts making soot, it's trouble. Nice clean up job, that is what I call not normal service-maintenance, again great job Steve.

[@Okanagan48]

Seems to be an awful lot of buildup for 5 months!!

[@kristindell267]

You do a very professional job, along with some really sophisticated measuring equipment!!

[@Brad1237202]

Nice work Steven!! I reconize the company on that previous service tag very well.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Brad1237202 ya he is a hack

[@sabbath7081]

I hate when they get this bad, takes forever to get them cleaned up, but it's pure satisfaction when I get them up running clean again and the customers love you. I always stress they need to be serviced every year.

[@Fireship1]

She was really sooted up. The gas fired ones have almost no buildup even after years of no cleanings. Nice job Steve.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Fireship1 i have seen gas boilers soot up bad /blocked not good

[@melodyfleck9368]

I have the same Burnham brand installed in Dec. 2009, Filled up with soot and burned up the nozzle and cone. Also spread soot throughout my house. Furnace cleaned 2015, a year before problem. Turned out nozzle installed was too big, gave furnace too much oil.

[@jenniferlucas2432]

We have the same problem and the guy that came here said the heat exchanger was messed up… it wasn’t broke, but it did look just like that. The man didn’t take a soot saw to it at all. He’s trying to get more money out of us I think. 🤬 BUT that’s NOT gonna happen. A chimney sweep is coming tomorrow, and me and my dad will clean the soot out of the unit ourselves if we have to. I wish people were good and honest, but unfortunately that’s a rare trait these days. 😢 Thank you for the video!! It’s extremely informative and it saved me a ton of money!! Money I don’t have. God bless you!!

[@jassenclawson8936]

I love your furnace and boiler videos. I'm having furnace troubles in California. Black smoke and soot build up.

[@jonhexom8310]

What a mess! You really had your work cut out for you on that one. Nice work Steve.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Jon Hexom soot is nasty for sure

[@HVACUncensored]

Good video Steve! That was a dirty one, man. Nice cleaning though that's how it's supposed to be done..

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Gil Cavey Jr a lot of work to brush down and clean well

[@bobparrott8130]

Ya moma, stevie saves the that oil burner from death... man 100% plugged up. It must of been way out of adjustment.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Bob Parrott running to rich ,not enough air

[@Renville80]

steven lavimoniere that was my guess as soon as I saw all that soot.

[@whommee]

in a way, i am glad winter is coming up, these boiler vids just fascinate the hell out of me. shit man, there was a wheelbarrow of carbon and soot buildup in that beast! good thorough job there. the pride in your work really shines , in all your vids, but especially in these boiler vids. thanks for posting

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+nate i work on a lot of oil stuff

[@davemarcinczyk2050]

Steve, I have the fire blowing back at me in the fire box any suggestions

[@marceloabila9365]

Good work man, the F..... Company's only clean the top but never the chamber and the pipeline use a musk, teach this company's to do the right work because home owner always pays the bill

[@smoothsteviegful]

I hate those calls soot gets everywhere and god forbid they have washer and dryer close to boiler spend hour just cleaning stains off them

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+smoothsteviegful luckly all the soot was contained in boiler

[@grapestew]

I have hit the reset probably 10-15 times. Now that I’ve got myself up to speed, I realize that after I adjust the electrodes for the igniter, 1/8 horizontally apart - 1/2 inch vertically from point, I’m afraid to try it considering all the oil I dumped in there. How can I remove the existing oil in the burn chamber?

[@CL-ty6wp]

Did you survive the rumble and smoke?

[@BradRBPUCK]

That was a flipping mess I don't think I've ever see one that bad. That thing was totally plug good job cleaning that one.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Brad Bendiske i have seen much worse then this

[@georgeharris3798]

Well i definitely need to buy a shop vac and a testo 320. great video Steven

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+george harris best to buy a soot master vac

[@bigsalty3661]

Steve why do you keep putting 70 angle nozzles in becketts they call for 80? I see a lot of old timers do this. The manufacturer specifically ask for an 80B and I repeatedly pull 70s and its incorrect but I can never get an answer as to why you and many others do this

[@johntdso]

How did you manage to get by with a class B connector and barometric between the boiler and the stack? Should have been class A all the way to the stack.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+John Tedesco regular smoke pipe is code up to the chimney in a celler 18" claireance from any combustable material.

[@arniegrote319]

What a mess, I wonder if the last guy did clean it, Hummm, You got the numbers looking good. I better get my testo out and check the batteries are charged up. Nice job Steve.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Arnie Grote i had to charge up my testo ..

[@teh60]

That is definitely an ugly job Steve. Great job getting it fixed up and back in service.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+teh60 she is up and running

[@YouBetterPreach]

Hi Steve, Great content! I have black smoke coming from my chimney and it looks like soot. My HVAC guy is coming this Thursday 11/14/24. I turned my heat off, but my boiler still runs automatically to heat hot water a few times per day. Is it ok to have the boiler heat hot water until he comes or should the whole until be shut off. Thanks!

[@stevenlavimoniere]

best to shut it off .. if its full of soot . are you getting roll out at boiler ?? black soot at sight door of boiler ?? if so its chocked up and full of soot if that is the case you can not run it safely you will be dumping co into house if its rolling out .. there should be negitive pressure in boiler when running so the fumes go up and out chimity if its chocked up =full of soot you will have roll out the fumes can not go up through boiler and have to roll out into house not safe or good to do . it not worth dyeing over

[@YouBetterPreach]

@@stevenlavimoniere Yes, getting a small amount of soot at door of boiler. Thanks for replying so fast!

[@Jimddddd1981]

I don't work on oil burners in my part of the country but I cannot imagine it got that bad in the 5 months since the last guy was there. Especially since all it has been doing lately is heat water for the faucets. Last guy probably just changed the nozzle and left. Didn't do a proper inspection.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Jim D he just slapped a nozzle in there and ran ..best to check the flame for sure

[@sundown798]

Same thing happened to me here. Had to clean out everything inside and out. Was puffing black smoke at the chimney and just came back worse within a few weeks. A tech came out to tune it right it's been fine.

[@mickmclovin3020]

Nice job setting the burner...Can tell you have a good eye for the flame to get things close...

[@turog6708]

Holy Flipping Momma ...Steve ... you are THE MAN!!!

[@arnoldcustom]

in one of your other videos I posted the problem I had with a new NYT OIL BOILRT WITH THE BECKETT BURNER were it did just what this was like, but it had 1-1/4 round tubes running down though the water jacket, 16 of then, had to take the whole top off to clean that huge mess, there was no build up on the retention head or burner opening, but everything else was the same as this, a smoke test was done on it after I installed it, it was good I was told, later after the 3 time I found a big crack in the wall of the fire box and nyt replaced the whole unit under warranty but with a riello bf5 burner saying the becket they were having problems with, now I hate how hard it is to bleed all the time with the shot 5 second cut out time, it is hard to find a good oil burner guy here, since I replaced the unit I have called every heating shop to come out and do a smoke test on this new unit, they have all told me they don't have the meter for that, I ask do you not service oil burners as your ad says, oh yes we do, then why do you not have the meter to set them up, oh we just set them until the flame looks good, well I can do that, but it do not tell me what I need to know as most every one is using gas or propane, I called a few weeks ago to my wholesaler for a price for a new oil boiler, they told me it would take time to get a price as they have not sold an oil unit in 2 years, they all been gas or propane or electric, wow electric I find that hard to be leave as we have the highest hydro rates in Canada. its like oil is a thing of the past, back in the day when I was shown in the bush camps I worked in, how to repair a oil burner in the camp bunk houses there was no such thing as a smoke test.

[@Obsidianiron]

732 deg F.....Wow... the burner is way over fired. Can you adjust the oil pressure at the nozzle via the pump. How much fuel are you putting in? 100PSI will give what is stamped on the nozzle. I have never seen you use a pressure gauge on an oil pump so how can you calculate the energy input,. You need to get that flue temperature down. Get the manufacturers manual it will tell you how to set it up. The burner head pushed completely forward is for maximum heat input adjustment but if you don't know how much fuel you are burning you are wasting your time.

[@hvac01453]

weird thing is he usually never leaves a CO reading that high. My Bacharach tester says 100PPM is the max. I thought that temp was wicked high as well. O2 and CO2 looked good though...

[@robertdimeglio7155]

Burnham from early 2000's! Know them well! GOOD UNIT!

[@sirhc07]

Garbage!

[@lindylindex5]

Another good video steve...keep up the good work..wow..ive seen some bad ones but this is even worst that the concrete one...damb!

[@Eddy63]

Ole John will never make to next level ,will he mama ?

[@Fireship1]

Btw Steve I like the idea of using that big saw blade to clean i between the boiler sections. Great idea!

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Fireship1 oil boiler can be cleaned gas boilers are not made to be cleaned

[@wesleyhurd3574]

I can just imagine the homeowner's reaction. "You actually needed a SAW because it was so bad???"

[@Clamjammer]

@@stevenlavimoniere Ive cleaned gas boilers in the same way we clean oil fired .i had one last week where drywall guys were running a whole gouse fan with all the windows closed and running the heat.plugged boiler section..sooty flue pipe..and burnt rollout switches on this gas boiler

[@Dominick_Calvitto.]

Really Like These Oil Burner Videos.

[@robertboykin1828]

I wonder if that soot could be used for printers ink etc.

[@krakenhits1587]

I'd like to try and clean my own boiler myself it's an oil-based system it's running fine I just have a little bit of dark smoke coming out of my chimney. I wanted to try to sweep my chimney myself as well I just want to make sure it's safe before I do so.

[@joefriday3145]

Steve, Is it possible that service was done, then windows and doors were closed during AC season and house ran out of combustion air? Seems like a pretty newer home with all that insulation

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Joe Friday very large cieler all open plenty of make up air there thats not a issue ,the problem was the guy had the air band closed to much not enough air

[@joefriday3145]

+steven lavimoniere judging on how that head looked could be a bad cut off on fuel pump. I'm not a fan of those Beckett heads either. Last tech may of had weak spark If the air was choked down just to get it to light. There's a lot of lazy people out there and everywhere checking spark and pump pressure can go a long way

[@franciscocastellanos9157]

The stack temperature loss is high ( soothing acts as heat exchanger insulation ) the oxygen percentage would be in the 7 % but less than that looks like an excess of air levels, once the oxygen percent goes up the CO2 byproduct should go low probably in the middle of 10 - 11 percentages. I wonder if pulling the combustion head assembly in and out makes a difference in a better combustion efficiency....thanks for sharing

[@Sawashi32]

Its amazing that oil burner ran at all as blocked as it was with the soot. Those people are very lucky they did not sucuumb to CO poisoning. Did they have CO alarms in the house?

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Sawashi32 not to sure about one in basement he complained about the smell .. in the basement

[@robs1852]

Must've smelled like a truck was idling in his basement

[@michaelpadovani9566]

our boiler at work sooted up much worse than this (filled the whole boiler room up, coating everything like black snow) but there is no clean job in a case like this...

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Michael Padovani it can make a mess .black soot is nasty stuff

[@SantosLou]

I have the same Burnham just a bit bigger 159.000 btu and he's right the retention head in the blast tube is tricky. The only way to set it properly is with the meter the carbon and stack temperature have to be low as you can see dirty boiler left unattended can make a mess. This triangle tube system is great.Beckett made to be punished the last for years with care. Carbon should be under 11 with a good draft 7-8 and the stack should be 500 degrees or as cool as possible. He does good work wish he serviced RI

[@donaldhawkes5226]

steven the air should of been set from previous work why all of sudden its acting up now, could it be bad oil ?

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Donald Hawkes the other guy did not set the air band right ,, thats why it sooted up does not take long eather

[@jasongreek4612]

Holy stack temperature! How come it was so high? I would have expected in the 300's to 400's, but 730!!

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Jason Greek oil can run high stack temps .its not gas

[@wesleyhurd3574]

The residual carbon was burning off. That was probably a big part of the high temp.

[@randykocian4738]

That was a bad one. Real nasty buildup around the gun. Bet you looked like a coal miner after that one. You got it going again. Good job, Steven.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Randy Kocian lol my face was black

[@johnsradios484]

If it was cleaned 5 months ago, why was there so much soot? That looked like 5 years worth of soot.

[@palangnar3588]

Maybe john lied, and didn't clean it or did bad job.

[@natedaniels2854]

steve your doing great work with your testo in the chimney for so long will it mes up your censer in the testo 320

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Nate Daniels sense will last a long time .

[@MrSuperheterodyne]

@@stevenlavimoniere Do you use a smoke test pump (with filter paper) before putting your Testo in the flue?

[@acwtacticalusaoutfittersof4220]

She was crusty. Steve what's the cam supposed to be set at on weil McClain qb-180? Should it match the nozzle GPH or? I had same soot situation after 2 months

[@tiaandbuster]

hey steve , looks like the other guy just fired her up and walked away instead of checking the fire to see if the thing was even burning properly . he must be the kind that just walks in , makes some noise grabs the customer's money and leaves . another great video .....

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Lloyd .Haight the company is known to do skitty work /hack up my way

[@tiaandbuster]

i go through the same thing here bud .

[@kevinkellner9200]

doesn't look like it was set up correctly from the get go, WOW

[@stevenlavimoniere]

yes your right never set up properly .

[@francisandrews5859]

steven lavimoniere burning rich

[@brucechipps2313]

I have a question, I have a 2008 WM Gold with a Becket AFG, the last tech ( a new guy from the oil co) that came out charged but did nothing, no filter change, no adjustments, the boiler makes a booming noise and vibration in the first minutes of fire up. All he wanted to do was replace the oil tank. Which didn't leak and no scanning, just his opinion. So I replaced with a Roth tank, looks lovely, but the booming noises came back after a month? any ideas? Thank you, I love watching your videoes and of course your little pup...Best regards, Bruce

[@sage51810]

I GUESS THE LAST SERVICE MAN WAS SCREWING THEM, WHAT TYPE OF VACUUM DO YOU USE?

[@redpine8665]

looked like a soot master

[@northeastwildernesswalker]

Soot master

[@catsmeow8504]

How long does it take for the oil smell to get out of the home? Does it require environmental clean up?

[@Hi-Tech-Ray]

@steven lavimoniere Doing something like this as preventive maintenance, how often should i get this done?

[@krakenhits1587]

I have black smoke coming out of my chimney recently. It's an oil system.....I know I need a cleaning but do I need a chimney sweep as well?

[@hvac526]

Not enough air fuel mixture for complete combustion

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+KQP Twin yes your right

[@MarzNet256]

Why is it sooting up so fast? Poor combustion, crappy fuel, previous guy did not really clean it out? What's the deal? My unit sooted up pretty quick last year. Tech changed nozzle from 1.0 to 0.8gal/hr. I guess it was running rich.

[@LakeNipissing]

Steve, what was the little instrument at 21:47 ?

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+LakeNipissing draft gauge

[@GregSJP]

Steve, why did you move the nozzle assembly for more air vs. adjusting the shutter?

[@Joop5000]

Steve, I do not like those style heads either, i usually just convert the the burner back with the F style heads.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Joop5000 good idea

[@palangnar3588]

Hi Steven, i never saw furnace this dirty how can get this much dirty , this was seetiest furnace i ever seen, good job cleaning it, wasn't easy. What do you think , what is average time before a good working furnace to soot up, how often needs to be cleaned .

[@bigred9428]

Ours took about a week after a very capable technician cleaned ours, then it smelled like burning soot, then it ran dry and exploded before we could even call the tech back. It was the boiler manufacturer's fault.

[@awsom70]

nice work steve that boiler sure was a mess

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+awsom70 big mess

[@northeastwildernesswalker]

My mom has the same model boiler and I'm having a really hard time getting it to burn right. It passes all of my bachrach smoke and draft tests when I'm there to service it. Dont know what else to check for. Maybe nozzle drip? Clean cut pump? I have no idea

[@skylimithd2653]

wow! that is very bad. have you ever cleaned a furnace in such bad shape before?

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+skylimithd sure i have seen much worse

[@1988MowerMan]

That was a mess. Great job.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+1988MowerMan big mess

[@dpeagles]

I wish our oil furnaces were in basements. Seems they are all old, and all in tight crawlspaces. Not fun.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+dpeagles most of my stuff is in wide open cielers ,usally pleanty of room to work

[@allhoursmaintenance3022]

she is up and running now, and you got a new customer.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+All Hours Maintenance i believe so

[@akaredcrossbow]

Thank you for the video! Hopefully you told him to get a chimney sweep out to clean the flue.

[@phcapprentice7544]

damn...steve I have never seen one that bad. im big on gas and combustion, so correct me if im wrong, weren't those stack temps a bit high? I have a Bacharach combustion analyzer and will be upgrading to the Testo 320. keep posting videos...

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+PHC Apprentice oil can run up in the 700 yes , its not gas its oil

[@Scottybravo1]

Not surprised to see that Brodeur and Sons were the previous company, have had nothing good come out of dealing with them in the past

[@hvac01453]

that is seriously plugged. I had a boiler, that had a cone shaped pile of soot, just under the collector cover, made by Columbia. and it was power vented to boot.

[@Frank_999Scoobydooby]

is there any way that was sooted up that bad after running for 5 months of summer use?? I think "John" didn't do squat but invoice them...

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+999Scoobydooby o ya if its not burning right it will soot up in a few days ,or so get blocked up solid probley took 5 months because its summer and only working for domestic hot water

[@wesleyhurd3574]

This guy is a real pro. Job well done 👍

[@harrydickson4575]

Wow that was really bad great job Steve

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Harry Dickson pretty bad for sure

[@russellhancock9765]

Did they get some cheap oil to make it soot up like that? I know if You run Diesel fuel, it will gel or freeze up, if You don't mix some kerosene with it.

[@Andrewatnanz]

stack temps a little high. what do you think it should be at?

[@mitchellpurelife]

What a "sooty" job! :) Does any of the soot burn off eventually in the stack? Great video!

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+mitchellpurelife no the soot is like a insulator ,it will not burn off you have to go in there and remove it

[@chenchris7576]

good job steve,that a lot works

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+chen chris sure is a lot of work

[@gekkedirkie]

Does the chimney need sweeping or not? Nice work

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+gekkedirkie it will be ok like it is but a cleaning would not hurt ..

[@darlenewilmarth6725]

i have a boiler where it looks like oil is dripping out of a pipe when it hits the floor it turns sticky it used to be a oil heat that was turned to forced air any suggestions to what that might be

[@dwight.bennett]

Brodeur's website is a laugh. Lots of pictures of Goodman and no boilers!

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Dwight Bennett i never checked it out

[@dklucas1]

WOW she was sooted up bad Steven ohh mamma steve is at it again :)

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+dklucas1 she was sooted up pretty bad this one

[@garysgarage.2841]

In all my years having my oil burner serviced not one guy has ever gone through and did the job correctly the first time they always rush through. Then I have to call them again to come back go through make more adjustments and so on. One time I just want a service guy that makes sure the job is right before they leave they just fire it up see a flame and to them it's all good. It wouldn't bother me if when they're done they do a performance check and find another issue and let me know they need to come back or don't have the parts etc but they always leave leaving it to me to figure out later it's still not working properly. I had one guy tell me it's normal for older units to leak water. I didn't think that was right leaks can be fixed and it was fixed by me just a bad pressure relief valve the old one was totally waisted but that was normal I guess if you leave it that way. I don't understand it's not like I don't pay and I really don't care how long it take just do it right that's why I have somebody else do it.

[@bradleymorey]

not familiar with how those work,but it was a nice video thanks Steve

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+bradley morey the boiler can make some soot for sure

[@michaelbaird4020]

Looks like the guy was burning nothing but green pine

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Michael Baird burning noting but black soot

[@bbm8873417]

That was the worst soot up , have you seen units gooped up that bad prior to that one,what a mess,Good Job Steve

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+Bernard Sobbe i have seen worse,very worse,, if the soot is wet or hard you can not get it out . thats when its worse

[@polarbear1754]

Do you have to take it all apart? Just wondering.

[@georgesiatos9848]

great job steven!!!!!!!!!

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+George Siatos pretty nasty

[@joea2274]

Serviced 5 months ago my foot

[@mikemalone6103]

Holy moly! That stack temp is wicked high. Did you measure the pump pressure? Seems like that boiler either isn' t absorbing the heat, there's too much of it , or it's just racing right through it. I'd use a smaller nozzle and crank up the pressure to try atomize the fuel more so that it would give up its heat in the CC rather than up the flue. I saw the barometric damper was shut while running, is that out of wack? If it's sucking basement air rather than CC air, it would give longer contact time in the CC before exiting the boiler, this would help drop that temp and increase the efficiency. Not criticizing, only tossing it out there.....

[@MrJFS1976]

What's up Mike? How's things?

[@hvac01453]

doing well, things are a bit slow in MA, not cold enough yet. When it hits about 20, customers will start sayin, hey its cold in there. In commercial buildings, many times, heat units overlap adjacent areas, so that it may go unnoticed for a while.

[@MrJFS1976]

Yeah, things are very different here in Virginia. HVAC is just not the same. I work a lot more, for one thing. People are very independent down here. I went to a call the other day for a no heat on a HP, and the customer had ripped out his condenser from his system (line, low, and refrigerant lines), and wanted to know if I could fix it. Not much I could do there. Glad you are doing well. TTYS.

[@hvac01453]

Had an engineer get the water cooled shell in tube condenser repaired. I attempted to pull a vac on it and my pump oil turned milky from water. I changed the oil and it happened again. I threw up my hands and asked him how he repaired the unit, and then he said he tested the unit hydrostatically. I said WHAT!!!!!! He tested the refrigerant circuit with water. for leaks. This was a paper mill so air and steam were plentiful. I ran steam thru the water side and air through the refrigerant side. after an hour it was dry as a bone. Vac went right down...

[@hvac01453]

My 1993 Pensottii 4 section boiler runs a net stack temp of 435F

[@donbankstontileman]

Another great job Steve...You know this equipment better than the designers of them...Rocket scientist you are...

[@stevenlavimoniere]

+don bankston i work on a lot of burners over the years

[@spidermcgavenport8767]

That's easy two day's worth of -36°F with poor quality #2 heating oil.