DIYbanter - View Single Post - Energy Kinetics System 2000 oil boiler... Anyone have one?

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I have had one in my house for about 12 years. No major problems.

Some things to keep in mind though.

The internal boards will fry if lightning strikes near your house
have
good surge suppression on you house.

Have the installer give you the emergency board so the system will
operate as a normal boiler if the board goes bad.

Hmmm... maybe I'll wire in an isolation transformer.

Have the system cleaned regularly

once a year wheather it needs it or not...

Are you going to use a chimney or use the power vent kit? If you use
the power vent kit make certain that the power vent is in a location
where it does not trap heat. Had to replace the blower once due to
this.

Chimney.. no problems here...

The zone valves sometimes stick in the open position, ask your
installer to add the proper lubricant additive to the boiler water.

They don't use standard Honeywell zone valves?

Funny thing is that our oil supplier was the one who recommended the
system, now they don't sell this as it does save oil use. We went
from
2000 gal to about 1800 gal of oil used per year for our house. This
includes domestic hot water as well.

My oil supplier is absolutely adament that this boiler is tough to
adjust and not reliable. But your savings of 10% is far less than the
30% claim that Energy Kinetics is making. Did your old boiler make hot
water as well?