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installing a new draft regulator on furnace
the installation instructions it says to adjust the counter balance
for desired draft, but what's the desired draft? what position should it be on when furnace is firing/not firing? thanks! |
installing a new draft regulator on furnace
Is this a gas or oil furnace.
wrote in message ... the installation instructions it says to adjust the counter balance for desired draft, but what's the desired draft? what position should it be on when furnace is firing/not firing? thanks! |
installing a new draft regulator on furnace
It's an oil furnace.
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installing a new draft regulator on furnace
Trying to remember how to adjust one, it has been years since I had an oil
burner. The object is to prevent the draft or suction that the wind creates on the chimney from sucking on the furnace and affecting its burning performance, but to still pull all products of combustion up the chimney. Until someone who knows better, this is the best I have. If there is no wind outside it should stay closed. If there is a wind outside, the draft should slightly pull itself open as the suction increases. When there is a strong wind blowing you should see it open wider as the wind gusts. When the furnace is running, it is the same way so that it can remove the fumes. wrote in message ... It's an oil furnace. |
installing a new draft regulator on furnace
wrote in message ... the installation instructions it says to adjust the counter balance for desired draft, but what's the desired draft? what position should it be on when furnace is firing/not firing? thanks! You might be able to find one on eBay, but this is what you need (and the knowledge to use it properly): http://www.bacharach-inc.com/draft_gauges.htm If you don't use one, you are just guessing so why not just set it at the halfway point. Keep you service guy's number handy... |
installing a new draft regulator on furnace
On Jan 26, 3:47*pm, wrote:
the installation instructions it says to adjust the counter balance for desired draft, but what's the desired draft? *what position should it be on when furnace is firing/not firing? *thanks! Jenn, the pros will tell you you need an instrument to set this and they use one to do it. But as one home owner to another, you can roughly set it without a guage but err on the safe side and set it so that it is just closed when the furnace has been on for a while and everything is all warmed up. If you set it so it is closed too much, the only bad thing that may happen is you will use a small amount of extra fuel. If you set it so that it is open too much, you can get carbon monoxide in your house. So if you are going to do this, adjust the weight so that the flapper is balanced so that it is just closed during normal operation and only opens a little if there is a strong wind outside. Mark |
installing a new draft regulator on furnace
"Bubba" wrote in message ... On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:11:17 -0800, wrote: On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:29:00 -0500, Bubba wrote: On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:47:44 -0800 (PST), wrote: the installation instructions it says to adjust the counter balance for desired draft, but what's the desired draft? what position should it be on when furnace is firing/not firing? thanks! You are messing with something you have no business doing. You need a draft gauge to set it. This will also in turn require tuning the boiler to make sure it is burning properly. This requires the use of a digital combustion analyzer and someone talented enough to interpret and adjust it for the proper performance. Bubba Sheezz...Idiot. If your going to give advice give it all, not just a portion. Your still missing some important tools. Who the hell died and made you my mother? Why dont you go pull that cat out of your ass, walk outside and get a breath of fresh air and then take one of those damn guns you own, put it in your mouth and pull the trigger, you Bi-polar waste of sperm. Bubba Don't want to bring the alt.hvac laundry in here, but hasn't it been established that is not the real PJM? |
installing a new draft regulator on furnace
"Bubba" wrote in message ... On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:15:46 -0500, "EXT" wrote: "Bubba" wrote in message . .. On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:32:39 -0500, "EXT" wrote: Trying to remember how to adjust one, it has been years since I had an oil burner. The object is to prevent the draft or suction that the wind creates on the chimney from sucking on the furnace and affecting its burning performance, but to still pull all products of combustion up the chimney. Until someone who knows better, this is the best I have. .........and you're an idiot! You need instruments and knowledge to adjust it properly. Something you obviously have neither of. Bubba Bubba, you may have extensive knowledge about these matters, and these days possibly everything is done with instruments, but I have never seen an instrument used to set a simple oil burner damper during the years that I was using oil burners from the 1950s through the 1970s. I hope your knowledge of oil burners is better than your social skills, which seem to be lacking. Well, as with everything else........there is a right way and a wrong way to do it. You have obviously been doing it the wrong way. I get paid to do it the right way. Customers appreciate that they arent wasting hundreds of gallons of oil per season because someone came in and "eyeballed" the adjustments on their system. Bubba Much better answer and hopefully to the benefit of the OP. |
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