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!

Is this a gas or oil furnace.

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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!

It's an oil 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.

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It's an oil furnace.

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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...

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

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On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:11:17 -0800,
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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?

"Bubba" wrote in message
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On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:15:46 -0500, "EXT"
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"Bubba" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:32:39 -0500, "EXT"
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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.

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:55:34 -0500, Bubba
wrote:

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:01:36 GMT, "Dr. Hardcrab"
wrote:


"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?

Oh great! So I guess thats a "foot, mouth, insert" comment?
Bubba
Uh....DUH!

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