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SHOULD I GET A NEW OIL BURNER

  • 24-01-2009 09:02PM
    #1
    Rachel 999
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭


    My old central heating oil burner is giving up. Should I get a new one. Does anyone have experience with these new condenser oil burners. :):):)


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  • #2
    quentingargan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭quentingargan


    It depends on your situation. Modern condensing boilers run on up to 97% efficiency, compared to 66% for pre-1998 boilers, and less than that if it doesn't get serviced every year. You can look up the efficiency of the boiler you are proposing to put in on the SEI website by clicking here.

    Renewables are a better option if you have access or storage. If you have access to logs, you may like to put in a log gassifying stove. If you have storage for pellets, then a pellet boiler would be more economical in the long run.

    But may people could reduce their oil consumption by 33% by just changing their boiler and servicing them regularly. Its something people often forget in the mix of how to reduce energy use.


  • #3
    quentingargan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭quentingargan


    Oh yeah, while you're at it, there are refinements in terms of setting up zone thermostats in the house, and a separate circuit for hot water that you can do at the same time. Depending on your plumbing layout, it may not cost much. Weather compensation further improves efficiency by changing the temperature to which water in the heating system is brought.


  • #4
    rayh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 153 ✭✭rayh


    Rachel 999 wrote: »
    My old central heating oil burner is giving up. Should I get a new one. Does anyone have experience with these new condenser oil burners. :):):)

    Before you go down the road which you appear to be following. Can I suggest you ask yourself the following questions;

    1. How old is your existing system?

    2. What changes do you anticipate in energy supply over the lifetime of your proposed new energy supply system?

    If you belive that oil will always be the cheapest and most available option - no problem. However, can I suggest that you firstly look at your total energy requirements over the expected life period on your new system and the current wisdom is that you investigate all the energy reduction options available to you and only then do you decide how you will source your energy requirement.


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