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embobolina

A quick question (will be obvious to you I am sure) ..

I am new to this whole oil tank heating situation.

When they come and fill you up - do you have to watch them do it? If you don't will they just pretend? How do you know that they have put the correct amount in? Is it rude to check before you sign the ticket?

Thanks x

Al Capwned

embobolina wrote: »

A quick question (will be obvious to you I am sure) ..

I am new to this whole oil tank heating situation.

When they come and fill you up - do you have to watch them do it? If you don't will they just pretend? How do you know that they have put the correct amount in? Is it rude to check before you sign the ticket?

Thanks x

The pump on the truck has a dial (similar to a petrol pump) and the ticket is printed directly from this dial (possibly not describing this very well). Also, I would imagine that these trucks surely have to go through the same calibration tests as forecourt pumps, so I'd safely say that your supplier won't try to con you!

embobolina

cool ok, i think i must have read too many horror stories about fake slips being printed etc :eek:. I will just have to trust him, or for the first one i'll just hang around and pretend to collect wood or something, ha ha, i am a nightmare!

DGOBS

Why not ask some of your neighbours which local oil supplier they use (and trust)

Think you will find a lot of local oil suppliers have a loyal following, and any messing like that and they would quickly be out of business

vicwatson

so I'd safely say that your supplier won't try to con you!

Don't be so sure about fuel suppliers, no reason why they can't try rip you off !! - I do agree wirh DGOBS though about using tried and trusted suppliers

The Irish Times - Tuesday, November 8, 2011


Filling station fined for undermeasuring fuel




CONOR POPE, Consumer Affairs Correspondent


A SERVICE station on Dublin’s south quays was yesterday fined €14,000 in the District Court after pleading guilty to using fuel pumps which were “undermeasuring” the amount of petrol and diesel being sold to consumers.
The service station on Usher’s Quay trading as One Oil pleaded guilty to 12 offences connected to the use of an unverified instrument and short measure on sale of motor fuel under the Metrology Act 1996.
The prosecution followed an action taken by the National Standards Authority of Ireland’s (NSAI) legal metrology service after it received complaints from consumers. It it the first time a service station has been convicted of such an offence.
In August 2010, service inspectors visited the station to inspect the premises and verify instrument compliance. A significant number of non-compliance issues were uncovered and reported to the garage owners, who were instructed to immediately rectify the non-compliances.
However, in response to further complaints from members of the public in February 2011, the inspectors revisited the premises and discovered that the previously verified and rectified fuel pumps had broken seals and were significantly under measuring petrol and diesel being sold.
According to Maurice Buckley, NSAI chief executive, its service visited almost 4,000 traders’ premises and tested more than 17,000 measuring instruments such as weighing scales and taxi meters, where the correct charge or cost to consumers is dependent on accurate measurement.
In addition, almost 8,000 fuel pumps at 1,300 service stations were inspected in 2010. More than 2,000 warnings, which require corrective action such as minor adjustments or recalibration of equipment, were issued to traders.
There were 13 prosecutions taken for non-compliance, where a trader did not take appropriate corrective action, with 10 of these resulting in conviction. Each of those prosecutions was related to non-compliant taxi meters.

txpjl

Dip your tank before and after the fill . Calculate the amount of fuel from these measurements (Vol of a cylinder or rectangle etc). This will give you a pretty good idea of the volume of fuel added.