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Water in oil tank.

  • 20-11-2016 3:29pm
    #1
    brousuka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 412 ✭✭


    Hi learned folk,
    Just a small question.. when checking the level of my kerosene oil tank today some drops of water from overhanging bushes fell down into the tank! Now not a lot.. just maybe quarter of a cup full. I'm now worried could this cause a malfunction in the burner? Or am I just worrying about nothing? Since it's so baltic at the moment I must have heating in most of the time. Many thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    No your fine as there will be some water already in there and more from condensation and the way our climate is. Mainly damp throughout the year unfortunately.


  • #3
    Irish Steve
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 6,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Steve


    The outflow from the storage tank is probably 3 or 4 cms above the base of the tank, possibly lower if it's a steel tank, so this quantity of water will settle into the bottom of the tank and cause no issues at all, you could pour probably 20 or 30 litres of water into the tank (depending on the size) and water still wouldn't be flowing out of the tank into the line, as the water sinks to the bottom of the tank.

    Our tank (2700 litre) has been in place for over 20 years, and with condensation over time, there's still less than 1cm of water in the bottom, the outflow is about 5Cm, so plenty of space yet before I need to worry about it. When the tank is topped up (we don't fill it any more, too darn expensive), the water gets stirred up, but it settles back on to the bottom in less than an hour.

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  • #4
    kamila jelinkova
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 ✭kamila jelinkova


    Happened to me before but had no issues.You should be fine.


  • #5
    jimf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,974 ✭✭✭jimf


    Irish Steve wrote: »
    The outflow from the storage tank is probably 3 or 4 cms above the base of the tank, possibly lower if it's a steel tank, so this quantity of water will settle into the bottom of the tank and cause no issues at all, you could pour probably 20 or 30 litres of water into the tank (depending on the size) and water still wouldn't be flowing out of the tank into the line, as the water sinks to the bottom of the tank.

    Our tank (2700 litre) has been in place for over 20 years, and with condensation over time, there's still less than 1cm of water in the bottom, the outflow is about 5Cm, so plenty of space yet before I need to worry about it. When the tank is topped up (we don't fill it any more, too darn expensive), the water gets stirred up, but it settles back on to the bottom in less than an hour.

    this is why its good idea not to fire your boiler for about an hour after topping up tank


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