sibi1972
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10 years ago I replaced my 60 year old, oil fired hot water boiler. It had a input rating of something like 125,000 btu's. I put in a 75,000 btu Peerless because that was bigger by more then 15 percent over the heat loss calc I did, which already had 10 percent added for those COLD days to come. Along with that I broke things up and added 3 more zones to reach 6 in total.
So far, so good as far as heating the house goes.
But would I have used less gallons of oil per winter if I had put in a larger boiler, like what I had, 125,000 btu's? Or would that have been a waste of oil?
I've gotten into long arguments with guys over this. What do 'ya think?
Sibi
So far, so good as far as heating the house goes.
But would I have used less gallons of oil per winter if I had put in a larger boiler, like what I had, 125,000 btu's? Or would that have been a waste of oil?
I've gotten into long arguments with guys over this. What do 'ya think?
Sibi