JohnCT
Still learning..slowly
I ran out of heating oil yesterday (wasn't paying attention) and put in 10 gallons of diesel to tide us over. After I put it in, I bled the Beckett and ran it until the water temp was over 140F and I took a combustion reading (it sounded and looked fine), and was surprised to have a CO2 of 7.5 as opposed to where I had left it (about 11) last year. My smoke was zero, and draft was -.02 over fire and -.03 in the stack. I didn't get a chance to check the stack temp because the boiler reached limit. It was also warm outside when I took the readings.
I'm getting a fill up tomorrow (275 gallon tank) so the few gallons of diesel will be essentially gone, but my question is whether the diesel would have that much effect on the combustion numbers compared to #2 heating oil?
I plan to retest next week when it gets colder and will adjust accordingly.
John
I'm getting a fill up tomorrow (275 gallon tank) so the few gallons of diesel will be essentially gone, but my question is whether the diesel would have that much effect on the combustion numbers compared to #2 heating oil?
I plan to retest next week when it gets colder and will adjust accordingly.
John