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tell miss molly i lost my jack Russell and Chihuahua last April ever time i watch steve viedos when my dog was alive he get all excited when he seen Miss Molly on TV i miss thouse days
When I moved to my first purchased home 35 years ago, it was my first experience with an oil furnace and oil tank. The home was already old and with a lot of problems. I could smell oil slowly leaking from the copper connections, from the bottom of the outside tank with no shut-off valve. I bought a shut-off valve and after I ran the tank dry, I attempted to install it. I got a surprise. The tank was not empty, but had a "snorkel" installed to draw in only oil above 6" or so above the bottom, where the water and sludge sank to. Trapped oil poured out. I quickly re-connected the copper and got a bunch of 5 gal. buckets before trying again. Finally after 5 or 6 buckets-full I was able to install the valve. I gave the 30 gal of oil to an old woman to burn in her kerosene lanterns, after straining the fuel through a filter made from an old plastic milk jug and some old cotton fabric, and decanting the water off the top. She used the lanterns inside her well house to keep it from freezing. I could not afford to hire pros to do jobs like this, so I learned as I went along. Steve, I saw how your first home needed a lot of repairs, as you described. I can understand why you have not moved. It becomes a part of you. So did mine. None of the plumbing had any shut-offs that I could find. I had to shut the well pump off at the breaker, and drain the pressure tank to install them. The home was wired with aluminum. When the hot water breaker burnt-out I found that they did not sell my dangerous Zinsco breakers any more. By then I was able to hire an electrician to put in a Square-D breaker box, but he warned me about the aluminum wiring. That it expanded and contracted and eventually would arc and could spark a fire. He said to go through all of the outlets & switches and regularly tighten the connection terminals. I had to reinforce the rafters stronger after a major snow load caused leaks. I had to redo all of the floors with "sturdi-floor". My old floors were cheap particleboard and were punching through. Don`t use particleboard, it soaks-up water like a sponge and eventually crumbles. I hope this story will be useful or entertaining to some of you. Thanks, for what you do, Steve. You are an inspiration.
Maybe if the customer had a 40 -50 gallon "booster tank" with the built in adjustable temperature aqua-stat and a 007 potable water circulator to enhance the tankless boiler heater to give consistent hot water at a controlled temperature for the volume needed for shower.
Miss Molly is really a cutie! Living in Vegas, the oil fired equipment and all of the heating equipment is completely foreign to me. My FAU is in the attic, I change the filters once per month, and call the guy once a year for a check-up. FUN to watch.
I don't ever take a shower at home. I'm always showering at the gym.. I have tankless hot water heater set at 140 degrees. I love hot water for dishes.
I call Burnham leakhams also 😅😂🤣. Company in the closet city to me will not install a Burnham boiler at all anymore because they got tired of doing warranty work on them. I've seen them less than 5 years old leaking.
The boiler is going to maintain internal temperature to meet the home heating and domestic water needs. If this was just for domestic hot water supply you would be correct. Because its also used for heating, you wouldn't be able to reduce the boiler temperature without reducing your heat efficiency.
Boiler runs at 180° to heat the house. Domestic hot water coming out of the taps shouldn't be anything more than 120-125°. The valve blends cold water in with water heated by the boiler to get the domestic hot water temperature right. If anything, its one of the more efficient ways to make hot water.
@@MisterTwister88 using an indirect coil, in a device already hot 1/2 the year anyway, that has a fraction of the volume of water in it that needs to be heated VS a standard water heater is a MORE efficient way of making domestic hot water.
Hey Steve. Curious, does your state require you to tag your units with repair information or is that just something you like to do? Not a bad idea especially to keep up with maintenance records easily. Watched you tag many of them by now and even tho I do HVAC I know nothing about oil burners here in KY. All gas or electric n tons of heat pumps.
i do it for a record only .. its nice to look back to see whats been done at what time . i just think its good to do .. it has helped me over the years to look back to see what has been done .
@@stevenlavimoniere thank you! I definitely think it helps to know what has been done and when. Most customers never keep paper records of prior repairs and this way makes it more permanent.
