Oil Burners State Test With Complete & Updated Solutions| 2024

Oil Burners State Test With Complete & Updated Solutions| 2024 how should an oil tank be supported - Answer️️ -Ridgid non-combustible supports to prevent settling, sliding, or lifting what is the wire gauge used on oil burner circuits - Answer️️ -14 gauge minimum how is an oil burner wired - Answer️️ -oil burners are wired intermittent or interrupted what does intermittent or interrupted mean - Answer️️ -intermittent - Transformer stays on throughout the burner firing cycle interrupted - Transformer drops out after flame established who approves oil burners in Mass - Answer️️ -the fire marshal what does the term Marshall mean - Answer️️ -State Fire Marshal what size vent pipe is required with a 2-inch fill pipe - Answer️️ -2 inch minimum what are the elements found in fuel oil - Answer️️ -85% carbon 15% hydrogen what is fuel oil - Answer️️ -a hydrocarbon how must fuel oil be prepared for combustion - Answer️️ -it must be atomized or vaporized, and mixed with air What is a BTU (British Thermal Unit)? - Answer️️ -the amount of heat necessary to raise 1 lb of water, 1° Fahrenheit how many BTUs are there in a gallon of number 2 fuel - Answer️️ -140000 what determines the GPH of a nozzle - Answer️️ -the orifice what is a degree day - Answer️️ -65 degrees Fahrenheit minus the daily average temperature can materials other than steel be used in fuel oil tanks - Answer️️ -yes, is approved what does the word approved mean - Answer️️ -accepted by the Marshall, or by a laboratory, which is by the Marshall when is a combustion efficiency test required by law - Answer️️ -after installations and alterations what control shuts off the oil burner in the event of excessive heat temperature in the appliance - Answer️️ -the high limi