MASSACHUSETTS OIL BURNER PRACTICE 2026 FINAL PAPER REVIEW QUESTIONS ANSWERS BUNDLED PRACTICE COLLECTION.pdf

MASSACHUSETTS OIL BURNER PRACTICE 2026
FINAL PAPER REVIEW QUESTIONS ANSWERS
BUNDLED PRACTICE COLLECTION

◉ What are the 2 voltage circuits of a primary control?
Answer: Line & Low.


◉ What is the function of a fuse?
Answer: Protect circuit.


◉ What is the High Limit cut out?
Answer: Max safe Temp or Pressure setting.


◉ What is the High Limit cut in?
Answer: Cut out minus Differential.


◉ What is the "Max" Lockout time for a burner with a 3 GPH Flow
Rate?
Answer: 45 Seconds.


◉ What is the minimum stack temperature which will allow a stack
switch to work?

,Answer: 400 degrees F


◉ When do you apply a permit to store oil?
Answer: 10 gallons.


◉ What is the "Main" function of an oil burner Primary Control?
Answer: Prove Flame.


◉ Stack Relay must be reset after lockout? True? or False?
Answer: True.


◉ What is the Required minimum height required for fill and vent
pipes?
Answer: 3 Feet.


◉ What is the smallest vent pipe used for residential.
Answer: 1 inch 1/4


◉ What size is the oil line for a residential burner?
Answer: 3/8


◉ Largest oil capacity for residential without a license?

, Answer: 10,000 Gallons


◉ At what height ceiling would a second thermal switch be
required?
Answer: 12'


◉ A typical residential oil burner is also s/u to run Kerosene True?
Or False?
Answer: False


◉ Permit to install an oil burner is issued by the?
Answer: State Fire Marshall


◉ Draft measurements are taken in what?
Answer: Inches of water column


◉ Pressure Relief for a Hot Water Boiler is?
Answer: 30 Psi


◉ Pressure Relief for a Steam Boiler is?
Answer: 15 Psi