How to Prime a Home Oil Heater

1:13 pm 4 July 2019

                                     How to Prime a Home Oil Heater

Heating oil is a fuel choice for heating and furnaces systems in older houses and in places where there is no natural gas service. According to the American Department of Energy, a typical oil-burning central warming unit is more efficient than a minimally efficient gas-run system. Unlike electricity or natural gas, heating oil is not supplied directly to the home via a community network of pipes and lines. Oil must be ordered and delivered by a vendor. When you have your oil tank packed, it is possible that you will require to prime your burner oil before you glow your pilot. Priming pushes surplus air from the system and stops air force from building up in the tank.

  1. Check to view that energy switch on the oil burner is turned to the off place. Find the bleeder vale on your pump of oil. This is commonly a nipple of pipe with a hexagonal nut expanding from the side or peak of the pump return.
  2. Turn the nut at the close of the bleeder valve with your tool to relax it. The bolts generally calculate 3/8 or 7/16 inch should be changed 2 complete counterclockwise rotations with an about sized wrench.
  3. Locate an empty jar or can in face of the bleeder control device and turn the energy to the burner oil on. Oil will start to split from the bleeder as air is pushed from the pump and supply line. When the oil starts flowing gradually, stay with the oil grip in face of the bleeder, turn the bleeder off and make stronger the hex nut on the bleeder.
  4. Put the oil grip can aside and wait 2 to 3 minutes. This will permit the system that lights the burner to rightly recycle itself.
  5. Press the energy button on the burner of oil again to glow the furnace.

What you need

  • 7/16 or 3/8-inch wrench
  • Blank 16-ounce jar or can
  • Flashlight
  • Furnace lighter

Tips

  • If the oil burner does not begin quickly when turning the burner on in steps, find the reset switch and click it. This is a backup in case the power switch fails.
  • Depending on where your furnace is placed, you may require a flashlight to light the face of the oil burner, https://www.kp-lok.com/product/bleeder-valves.

Warning

If you spill oil, apply kitty liner or saw dust to soak up the spill on the floor.

 

 

How can you check if your furnace is out of oil?

Before you give a call to your favored oil furnace expert,  you should ensure your furnace actually ran out of oil before you request a prime and begin. If there is still oil in your tank, it can indicate other issues with your furnace,  which may need different services.

To tell if your furnace is indeed out of oil, you will primary want to find the oil tank gauge. For a basement tank, this will be on the peak, while an in-ground tank will have the gauge and other indicator type on a wall in or on your house.