Labour Day signifies the unofficial end of our beautiful summer in Nova Scotia and the start of the school year. With that in mind, we thought a bit of a classroom lesson may fit the bill for September.
This month’s blog provides a look at an oil heat furnace and how it works. Pay close attention, we might ask questions later!
Your oil furnace is part of a heating system that is connected to your thermostat(s), oil tank, pump, combustion chamber, ductwork, and fans and/or a hot water boiler and pipes.
The heating process begins when the thermostat falls below a selected comfort zone, triggering the oil pump to draw fuel from the indoor or outside oil tank, where it becomes a warm mist. This spray then combines with air to create flames in the furnace’s combustion chamber and to release heat through a heat exchanger.
If you have a forced-air system, cooler air is drawn from a central intake grate in your home, is heated within the furnace and then pushed by a fan through a series of ducts that are connected to vents or registers in each room of your home. When the temperature reaches the programmed level, the thermostat sends a signal to the oil pump to stop drawing fuel so the furnace can’t burn any more oil.
In the event, you have a hot water heating system rather than forced hot air, the thermostat, oil pump and combustion procedure is similar but involves cool water moving to a circulator inside a boiler, where it is heated by the burning oil. From there, it travels back through a system of pipes within your home that delivers hot water or steam to radiators, baseboard heaters or in-floor heating coils.
Oil heat continues to be one of the most popular, efficient, and safe ways to heat homes in our maritime climate. With regular annual maintenance and tune-ups, heating oil systems can provide warmth and comfort to you and your families for years to come.
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If you’re not yet a Scotia Fuels customer, why not give us a try and see why 99% of our customers happily recommend us. You can reach out at https://scotiafuels.com/contact-us/, or even better, call us at 902-453-2121 to speak with one of our local staff members.