Re: Help-- Home Fuel Oil Gelled
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02/13/21 11:28 AM
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Fun way to spend a cozy morning. Glad it is not me! My daughter called and said that her propane furnace would not run but she had a full tank. Told her to pour hot water over the regulator. Leaned back in my recliner, another days good work done.
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Re: Help-- Home Fuel Oil Gelled
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02/13/21 11:34 AM
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Fun way to spend a cozy morning. Glad it is not me! My daughter called and said that her propane furnace would not run but she had a full tank. Told her to pour hot water over the regulator. Leaned back in my recliner, another days good work done. I only wish I could take care of this that easy. The longer I putz on here.. The warmer it is getting outside...
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Re: Help-- Home Fuel Oil Gelled
[Re: DiggerDale]
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02/13/21 12:36 PM
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Thanks for all the replys. I am heading out. Got my propane weed burner, wrenches, buckets and rags, and will pick up some orange bottle 911 on the way.
Only place to get kerosine is closed till monday...
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Re: Help-- Home Fuel Oil Gelled
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02/13/21 12:43 PM
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Kerosene at this point. No one up here uses #2 just for this reason.
Be VERY careful not to get any on your gloves at those temperatures. Evaporative cooling will drop the temperature of your fingers very quickly.
Remove the filter element completely if your fuel is pretty clean. X2 on the filter until you get fuel to the furnace.
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Re: Help-- Home Fuel Oil Gelled
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02/13/21 12:48 PM
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If the temp has dropped below freezing in the house .... turn the water off until it warms up and you can verify there are no broken water pipes.
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Re: Help-- Home Fuel Oil Gelled
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02/13/21 01:33 PM
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The road tax is reason to use kero. In MN we don't pay road tax on off road fuel.
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Re: Help-- Home Fuel Oil Gelled
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02/13/21 01:48 PM
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Is there a back up heat source in the house? Should have a wood stove back up to keep water pipes from freezing in emergency.
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Re: Help-- Home Fuel Oil Gelled
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02/13/21 01:57 PM
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The road tax is reason to use kero. In MN we don't pay road tax on off road fuel. Same in NY, that’s why off road diesel and kerosene is dyed red. Get caught with red fuel in your semi, big time fine.
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Re: Help-- Home Fuel Oil Gelled
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02/13/21 02:05 PM
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49er I responded to OPs reply below. Sorry for trying to help.
"Here we have the choice of #1 or #2 offroad at the pump. In winter there is an option for "blended" for the road trucks but i always thought it was a mix of #1 and 2. .. The price for that is way more because the road tax..."
In my area off road is red also. Kero is clear. available at sheetz and bp. None of that matters to the cool guy right now lol.
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Re: Help-- Home Fuel Oil Gelled
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02/13/21 06:50 PM
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I got ahold of another supplier and he said the 911 conditioner would be okay. Heat the line from tank to house also recommended. My son knows I am not thrilled about this and I am sure this will never happen again. Living in northern Minnesota you always use #1 fuel for heat.... 50/50 should flow
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Re: Help-- Home Fuel Oil Gelled
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02/13/21 06:50 PM
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Last time I messed with one of them oil burners I got a jolt from the transformer that burnt my lip and laid me flat out on the floor.... The older transformers kick line voltage up to around ten thousand volts. I think the newer ignitors are worse, 15,000-20,000 volts. I've been bit before, back when I played as a heating tech. It hurts.
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Re: Help-- Home Fuel Oil Gelled
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02/13/21 06:59 PM
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Digger That looks like a check valve , to keep the fuel from bleeding back into tank.. That was my thought also. If I could have seen directional arrows on it I would have been sure. Can't believe there is no filter...
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Re: Help-- Home Fuel Oil Gelled
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02/13/21 07:09 PM
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Last time I messed with one of them oil burners I got a jolt from the transformer that burnt my lip and laid me flat out on the floor.... The older transformers kick line voltage up to around ten thousand volts. I think the newer ignitors are worse, 15,000-20,000 volts. I've been bit before, back when I played as a heating tech. It hurts. I don't remember it hurting much but am not sure how long I laid there either.. I had the transformer folded back so I could look in that little hole and got the brite idea to hit the on button. Took about 6 seconds to build up enough charge to jump the 6 inches to my lip.. Kind of like getting whacked with a belisle... Once is enough...
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