Ungland...
Posted on 12/30/2010 6:05:27 PM PST by Rashputin
>Other than that, there’s nothing to gripe about.
LOL Real life facts don’t bother your brain do they?
Delicate system components is not the boiler heat exchanger. they are referring to electronics. But you got to have a leak somewhere before the vapors get around to the outside of the boiler where the wiring is. everything on a condensing boiler is stainless, plastic, or rubber...or should be. If you got vapors drifting off your boiler, something is terribly screwed up, and yes those vapors will destroy electronics over time.
The shell might be resistant, but, it is only a shell if the components are dissolved. Read the article, again.
This is the natural result of politically driven mandates. When the government requires that we buy a certain type of heating system, the heating system’s primary purpose is to satisfy political requirements, not heating requirements. The application of this object lesson to healthcare should be obvious.
LOL, what “components” do you think you are talking about?
No, it isn't. They have alloys now that are far more corrosion resistant than earlier versions like 300 series steel. A good design and corrosion or heat isn't a factor but that design has to be good across the board. They obviously have a weak link.
Old Chineese proverb:
“Today’s Problems were often Yesterdays Solutions.”
Like the “low flow” toilets [which don’t flush] here in CA, and the “low flow” showers [which guarantees a 25 minute shower] where you can’t rinse your hair.
Harumph!
15. Mortgages to those “who need houses”, but can’t pay for them.
16. Immigration - not issuing working visas where justified, creating horrendous bureaucracy and army of illegals.
17. Oooobama and dismantling US.
Will we ever learn?
The price of kerosene went from $1.75 to $4.00 a gallon, and the new low sulfur formulation attracts more water - which clogs the wicks much more quickly.
I went from using one wick a season to 3-4 wicks a season, and having to burn off the wicks much more frequently (wasting fuel, because you have to burn off outside the space you're heating).
Even though I'm very experienced at using a portable space heater, I still have lots of trouble these days - whereas before the change the operation ran smooth as silk.
Anyone who has one of these portable heaters and doesn't maintain the heck out it is GUARANTEED to find it nearly useless when the emergency comes. And since it's a pain to maintain them, that's easily 3 out of every 4 portable kerosene heaters (most likely more!).
Another successful .gov micromanagement EPIC FAIL. Of course, the peasants are the only ones who pay the price...
Do people have these boilers outside? Could they possibly be freezing indoors?
Or it could be they are using Lucus Electronics. (^;
Ungland...
I am running Jet-A in mine. (5 yrs plus) The specs are very close to the same as far as I can tell. A lot cheaper also.
Guess it’s a good thing I still have my 5 gallon metal buckets from 1999 — still sealed. Also have a few spare wicks but not many.
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