how much heating oil does the boiler use?

7 Responses

  1. It’s interesting to know that there are measuring devices that can be used in order to keep track of heating oil consumption. That would help in supplementing a heating oil delivery services for sure. Getting to optimize the heating at home would surely make the winter be more comfortable especially that I plan to stay home for the holidays this year.

  2. We’ve recently moved into a state where winter is harsher than where we came from. So, we are looking into how heating oil is used for the boiler. It’s good to know that we could use something like a diesel flow meter and it needs to be specifically chosen according to the necessity.

  3. Ciaran O'Kane says:

    Well done. Using the hour meter is what I’ve been doing since 2013. I know how many hours running time I can get out of 1000 litres (426).

  4. Ted says:

    I’ve recently started measuring oil consumption by having a raspberry pi (and USB mini microphone) listen for the boiler – it then records the start and stop time to a cloud spreadsheet from which I calculate the consumption using the nozzle size.

    Works well!

    • roger says:

      Thank you.
      For want of a word, that is a gorgeous approach that has no equal. And gosh the maths. Your results are welcome here.

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