How Much Oil Do You Burn In A Typical Winter Season??

[Saltheart]

When I bought my house in Ct in 1983 , the lady before me was burning 1600 gallons per year for heat and hot water. by the time I redid everything , I was burning only 600 gallons per year. the later had her burner serviced by the same people who sold her the oil. they had her firing at 2.2 gallons. i replaced the nozzle with a .8 gallon nozzle and had no problems at all. i also put a hot water heater in line with the domestic she already had. that way I got free hot water in the winter and did not have to fire the big boiler in the summer for hot water only. Anyway , its time for conservation. there is lots of gold waiting for people to pick up by getting smart about energy usage.

[redcrbbr]

usually use about 500-600 gallons from september to may. just had a fill up @ $3.20 a gal.. Like Mike, I did a service on my furnace and replaced the 2.25 nozzle with a .75. saved a bit there. I was amazed at how the oil company that did service to the unit had never taken the top off of the furnace in order to clean it properly. (I had to modify it a bit due to the way the plumbers had plumbed it) I now have a shop vac dedicated to only one purpose in life.