Outdoor Reset vs. Heat Manager

Tundra

I agree that you are better off to put your money into the envelope, then a new boiler.
To answer your question, the jury is probably still out on the Heat Manager. It does have the potential to factor in solar gain, cooking, large groups, and other heat sources. It should also factor in wind chill, the kids opening the door twenty times an hour, and other cooling factors. An outdoor reset control is concerned with ambient outdoor temperature. You already have the Heat Manager. Give it a chance to prove itself. In the spring let us know how it worked for you.

Doug_34

Outdoor Reset vs. Heat Manager

I live in a 200 year old house that is large and drafty. I presently have an old 324MBTU New Yorker furnace that is oversized by about 100MBTU, but is working fine at an efficiency of about 81%. I burn a lot of oil (1500+ gal/year) and just installed a Beckett Heat Manager, which seems to be helping. Would I be even better served by using an Outdoor Reset instead? Which model (Honeywell AQ475? Tekmar?)

I also know new furnaces are more efficient, and I can quantify that (e.g. 81% vs. 87%), but how much difference would it make that the new furnace would be smaller, how do you quantify that?

Thanks,
Doug

leo g_13

just off the top Doug,

by reducing your input by almost 1/3 you should se a very significant saving right away. But more likely if you spend the money on rsducing the heatloss first, you may be able to reduce the boiler size by half! Which of course is even better!

Leo G

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Dave_4

i agree with leo if you stop the draft that's coming into your home that will save you a ton of oil. new windows low (e)argon Attic make sure you have at least r38 or more

my house was 2" thick on one side of the house it was packed with 2" insulation i put up 2x4 on the inside so i can put in nice standard size windows i also put in r15 plus 1/2 sheet rock all new mc cable for electrical and 2" conduit all the way back to the panel. when i put on a new roof i took out all the old insulation and put in r38 what a difference in the oil bill.

i also junked my old FHA furnace and put in a top of the line buderus with outdoor indoor reset and new buderus dhw tank my dhw was electric before and saw a nice cheep electric bill the next month

things like that make a difference take a look at my before and after pictures.

this summer i will replace the 2 windows in the middle with a picture window that will save even more energy because the windows there now are signal Paine

this year i see a big difference in my heating bill
next year will be better. i also went with a 2 ton 14seer
a/c unit it ended up costing less to operate then all the window units i had. $91 a month in the summer was my total bill with my a/c running 24/7

thanks