Orange on tips of gas flame

David Hohengasser

I opened the cellar door to the outside, so I know there is enough make up air. I will call a professional Monday. Thank you for the input.

David Hohengasser

Orange on tips of gas flame

I have a natural gas steam boiler. From what I have read, there is an excessive amount of orange/yellow coming off the tips of the flame. I watched as I increased and decreased the pressure and nothing changed. I opened and closed the shutters and nothing changed (except when shutter was completely closed) I checked the chimney flue and it is like new. Any thoughts? How much does the yellow/orange tipping reduce the efficency?

jim lockard

get

a combustion analyzer and a gas gauge. You eye nor anyone elses is that good. Best Wishes J.Lockard

Steve_35

The concern is improper combustion

and the resultant CO production. Get someone in there with a combustion analyzer.

Sal Brunetto

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Check the burner tubes, are they dirty?

Has soemone done sanding or any other dusty activity near the boiler room lately?

Make sure you are supplying the minimum combustion air to the boiler room. The fuel to air ratio if very important just like in a car's carburetor.

[Deleted User]

The Human Eye....

is capable of some prretty amazing things. It's the fastest healing part of the human body. When my wife got her eyes lazered, I watched as her opthimalogist smoothed the wrinkles out of the cornea, and he told me that the lens had already started growing back together, and that it was important that it be precisley realigned, or it would cause problems. It had already begun healing itself. It was stuck together in less than 5 minutes, no bleeding.

HOwever, it is NOT capable of detecting or determining the presence or non presence of carbon monoxide. Only the human brain, through the use of an analyzer is the ONLY way to diagnose, adjust and eliminate CO. That, backed by a strong working knowledge of building science, saves lives.

There of course IS another way of humanly detecting the presence of CO, but you don't EVEN want to find yourself there...because it usually results in death or possibly major discombobulation.

I had 3 cases this week of major CO emergencys.

If you don't test, you don't know. If you don't know, someone could die.

If you HAVE an an analyzer, and don't understand the readings, or have the knowledge to properly address it, you might not as well test. You're just as dangerous as not having tested anyway.

It's not enough to just have one. You've got to use it and know whats right and whats wrong, and what to do if it is wrong.

The one thing that you really needn't pay attention to is the one parameter that unqualified technicians glom on to. I'll let you guess which parameter that one is.

TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST.

I think Dan should dedicate a whole new room to the topic of CO, and I think Mark Hunt, should be the Moderator. If and when he's noit available, I'm sure someone would be willing to lend a hand... Like that nver happens around here anyway:-)

Whaddya think Dan. You could save some lives...

Thanks for all you do. I know I'll pitch in $50 worth of shiny new bricks for the effort.

Consider it done.(Brick purchase that is...)

ME

Steve_35

While you make several valid points

it's clear the poster has adjusted the fuel pressure and air shutters at a minimum w/o the benefit of instruments. They NEED to get someone in there with a combustion analyzer yesterday.

jim lockard

2nd

think so to ME

Sal Brunetto

And make sure

the CO detector has a fresh battery in it

Mark Hunt

Perfect


response ME.

Mark H

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Mark Hunt

Excellent idea


be sure the technician has and is familiar with digital combustion analysers.

Mark H

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