Steam baseboard not getting hot?

Gordy

ChrisJ said:

OK but a blue flame is still hotter temperature wise a yellow one. I'm not saying oil can't do it I'm saying oil burners in boilers don't. So why I'd Burnham saying oil burns hotter than gas and further more why are they claiming oil heat works better than gas when it's irrelevant?

Not everyone looks deeper than the type printed. that's a huge problem with society in general, and one marketing counts on.

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I suppose this is why they don't offer the Megasteam for gas. I don't understand why they'd do that to themselves, by anyway.

SWEI said:

Burnham seems to have a real love for heating oil that tends to permeate their words and policies.

ChrisJ

Jamie Hall said:

ChrisJ said:

Gordy as far as I'm aware the color of light is related to it's temperature and blue is always higher than white or orange. As far as comparing different blue flames that are all different yes I agree with your statement but as far as I know orange light is never as hot as blue.

The orange colour (or blue) has almost nothing to do with the actual temperature of the combustion gasses, which is what we are looking for. We are very accustomed to associating yellow "flame" with cooler flames, but as Gordy notes this isn't always the case. Further, one can adjust almost any fuel to produce flame which has yellow in it -- or almost no yellow in it. A very hot flame burning slightly rich will tend to have a yellowish edge to it, while the same fuel burning slightly lean may have no colour at all. Some fuels -- such as natural gas -- produce almost no carbon during combustion, so there is nothing to glow. Others, such as oil or complex hydrocarbons like wood, do, and the unburned carbon will glow... yellow... above which temperature it promptly burns.

I learned something today.
That, and carbon monoxide is flammable, never knew that.

But the end result is still oil heat is no quicker, or hotter than any other heat.

Gordy

Here is level playing field gallon for gallon.


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