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New oil seems to be making a big difference in boiler cleanliness

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cwilliams2000
cwilliams2000 Member Posts: 140
in THE MAIN WALL
I am in Mass and noticed this year a very big difference in how clean my boiler was. I didn't realize there are new regs on the oil supply here but I can definitely say that my boiler appeared to hardly look dirty after a year. It has always run fairly clean but the difference was very noticeable.

I understand that in 2018 it gets the oil even cleaner. Just wondering what others have seen as well.

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  • Sal Santamaura
    Sal Santamaura Member Posts: 544
    edited November 2017
    If a reduction from 3,000ppm to 500ppm sulfur (albeit three years ago) made that much difference, it will be very interesting to hear what happens at 15ppm. This page

    http://oilandenergyonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/NEMARegion_HOspecs_2017.pdf


    lays out impending changes. Imagine the benefit D.C. will reap going from 10,000ppm to 15ppm. Please keep us posted everyone.
  • STEVEusaPA
    STEVEusaPA Member Posts: 6,505
    I've been delivering ultra low sulfur (15ppm) along with various bio blends for over 5 years now.
    The heat exchangers are a lot cleaner. The first couple of years, I noticed the fuel filters & pump strainers much dirtier.
    Overall, much better with the ultra low sulfur.

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