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nozzle sizing question

mikedo
mikedo Member Posts: 174
in Oil Heating
can i temporarily install a delavan 1.00 gallon 60B nozzle in a burnham PV74WBT with a becket burner until i can get the proper nozzle tomorrow ? thanks for any help i stopped working on oil burners years ago and concentrated on plumbing

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  • Jon_blaney
    Jon_blaney Member Posts: 316
    What is in there how? Do you have test equipment?
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 16,832
    If that Beckett has the fixed "F" head, no. The flame will slam the target wall, and probably produce smoke, soot and CO.
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  • mikedo
    mikedo Member Posts: 174
    edited February 2022
    it has an .85 80b he said there is also a 105 0n it. i don't understand that part. i don't have test equipment its at my cousins house. he called me yesterday at 3 in the afternoon to tell me the burner has been acting up all week. if it wasn't my cousin i would tell him to $%& off
  • HVACNUT
    HVACNUT Member Posts: 5,829
    You're going to up fire it and produce a longer flame that will probably impinge on the target wall. No good. Even temporarily. And if like mentioned it has an F head, it'll be unstable no matter what. 
    Tell your cousin, for his safety and because you love him, you recommend an oil pro service and test the system. 
  • rsilvers
    rsilvers Member Posts: 182
    edited February 2022
    I am not a pro. 

    I would see if there is a pump psi that is 100 or more such that the larger nozzle doesn’t exceed the max firing rate. For all you know, the current nozzle is at 140 or even 160 psi. This would require a pressure gauge. 

    Personally I wouldn’t change any nozzle without a flue gas analyzer - though I know experienced people can. 

    So, I feel like I would need my burner tool bag to consider putting in any other nozzle. 
  • mikedo
    mikedo Member Posts: 174
    went to my cousins because he said it was also having a delayed ignition. so i wasn't convinced it was the nozzle got their no ignition. the electrodes had at least a 1/2 plus gap . set them up better but they will need to be replaced. i was just trying to get them some heat till someone can fix it properly. only 20 degrees in connecticut today. thanks for the help
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 15,517
    Ya gotta love the relatives especially the ones that have nothing to do with you until they have no heat. They are always the ones that buy their oil from "Joe's Discount Oil" the lowest price in town that doesn't have service. And they do nothing to maintain the equipment between "service calls" which was the last time you were there. And the equipment is always junk.

    I have had a few of those relatives & friends myself
    MikeAmannSuperTech
  • MikeAmann
    MikeAmann Member Posts: 997
    Where are you in CT?
  • mikedo
    mikedo Member Posts: 174
    trumbull ct
  • MikeAmann
    MikeAmann Member Posts: 997
    Ah, too far away from me. Do you have a local FW Webb?
    They have a huge assortment, at least my local store does.
  • mikedo
    mikedo Member Posts: 174
    got the nozzle at plimpton and hills in fairfield ct they have an ok selection
    MikeAmann

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