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Tiger loops with two burners.

ksk
ksk Member Posts: 7
in Oil Heating
Can one tiger loop be feed from a Tee, where the supply line enters the first tiger loop, in a two burner setup ?

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  • STEVEusaPA
    STEVEusaPA Member Posts: 6,505
    Are you saying:
    -Tee, then one burner has a tiger loop and one doesn’t? Yes but why?
    Or
    -Tee after tiger loop to two burners? No but why?

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  • ksk
    ksk Member Posts: 7
    Seperate forced air and hot water. Overhead supply to tiger loops . Can the supply just tee to feed each at the fire safety valve ? Each TIger has its own filter.
  • ksk
    ksk Member Posts: 7

    EdTheHeaterMan
  • STEVEusaPA
    STEVEusaPA Member Posts: 6,505
    Yes. That’s fine.

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    kskEdTheHeaterMan
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 16,298
    two burners on 1 suction line will usually not work if there is any lift as the two burners will be fighting each other for oil.

    If an overhead line gets a syphon to the burners then yes two burners can run on 1 line. But if what I just said is true why would you need tiger loops?
  • ksk
    ksk Member Posts: 7
    Top of tank only 4’ above burners.
    Siphon should be maintained. 
    Tigerloop specifically says only one burner per unit.
    EdTheHeaterMan
  • ksk
    ksk Member Posts: 7

    Tiger loops due to eventual bubble formation in overhead supply.
    EdTheHeaterMan
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 16,298
    @ksk
    If your overhead fuel lines are tight, good flares and flare fittings and tight pipe joints the burners will run without tiger loops. They get applied as a "band aid" to fix an underlying problem. That is not what they are for.

    A properly piped oil job as no need for a tiger loop. They are just something else to fail, something else to go wrong and leak break or cause issues.

    The only reason for a tiger loop is to let the oil warm up if you have an outside tank.

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