Burner cycle meter

Ron Schroeder

You could just use a simple electromechanical counter with a 115VAC coil like the ones sold by McMaster Carr for about $35.

Ron

Mike E_2

Does anyone know of an affordable meter that will record the number of burner firings? I don't have access to an on/off event recorder, and they're a little too pricy to buy one. I would like to compare burner cycles/run time with and without the Beckett Heatmanager. I already have an hour meter that records down to hundrdths.

Thanks for any help,

Michael

[Deleted User]

Under a hundred bucks...

http://www.metermall.com/Search/Data Loggers.htm

You'll need a relay with the coil voltage of your choice, and the software to read the device, and a cable to interface the PC with the data logger, but is all R&D and a write off.

I'm sur eyou cpuld cobble someting together out of a Graingers catalog, but what price do you value your labor at?

ME

Cosmo_3

Just Wondering....

How did you make out? Did the Heatmanager actually reduce burner cycles?


Cosmo Valavanis

Dependable P.H.C. Inc.

Mike E_2

I've only had the Heatmanager running since last Saturday (17th). My average without the Heatmanager was around 0.2 gallons per hour, and 3.12 cycles per hour. It would run between 165-190. In the past week with the Heatmanager, it has been 0.17 gallons per hour, and 2.35 cycles per hour. Now it runs between 155-190.
Temperatures have been very similar between the days. However, the .17 gph might be inaccurate because I am getting my gallon readings from my tank guage which is labeled in 10 gallon incraments. With it only been a couple of days and a total of 10 gallons used, there is some error in that number.
The cycles per hour is 100% accurate.


Unfortunately, Thursday morning when I got up, the house was 2* below the thermostats, and the water temp in the baseboard was 90*. I went down to the boiler room and the aquastat was calling, but the Heatmanager was still in Standby Mode (hadn't even switched to Economizing). I turned power off to the system, let the zone valves cool down and close, then powered back up. When the zone valves opened up, everything started working properly again.