Oil Tanks

Jim Farrell

I am in need of a replacement oil tank...Any thoughts on the Roth Double Wall Saftey Tank...???

Any thoughts would be most help...

Thanks

Ken D._2

Tank

The Roth tank is a very well built unit. Galvanized shell with a poly inner lining. It will probably last a lifetime.

Al Letellier_9

Roth tanks

Have three of the beauties in my home and they are great. In my humble opinion, the best of the other altenative safety tanks. Well worth the investment.

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D107

How do Roth tanks avoid the water/sludge problems

reputedly caused by top supply to burner instead of at bottom of tank? (supposedly bottom supply will allow general tank filter to remove water.)

Thanks,

David

Al Letellier_9

oil and sludge

The solution is to use some sort of treatment in the oil to prevent the sludge build up in the first place and to get water in "suspension"with the oil. But with those really big openings in the top, it would be very easy to bet in there and suck out the sludge if it every became a problem.

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D107

Thanks Al. Seems like a built-in maintenance problem

whereas with a bottom supply and two good filters you might never have a sludge problem to deal with. What other tanks can you recommend that have inert inside surfaces and bottom supply?

David

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Even with bottom feed steel tanks

there is always , always a buildup of sludge over the years . Some are so bad we wind up leaving 30 gallons of primordial stew after a pump over . I've got less than 1/8 in my Roth tank . I'll see if I can take a pic of the inside .

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Pics

They aint too clear , but you can see there's no buildup on the sides . I'll take some more when it gets lower . I bought this Roth tank used , it must be 4 or 5 years old by now .

Edward A. (Ed) Carery

Pumping fuel over

Ron said:

“Even with bottom feed steel tanks there is always , always a buildup of sludge over the years . Some are so bad we wind up leaving 30 gallons of primordial stew after a pump over “.

Ron, think about what you said. If there was 30 gallons left, how much did you accidentally send over to a new tank. Any is too much. A juice glass full would clog a normal residential filter.

I am against EVER pumping any fuel over from an old tank to a new tank. When I still worked in the field (retired), I would run the existing tank down to near empty, then scrap what ever is left. The new tank would always get fresh new fuel.

If the tank were a leaker, I would pump the fuel into drum(s) and feed the burner from the drums until the fuel was gone. I would then fill the new tank with fresh new fuel, and completely clean the fuel system on the heating unit, prior to start up.

In addition, I very recently attended a NORA tank seminar taught by John Levey. NORA also teaches that you should not pump fuel from an oil tank to a new tank.

JMHO

Ed Carey

Edward A. (Ed) Carery

Pumping fuel over

Ron said:

“Even with bottom feed steel tanks there is always , always a buildup of sludge over the years . Some are so bad we wind up leaving 30 gallons of primordial stew after a pump over “.

Ron, think about what you said. If there was 30 gallons left, how much did you accidentally send over to a new tank. Any is too much. A juice glass full would clog a normal residential filter.

I am against EVER pumping any fuel over from an old tank to a new tank. When I still worked in the field (retired from the field work), I would run the existing tank down to near empty, then scrap what ever is left. The new tank would always get fresh new fuel.

If the tank were a leaker, I would pump the fuel into drum(s) and feed the burner from the drums until the fuel was gone. I would then fill the new tank with fresh new fuel, and completely clean the fuel system on the heating unit, prior to start up.

In addition, I very recently attended a NORA tank seminar taught by John Levey. NORA also teaches that you should not pump fuel from an oil tank to a new tank.

JMHO

Ed Carey