oil fired boiler

Weezbo

your heat load is slightly under its available output...

it is a handy condensing unit..... the ultra oil is not a bad deal in what is does .... the Viessman Vitorond might be a fairly good deal too....i have yet to even see one of the Peerless , not that there isn't a healthy interest on my part to at least seee one and install and monitor its existence...
the pics show a monitors back side so you have some idea of what that might look like...

well, look at it like this...now you have had the experience and ehhhh ....the near RBM piping and fittings are already made up:) oops... typing is not my forte at all...:)


the slant fin is not a condenser however the one in the picture is , it is temporary heat to jazz up the slab in the shop :)

bovide_4

It is time to replace my old oil fired Burnham V74

and I am contemplating my choices. I am also jealous of the gas fired crowd and feel the urge to modulate and condense. My house is 2600 s.f. (radiant throughout)with a heat loss of 53,000 btu's. I have a WM 40 gal. indirect.
I am looking at the Peerless Pinnacle Oil, but I am skeptical since it is so new.
The WM Ultra Oil looks nice also.
Slant/Fin Intrepid?
Any suggestions? I have no gas (gas line, that is. I have plenty). And I like oil and have a new tank.

bovide_4

just looked at the Monitor FCX

and it looks like the ticket-closest to my heat loss, and sealed combustion, so I can close my laundry room window. It has high and low temp outlets-now I don't need the Taco RMB-1 I just "lashed up". AARGH...

Nick Ciasullo

I used to sell the Monitor

for a few years. I have one installed at my brother-in-law's house. It was a pain in the butt at first, but once we ironed the kinks out, it has been fine. Also, this unit has no AFUE number, so the actual operating point may or may not be the 95% indicated. Another one that was sold in my territory was nothing but trouble and was eventually yanked out.

I would instead suggest the Viessmann Vitola. It is not a condensing boiler, but it can operate at the very low temperatures you need to run for radiant without condensing. The AFUE is 87.1, but your actual operating point will likely break 90 as all the others that I have seen go in. The biferral design keeps the boiler from condensing, and the 3.5 inches on insulation keep the standby losses very low. It costs a little more, but I haven't had one issue yet. The Vitola is the boiler that made Viessmann the largest single boiler manufacturer in the world, and they are family owned.

Cunner_2

I've Never

touched a monitor and I'm a little leary of the oil condensing, it looks like you just purchased a Taco Mixing station and I certainly would not throw that by the wayside, they are nice units. I would suggest using a three pass boiler like a Burnham MPO or Buderus which has internal mixing to handle the low temp from the radiant. In my opinion this would be your best value. I've been using the MPO's as of late with no complaints

Mike L

boiler replcement

You might want to consider EK's system2000 with a buffer tank if there is a dealer in your area.I have found them to be quite efficient and trouble free. Also the Crown Freeport is a nice triple pass with good efficiency,very simple,old school technology,bu.t very reliable