Red Diesel Oil Boiler?

[mitchellplumber]

Have a customer out in the sticks looking to install a boiler running off of red diesel.. Has anybody done this or know what the best boiler is? Plus this place get's to -20. Will the Red diesel freeze?

Any suggestions appreciated.

 

[SimonJohns]

Any boiler that has a Nuway burner can be converted. Just a nozzle and pump change I think

 

[SimonG]

It won't be a condensing boiler then, I know for definite the Worcester HE's won't, too much crud in the fuel, messes up the condensing unit.

Why does he want to run it on red rather than kero?

 

[REDSAW]

thats illegal aint it?.

 

[mitchellplumber]

Not sure if its illegal if used for agriculture. I've seen it done before, but I've never done it myself. That is a fair point Simon! It's to be hooked up along side a bio-mass boiler with accumulator tank. It's a head-ache already without throwing this in with it! lol

 

[SimonG]

thats illegal aint it?.

Depends what paperwork you fill out. There's many a boiler round my way running on red, I don't mind, serviced twice a year , pump runs at higher pressure so more prone to issues and I find they get really hacky. There's no real benefit anymore as the red and kero are roughly the same price.

 

[mitchellplumber]

Paper-work?!? :thinking:

 

[SimonG]

Paper-work?!? :thinking:

Your score sheet for not being able to install HE boiler, can't remember the ref no. of the form though.

 

[mitchellplumber]

:aureola:Just kidding. The boilers "around your way" are they condensing?

 

[SimonG]

:aureola:Just kidding. The boilers "around your way" are they condensing?

Not the ones on the red. Did one a couple of years ago, burst boiler, whipped in a new condensing boiler and went to connect oil line and found it was red. Commisioned it out of a can whilst customer went and got hold of 2 50 gallon drums of kero.