The Complete Guide to Residential Oil Heating guide breaks down the home heating industry for training maintenance technicians. The book is ideal for all categories of professionals, from classroom trainer to seasoned heating professionals to students. More than 80 pages of detailed line drawings support the text that describes oil-heating functions, perfect for classroom training or independent learning.

The guide includes detailed illustrations of an oil-fired boiler with supporting text describing its function; annual system cleaning and tune-up, with special focus on the oil burner, burner motor, fuel pump, pump coupling, fuel/oil filter, electronic ignitor, transformer, electrode rods, nozzle, end cone, blast tube, nozzle assembly, draft regulator, smoke pipe and plumbing. An innovative approach to system troubleshooting using flowcharts with illustrated maintenance steps is also covered to help identify problems and repair them. In addition, problems with the heat distribution components, an easy procedure to properly bleed air from the system, as well as electrical controls. Finally, one chapter is specifically for installers and includes helpful hints and an oil capacity chart that covers common residential oil tanks.

James Ries, Author, Illustrator

Published October 2016; six chapters; 112 pages; paperback.

ISBN: 0-9792516-0-5

This is a Hard Copy Book