HVAC Oil burner

1. An up flow furnace: Has the return air at the bottom

2. Of the six regular grades of fuel oil,The grade most commonly used
in residential and light commercial heating systems is No.: 2
3. How much heat is produced when 2 gallons of No. 2 fuel oil is burned?: -
280,000
4. What could be the cause of a high steak temperature: Too much air
5. How would you prove a furnace was stopped up with soot in the
heat exchanger: Draft gauge at the inspection door
6. What is the function of a heat exchanger: To exchange the heat from the
combustion
7. What is the function of the combustion chamber: Place to burn the fuel
8. What is the purpose of the restrictor in the blast tube: To create air Velocity
9. What is the difference between a hollow core and a solid core oil nozzle:
Oil pattern
10. What is the purpose of the tangential Slots in the nozzle: Push the oil in a
swirling motion
11. What must be done to oil to prepare it to burn: Atomization
12. What would be the result of a solution where a customer reset the

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primary control many times before the service person arrived: too much oil in
the combustion chamber, Irrupt
13. What are the symptoms of an oil forced air furnace with a hole in the
heat exchanger: Soot in the register and odors
14. What should be done if the initial Smoke reading is zero: Take back to a
trace of smoke
15. When hydrocarbon unite rapidly with Oxygen it is called: Combustion
16. Assuming perfect combustion how many pounds of oxygen is required
to burn 1 pound a fuel oil: 3.00LB
17. Assuming 50% access air is being provided how many cubic feet of air
will be supplied to and oil burner to burn 1 pound of fuel oil: 288 cu ft
18. When fuel oil is broken up to form tiny droplets it is called: Atomization
19. The motor on the residential gun type oil burner is usually a blank motor-
: Split face fractional horsepower
20. The pump on a residential gun type oil burner is a blank pump: Single
stage or two stage
21. The fuel oil enters a orifice of the novel through the: Swirl chamber
22. The circular direction of the air in the air tube is in blank direction as
the fuel oil motion: The opposite
23. The ignition transformer steps up the 120 V residential voltage to
approxi- mately blank V.: 10,000

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24. The stack switch or relay: Has hot contacts that close when the temperature of
the fuel pipe rises
25. A cad cell is a safety device that: Senses light in the combustion chamber
26. A booster pump is often needed when the oil supply tank is blank
below the oil burner: 15 ft
27. An oil deaerator: Allows a one pipe oil delivery system to operate as a two pipe oil
delivery system
28. A fuel line filter is located between the: Supply tank and the pump
29. The heat exchanger in a forced air oil fired furnace: B- Transfers heat from
the flue gases to the air to be heated and circulated and keep them separate
30. The condensing oil furnace achieves part of it higher efficiency
because of a blank exchange: B- Latent heat
31. Access air is supplied at the burner to ensure that there will be: B- Enough
oxygen for complete combustion
32. How much access air is typically supply to the system to ensure
that complete combustion occurs: 50%
33. To perform combustion efficiency test a whole must be made: B- In the
flue on the furnace side of the draft regulator
34. The net stack temperature is: B- The difference between the flue temperature in
the temperature of the air surrounding the furnace
35. And air temperature rise check is performed to determine: C- Whether or
not the airflow is correct across the heat exchanger
36. Meters flow of fule oil into the chamber: Nozzle
37. Generates over 10,000 votes needed for spark: Ignition transformer
38. Bimetal- actuated Device that will shut burner down in case the
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burner doesn't fire: Stack switch
39. Creates efficient tighter and more uniform flame: Flame retention burner
40. Changes it's resistance depending on the amount of light it senses: Cad
cell
41. Insulated with ceramic material to prevent electrical ground: Electrodes
42. 8 gallons of oil how many BTUs would you have: 1,020,000
43. What color is #2 fuel oil: Red
44. What material is in a cad cell that allows it to respond to light: Camum
sulfide
45. What is the response that a cad cell makes to change in light: Produces
more resistance less light, less resistance more light
46. What would the symptoms be of a dirty cad cell: Burner wouldn't start
47. What would the result of access oil in the combustion chamber be if it
were ignited: Overfiring

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48. What would the symptoms of an open cad cell be: Burner would not start
49. What would cause a cad cell to become dirty: Soot
50. What is the pressure at which oil burner nozzles are rated: 100 psi
51. Why should fuel oil not be spilled: Odor and could start a fire
52. What was the size of the pressure tap in the oil pump for the high-
pressure gauge: 1/4, 1/8 depending on the unit
53. What was the size of the pressure tap in an oil pump for the low
pressure gauge: Same as three, 1/4 or 1/8
54. On average, how many BTUs are there in a gallon of fuel oil: 140,000
55. What is the typical Efficiency conventual oil fired furnace: 80%
56. When is a two pipe oil delivery system recommended for an oil burner:
Fuel tank is below the burner
57. How far can and oil burner pump vertically with out an auxiliary pump: 15
ft
58. Name the two places that oil is filtered before it is burned: Fuel pump and
nozzle
59. What is the heat content of a gallon of No.2 fuel oil: 140,000 BTUs
60. In what unit of heat is an oil furnace capacity expressed: BTU/H
61. Are oil furnace capacities Expressed in output or input: Output
62. What is the purpose of a two pipe oil supply system: Eliminates air and no
bleeding
63. How is the blower motor started in a typical oil fired furnace: Temperature
64. What is the typical voltage for an oil fired furnace: 115
65. What is the typical control voltage for an oil fired furnace: 24 volts
66. What is the function of the limit control for an oil fired furnace: Shut off
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burner from overheating
67. What is the function of the stack switch on and oil fired furnace: Makes
sure combustion is taking place
68. What is the function of a cad cell on an oil fired furnace: Senses light from
the flame
69. Why should you be sure that no oil is left on any part, in addition to
its being a possible fire hazard: Odor
70. What color of No.2 Fuel oil? Why is it this color: Red and taxes
71. What must be done to oil to prepare it to burn: Atomizations
72. Why is the typical oil burner called a "gun type" oil burner: Oil is
pressurized and forced into a combustion chamber
73. What is the typical pressure at which in oil burner operates: 100 psi
74. Is there a strainer in an oil burner nozzle: Yes

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75. What is the purpose of the tangential slots in an oil burner nozzle:
Atomize oil, swirl oil, better air oil contact
76. What would happen if too much oil were allowed to enter the
combustion chamber and Ignition occurred: Burn out of control
77. What should you do in the event you ignited a furnace with too much oil
in the combustion chamber: Reduce the airflow
78. How long is a furnace allowed to run without ignition: 90 seconds max, 15
seconds minimum
79. Can a cad cell become covered with soot in simulate a malfunction: Yes
80. What should be done in the event that above happened: Clean it, look for
why that happened
81. What can cause excess soot in an oil furnace: Not enough air
82. Do all Furnaces cad cell: No
83. How does the efficiency affect soot in an oil furnace: The more lower
efficiency the more soot
84. Would it be wise to run a combustion test every year: Yes

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