ColinRX7

i dipped my furnace's oil tank today, shocking to see only 10% remaining in the tank





so i got out my calculator



nov 28 (filled up) to jan 18 = 51 days

765 litres - 10% = 688.5 litres

688.5 / 51 days = 13.5 litres used per day

76.5 (10%) / 13.5 = 5.6 days of heat if i dont fill it up











































either this house doesn't hold heat or the furnace is wasting fuel.. or both

j9fd3s

yeah thats not cool, at least its cheap now....

phinsup

you dont appear to have calculated the thermal effeciency there, just the fuel consumption.

Seppuku

furnace mpg?

1988RedT2

I see where you messed up. You need to be measuring the tank capacity in gallons, which are much larger than those metric liters. By using gallons, you will find that the number representing fuel consumption will be much lower.



Unfortunately, this will not have a favorable impact on the number of days until you run out of heat. Our calendar is much the same as yours in that we both use days. If our calendar used half-days, you would find that it would double the time-til-empty.



You are welcome. I offer my services as a technical consultant free of charge to forum members, but if you feel compelled to send me large sums of cash, I believe I can make an exception in your case.

TYSON

that's what happens when you're heating 10,000 sqft!

ColinRX7

this house isnt any more than 900 sq ft, ask defprun he saw



le tiny

TYSON

how much does this bacon grease cost per litre?

ColinRX7

eighty five cents

phinsup

I'm getting a large discount on diesel this week I just need to decided how much i want to store, only need about 50 gallons in the boat, but at the price I'm getting would be nice to have some extra for the car, getting it for 25% below the pump price, but it's a one time deal