Massachusetts Oil Burner Test
Questions and Answers (2026) |
Question and Answer Review |
Graded A+
‣ What is the voltage found at the TT terminals? Answer: 24 volts
‣ What are the 8 steps of a no heat call? Answer: 1. Talk to the customer
2. Check tt
3. Check to make sure an emergency switch is on
4. Check to make sure there is oil in the tank
5. Check to make sure the main power going to the unit is on
6. Check to make sure that tank shut off valve is open
7. Know whether the tank is located above or below the burner
8. Know the type and style of the system that is being used on a one or
two pipe system
‣ What is a cad cell? Answer: A device containing condominium sulfide
used to prove the flame in oil burner furnace
‣ How much air is needed to burn a gallon of number 2 fuel oil, and
why. Answer: In 2016-8 most oil burners are set up to burn with
,approximately 50% excess air because it would be dangerous to set up a
burner for exactly the correct amount of air
‣ What is the term "InStep" mean Answer: The stack relay is operating
correctly
‣ What is normal pump pressure? Answer: 100 PSI
‣ How is combustion achieved? Answer: Atomization, air, ignition.
‣ What is primary air and secondary air? Answer: Primary air: air that is
introduced to a furnace burner before the combustion process has taken
place.
Secondary air: air that is introduced to the furnace after combustion has
taken place and that supports combustion
‣ How should an oil tank be supported? Answer: It should be secured
and attached to non-combustible supports
‣ What is the wire gauge use an oil burner circuits? Answer: 14 gauge 15
amp fuse
‣ How is an oil burner wired? Answer: It should be wired on its own
circuit. All protective controls and emergency devices should be within a
series connected in the grounded line conductors. all the electrical wiring
, should be in accordance with 527 CMR 12.00 Massachusetts electrical
code
‣ What size vent pipe is required with a 2 inch fill pipe? Answer: A fill
pipe should not be greater than the vent pipe. The minimum the fill pipe
in the state of Massachusetts is one and one quarter inch.
‣ Explain: interrupted ignition. Answer: the ignition Transformer drops
out of the circuit once a flame is established
‣ What are the elements are found in fuel oil number 2? Answer: Carbon
hydrogen oxygen and hydrocarbons
‣ What is a BTU (British Thermal Unit)? Answer: A British thermal unit
is the amount of heat needed to raise one pound of water 1 degree
Fahrenheit
‣ How many BTUs are in one gallon number 2 fuel oil? Answer:
140,000 BTUs
‣ What determines the gallons per hour of a nozzle? Answer:
Manufacturer ,the bore size, pump pressure or Orphus
‣ What is a series circuit? Answer: an electrical or piping circuit where
all of the current or fluid flows through the entire circuit
Questions and Answers (2026) |
Question and Answer Review |
Graded A+
‣ What is the voltage found at the TT terminals? Answer: 24 volts
‣ What are the 8 steps of a no heat call? Answer: 1. Talk to the customer
2. Check tt
3. Check to make sure an emergency switch is on
4. Check to make sure there is oil in the tank
5. Check to make sure the main power going to the unit is on
6. Check to make sure that tank shut off valve is open
7. Know whether the tank is located above or below the burner
8. Know the type and style of the system that is being used on a one or
two pipe system
‣ What is a cad cell? Answer: A device containing condominium sulfide
used to prove the flame in oil burner furnace
‣ How much air is needed to burn a gallon of number 2 fuel oil, and
why. Answer: In 2016-8 most oil burners are set up to burn with
,approximately 50% excess air because it would be dangerous to set up a
burner for exactly the correct amount of air
‣ What is the term "InStep" mean Answer: The stack relay is operating
correctly
‣ What is normal pump pressure? Answer: 100 PSI
‣ How is combustion achieved? Answer: Atomization, air, ignition.
‣ What is primary air and secondary air? Answer: Primary air: air that is
introduced to a furnace burner before the combustion process has taken
place.
Secondary air: air that is introduced to the furnace after combustion has
taken place and that supports combustion
‣ How should an oil tank be supported? Answer: It should be secured
and attached to non-combustible supports
‣ What is the wire gauge use an oil burner circuits? Answer: 14 gauge 15
amp fuse
‣ How is an oil burner wired? Answer: It should be wired on its own
circuit. All protective controls and emergency devices should be within a
series connected in the grounded line conductors. all the electrical wiring
, should be in accordance with 527 CMR 12.00 Massachusetts electrical
code
‣ What size vent pipe is required with a 2 inch fill pipe? Answer: A fill
pipe should not be greater than the vent pipe. The minimum the fill pipe
in the state of Massachusetts is one and one quarter inch.
‣ Explain: interrupted ignition. Answer: the ignition Transformer drops
out of the circuit once a flame is established
‣ What are the elements are found in fuel oil number 2? Answer: Carbon
hydrogen oxygen and hydrocarbons
‣ What is a BTU (British Thermal Unit)? Answer: A British thermal unit
is the amount of heat needed to raise one pound of water 1 degree
Fahrenheit
‣ How many BTUs are in one gallon number 2 fuel oil? Answer:
140,000 BTUs
‣ What determines the gallons per hour of a nozzle? Answer:
Manufacturer ,the bore size, pump pressure or Orphus
‣ What is a series circuit? Answer: an electrical or piping circuit where
all of the current or fluid flows through the entire circuit
