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OIL BURNER LICENSE STUDY GUIDE ( MASSACHUSETTS )
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
A boiler has been flooded by recent rain. What would be the most common
problem for a burner as a result ...ANS: Electrical damage
A high limit operates be sensing what in a hot water boiler? ...ANS:
Temperature
A hot water boiler is showing 12 psi, How far will it raise the water?
...ANS: 28ft
A Hot Water Boiler needs a low water cut off if over 300,000 B.T.U's?
...ANS: False
A hot water system where the t stat controls only the circulator and has no
direct connection to the burner is an integrated system ...ANS: False
A storage tank more then ________ capacity, other then an outside above
ground tank! shall be filled only through a pipe which terminates outside the
building ...ANS: 60 Gallons
A typical residential oil burner is also s/u to run Kerosene True? Or False?
...ANS: False
After a Thermostat has been installed what should be checked? ...ANS:
Level, Heat Anticipator, Calibration
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After installing a new steam boiler there is oil mixed with water what do you
do? ...ANS: You skim the water in the boiler
Air trapped in the nozzle line can cause what? ...ANS: Smokey after drip
All hot water boilers must use what to control expansion. ...ANS:
Expansion tank
An oil burner tank must be how many feet minimum from an oil burner?
...ANS: 5 Feet Minimum
At what height ceiling would a second thermal switch be required? ...ANS:
12'
Before installing a new nozzle you should what? ...ANS: Flush out
connector line.
Can material other then steel be used for construction of a light fuel oil tank?
...ANS: Yes if Approved
Carbon monoxide is a result of what? ...ANS: Incomplete combustion
Draft measurements are taken in what? ...ANS: Inches of water column
Electrical energy is supplied to this device so it perform curtain functions
...ANS: Load
OIL BURNER LICENSE STUDY GUIDE ( MASSACHUSETTS )
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
A boiler has been flooded by recent rain. What would be the most common
problem for a burner as a result ...ANS: Electrical damage
A high limit operates be sensing what in a hot water boiler? ...ANS:
Temperature
A hot water boiler is showing 12 psi, How far will it raise the water?
...ANS: 28ft
A Hot Water Boiler needs a low water cut off if over 300,000 B.T.U's?
...ANS: False
A hot water system where the t stat controls only the circulator and has no
direct connection to the burner is an integrated system ...ANS: False
A storage tank more then ________ capacity, other then an outside above
ground tank! shall be filled only through a pipe which terminates outside the
building ...ANS: 60 Gallons
A typical residential oil burner is also s/u to run Kerosene True? Or False?
...ANS: False
After a Thermostat has been installed what should be checked? ...ANS:
Level, Heat Anticipator, Calibration
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After installing a new steam boiler there is oil mixed with water what do you
do? ...ANS: You skim the water in the boiler
Air trapped in the nozzle line can cause what? ...ANS: Smokey after drip
All hot water boilers must use what to control expansion. ...ANS:
Expansion tank
An oil burner tank must be how many feet minimum from an oil burner?
...ANS: 5 Feet Minimum
At what height ceiling would a second thermal switch be required? ...ANS:
12'
Before installing a new nozzle you should what? ...ANS: Flush out
connector line.
Can material other then steel be used for construction of a light fuel oil tank?
...ANS: Yes if Approved
Carbon monoxide is a result of what? ...ANS: Incomplete combustion
Draft measurements are taken in what? ...ANS: Inches of water column
Electrical energy is supplied to this device so it perform curtain functions
...ANS: Load
