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    Oil Fired Boiler With tankless Coil conversion to what?

    Okay. I think I get it a little more now. I'm hoping this is my last post, but I still have a few questions. Is there any less wear and tear on the boiler in the summer by just shutting it down completely (using electric hot water) compared to cold starting it all summer and heat purging it...
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    Oil Fired Boiler With tankless Coil conversion to what?

    Thanks Dana for the suggestions. A comment about your #s that I'm hoping you can clarify. You mention "A liter of heating oil runs about 36,500BTU/hr source-fuel, so at 86% efficiency you get ~31,390 BTU/of heat into the tank for about one Loony, plus some small amount for the pump power use."...
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    Oil Fired Boiler With tankless Coil conversion to what?

    Thank-you for the advice about the leaks...that's somewhat comforting to know. In your opinion would the life of the boiler be significantly shortened though? Or would the call for hot water from the indirect be enough to help avoid some problems? One other thing I thought of last night was...
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    Oil Fired Boiler With tankless Coil conversion to what?

    Thanks for the response Dana. The basement is insulated (not finished, but drywall is up), but on particularly cold nights (-10 to -20C) the boiler does kick in occasionally to raise the temp...quite infrequently. I'll definitely take your ideas into consideration though since you raise a good...
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    Oil Fired Boiler With tankless Coil conversion to what?

    Hello All, I am a homeowner with no experience at all with home heating/plumbing so please ask if more detail is needed. I have a Kerr Comet 145 boiler with a tankless coil for DHW. One year ago I had minisplits installed to try and reduce our heating costs, but after one year the savings...
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