Oil Furnace Brands
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11-30-12, 06:12 AM
Oil Furnace Brands
Can someone tell me what brands are good and ones I should stay way from?
Is lennox any good, I heard they were good long ago not sure how they are now (quality, repair costs, etc)
Is lennox any good, I heard they were good long ago not sure how they are now (quality, repair costs, etc)
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11-30-12, 08:23 AM
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About the only really good old true design is ThermoPride. They are the tanks of the days furnace that are still made, not the lighter gauge heat exchanger that a lot of other brands are doing.
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12-01-12, 07:02 PM
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Thermopride is excellent equipment. Hallmark (Williamson?) also has a heavy heat exchanger but it's not copper coated like the Thermopride. If I had oil fired forced air heat, I'd have a Thermopride... nuff said.
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I would stay away from Lennox or anything using the Beckett AF II burner.
Installation is far more important than furnace brand.
Regarding installation: DO NOT use a 2 pipe fuel system. To do so you are pumping fuel at the full capacity of the pump (aprox. 17 gal/hr) thus not allowing the filter to do the job it can with a single pipe where you are only pumping the amount of fuel you are burning. If the fuel line comes off the top of the tank, I suggest a Tiger Loop.
Installation is far more important than furnace brand.
Regarding installation: DO NOT use a 2 pipe fuel system. To do so you are pumping fuel at the full capacity of the pump (aprox. 17 gal/hr) thus not allowing the filter to do the job it can with a single pipe where you are only pumping the amount of fuel you are burning. If the fuel line comes off the top of the tank, I suggest a Tiger Loop.
atleast from what i heard.
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12-25-12, 03:01 PM
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i thought lennox was a good brand atleast from what i heard.
Read more: http://www.doityourself.com/forum/ga...#ixzz2G6Tt5Xlc
Lennox used to be really good stuff but now Lennox, Armstrong, & Ducane (maybe others as well) are all the same furnace with different controls & burner.
Read more: http://www.doityourself.com/forum/ga...#ixzz2G6Tt5Xlc
Lennox used to be really good stuff but now Lennox, Armstrong, & Ducane (maybe others as well) are all the same furnace with different controls & burner.
