The material covered in this session is of sufficient scope to equip a technician with the knowledge needed to properly service most domestic oil fired heating units.  Subjects include fuel pumps, booster pumps for high lift applications, oil deaerators, motors, transformers / ignitors, combustion chambers, nozzles electrodes, draft regulators, chimneys and drafts and domestic controls used to regulate air, water and steam systems.  Use of meters and gauges to correctly diagnose problems is integral to the discussion of how all these burner components work together.  Combustion testing and its relation to clean, efficient reliable oil heat operation is stressed.  Understanding wiring and operational processes of controls is a major part of this week with students practicing on wiring and primary control simulator boards.  All the known "real world bugs" that can happen to a primary control are included in these simulators, allowing the students to get a thorough workout on the problems they will encounter when they are out on their own in the field.  Additionally, the ten oil fired furnaces and boilers are "bugged" with real world problems and teams of students are required to diagnose the trouble.  These exercises with both simulator board and operating equipment give the student the widest possible experience.

This course is listed with NORA (National Oilheat Research Alliance) as Roo-02 and earns 32 CEU's (continuing education units).