From: clare@snyder.on.ca   
      
   On Sat, 18 Oct 2025 21:42:49 -0400, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:   
      
   >On Sat, 18 Oct 2025 19:50:39 -0400, "David. R"   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>New Oil Boiler Recommendations .   
   >>Seeking advice on installing a new oil burner.   
   >>   
   >>Current Boiler is a Thermo-Dynamics S100 with a Beckett head which is all   
   >>about 20 years old, still running fine at the moment and has served me   
   >>well.   
   >>The house is about 1500 sq ft and has 3 zones.   
   >>First/second/basement and is all hot water baseboard.   
   >>So as I approach retirement, I'm looking at possible future expenses on a   
   >>fixed income.   
   >>My fuel/burner service company is recommending an Energy Kinetics System   
   >>2000 boiler.   
   >>TBH this thing looks to me like an overly, computerized, complex system   
   >>which will require some expensive care and feeding.   
   >>It is however very efficient from what I am reading so I will save on fuel   
   >>cost which of course I am interested in.   
   >>   
   >>I'm old school from the Weil-Mclain,  Rheem, era so I admit I'm a little   
   >>behind the times.   
   >>Also, the current boiler is tankless coil and my wife and I have no need   
   >>for a sperate hot water heater.   
   >>   
   >>So, any and all advice is very much appreciated.   
   >>I'm in NYS if that matters and gas is not an option where I live.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   >  I'd be inclined to keep the  20 year old unit  -  unless there are   
   >other factors at play   -   like insurance issues  or  huge rebates   
   >on the replacement unit.   I doubt that the improved efficiency   
   >from  2005  to  2025  amounts to much.   
   > Perhaps have an independant serviceman in   
   >  < someone who doesn't sell them >   for a routine inspection   
   >and pick his brain about it.   
   >   John T.   
   >   
   I agree with John. Put the money you would spend on a boiler into a   
   good investment account and wait for it to give trouble. That 20 year   
   old boiler will still be puttering away LONG after the new one will   
   have failed and gotten too expensive to maintain. In this case the   
   "they don't make them like they used to" is definitely true ---   
      
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