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   On 10/19/2025 6:34 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:   
   > On Sat, 18 Oct 2025 21:51:06 -0400, Ed P  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 10/18/2025 7:50 PM, David. R wrote:   
   >>> New Oil Boiler Recommendations .   
   >>> Seeking advice on installing a new oil burner.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> Listen to them.  I replaced the boiler in my last house in CT with it.   
   >> Oil use when down by 38%.  Was trouble free the entire time until we   
   >> moved.   
   >>   
   >> Wish I had done it sooner and saved a bunch of money. I kept track and   
   >> it paid for itself in oil savings.   
   >   How old was your old boiler you replaced?   
      
      
   About 20 years.   
   Like any piece of equipment, it is easy to replace a motor, pump,   
   control, but once things like fire box, water tubes, heat exchanger   
   start to go, time to replace.  Especially if you can save on operating   
   costs when you do.   
      
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