How Controllers Will Save You Money On Your Heating Bill

The most overlooked component on most heating systems is the control system. The majority of  boilers are controlled by a high limit aquastat. On a call for heat this control only allows the boiler to turn on and off to maintain a 180 degree system water temperature.  The majority of boilers are controlled in this fashion, the boiler has no brain therefore it doesn’t know if it’s 50 degrees outside or 0 degrees outside. If your heating system operates in this fashion the single most important control you can add to your heating system is an outdoor boiler reset controller.

An outdoor boiler reset controller regulates your heating system operating temperature based upon outdoor temperature. This control becomes the “brain” for your heating system. When the temperature outdoors is 50 degrees, your heating system operating temperature does not need to be 180 degrees. In all likelihood you can heat your home with 110 degree water. As the outdoor temperature drops the outdoor boiler reset controller will increase your heating system operating temperature accordingly. On a 30 degree day, you can heat the average home with 140 degree water.  When your heating system is controlled in this fashion you can expect 20 to 30 percent annual fuel savings.

Outdoor boiler reset controllers will work with any boiler regardless of the fuel source, be it wood, pellets or fossil fuels. Here at the farm, we’ve reduced our wood consumption by 20%. That’s 4 cords of wood, which equals 600 gallons of fuel oil or 880 gallons of propane. With savings like this, our payback was less than one heating season.

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