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Looking at the Main Flame in the Boiler - Boiling Point

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00:00:14.800 00:00:14.810 00:00:21.920 00:00:21.930 welcome to the boiling point I have got
00:00:24.300 00:00:24.310 Scottie Hollis yes he's a newbie he has
00:00:26.429 00:00:26.439 not been on film before so we're excited
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00:00:29.970 00:00:29.980 former technician and now boiler
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00:00:34.139 00:00:34.149 Scottie welcome thank you appreciate it
00:00:37.259 00:00:37.269 now one of the crazy things back in the
00:00:40.410 00:00:40.420 day when I was little probably the
00:00:42.270 00:00:42.280 coolest thing that I would see in a
00:00:43.890 00:00:43.900 boiler room going with my dad is being
00:00:46.439 00:00:46.449 able to look and see the flame now the
00:00:49.770 00:00:49.780 old flames you had to look at the rear
00:00:51.779 00:00:51.789 of the boiler only the old burners I
00:00:53.910 00:00:53.920 should say in in the peephole and
00:00:56.849 00:00:56.859 actually see the burner from the back
00:00:58.500 00:00:58.510 but man needs new limbs filled are
00:01:00.799 00:01:00.809 really really cool and can see it from
00:01:03.150 00:01:03.160 the front but does it make it easier for
00:01:04.919 00:01:04.929 the technician sure does makes it easier
00:01:07.410 00:01:07.420 for a technician because now I have to
00:01:08.910 00:01:08.920 run around the back line commissioning
00:01:10.650 00:01:10.660 so as your commissioning and your light
00:01:12.630 00:01:12.640 off so you can see your pilots and then
00:01:15.150 00:01:15.160 you can see your main flame ignition and
00:01:16.889 00:01:16.899 also be looking at the controller at the
00:01:18.570 00:01:18.580 same time that's pretty cool so I guess
00:01:21.899 00:01:21.909 the thing for me is that I wanted to
00:01:24.240 00:01:24.250 know when people would probably want to
00:01:25.650 00:01:25.660 know is what are we actually looking at
00:01:27.779 00:01:27.789 so we now can see the flame from the
00:01:29.460 00:01:29.470 front so as a technician what are you
00:01:31.290 00:01:31.300 actually looking for when you're looking
00:01:33.120 00:01:33.130 in there so as you're looking from the
00:01:34.919 00:01:34.929 front when it lights off on main flame
00:01:36.600 00:01:36.610 what you don't want to see is a
00:01:37.830 00:01:37.840 pulsating flame so when you're looking
00:01:40.380 00:01:40.390 at it and it's pulsating there's an
00:01:41.999 00:01:42.009 issue with combustion so you may have
00:01:44.490 00:01:44.500 too much air too much gas not enough air
00:01:47.100 00:01:47.110 not enough gas so from the front end
00:01:49.680 00:01:49.690 looking at it I can see if it's pulsing
00:01:51.990 00:01:52.000 from that point you would walk around to
00:01:53.609 00:01:53.619 the back and actually look at the point
00:01:55.219 00:01:55.229 and so from the back what are we
00:01:58.260 00:01:58.270 actually seeing from the back what are
00:01:59.880 00:01:59.890 you looking for there so from the back
00:02:01.740 00:02:01.750 on a low flame or a low fire in the main
00:02:04.650 00:02:04.660 flame ignition on a limps field you're
00:02:07.109 00:02:07.119 looking for a blue core with yellow tips
00:02:10.109 00:02:10.119 you don't want to see too much yellow
00:02:12.089 00:02:12.099 you just want to see enough yellow at
00:02:13.710 00:02:13.720 the end and it shouldn't be swirling
00:02:15.720 00:02:15.730 real lazy it should be a nice steady
00:02:18.089 00:02:18.099 flame shooting out of the the burner
00:02:20.369 00:02:20.379 okay now this is gas fired obviously so
00:02:23.190 00:02:23.200 on an oil fire burner is there is there
00:02:26.339 00:02:26.349 a different looking flame on
00:02:28.240 00:02:28.250 anyone be able to look into it should be
00:02:29.860 00:02:29.870 so bright when you look in their bonds
00:02:31.780 00:02:31.790 yeah but it's the same situation from
00:02:34.480 00:02:34.490 the oil when you're looking at it should
00:02:37.210 00:02:37.220 be bright should be lazy and no haze in
00:02:40.750 00:02:40.760 the middle as far as the flame we do
00:02:45.040 00:02:45.050 want that flame shooting down the center
00:02:46.900 00:02:46.910 of the Morison tube and and you can
00:02:49.210 00:02:49.220 actually see some that may be licking
00:02:50.860 00:02:50.870 the licking the the Morison toot
00:02:53.110 00:02:53.120 sometimes it means that's something that
00:02:54.610 00:02:54.620 you run into yeah I mean on oil
00:02:57.910 00:02:57.920 especially the way that the angle of the
00:02:59.890 00:02:59.900 nozzle is you got to make sure you have
00:03:02.110 00:03:02.120 the right angle nozzle so when it's
00:03:04.030 00:03:04.040 spraying out and you're not impinge anon
00:03:05.860 00:03:05.870 the more subdued mm-hmm when it impinges
00:03:07.780 00:03:07.790 it causes smoke and then you end up with
00:03:10.300 00:03:10.310 soot clinkers right Center which most
00:03:12.729 00:03:12.739 people have had are you looking at all
00:03:15.630 00:03:15.640 at the refractory when you're looking
00:03:20.050 00:03:20.060 from back there as far as in the
00:03:21.940 00:03:21.950 refractory it should be far enough off
00:03:25.210 00:03:25.220 the tip of the burner if it's hitting
00:03:26.949 00:03:26.959 the refractory we're all in trouble you
00:03:29.530 00:03:29.540 should have enough length off the
00:03:30.790 00:03:30.800 refractory it shouldn't engulf the
00:03:33.130 00:03:33.140 refractory I should be able to see all
00:03:34.750 00:03:34.760 the way around with a limb filled burner
00:03:36.100 00:03:36.110 that on especially low fire it shouldn't
00:03:40.509 00:03:40.519 really affect it with the refractor did
00:03:42.039 00:03:42.049 you want that flame off should be off
00:03:43.990 00:03:44.000 the refractory practically shut up
00:03:45.729 00:03:45.739 alright well appreciate Scotty good job
00:03:48.370 00:03:48.380 you first out I say and we'll see you
00:03:50.949 00:03:50.959 next time on the boiling point well I
00:03:54.880 00:03:54.890 still love it I love to see it flame
00:03:56.860 00:03:56.870 even at 50 years old takes me back to
00:03:58.960 00:03:58.970 when I was with my dad out there in
00:04:00.759 00:04:00.769 boiler rooms appreciate Scotty hanging
00:04:02.770 00:04:02.780 out with us he did okay his first time
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