britawiltsh
12-27-04, 07:57 PM
I have an old boiler (Timken) that holds about 30 gallons of water that I am replacing. The salesman wants to sell me one of these compact boilers (rated for 150,000 BTUs) that maybe holds 5 gallons of water. I should think the the burner would be on all the time in freezing weather. It seems :rolleyes: more logical that the boiler with the larger quantity of water to heat would hold the boiler temperature longer and not require constant operation of the burner.