Gas and Oil Home Heating Furnaces - smoke check

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slls
10-18-05, 04:53 PM
What do you use to do a oil furnace vent smoke check, and how. Thanks

Grady
10-18-05, 08:37 PM
You need a "smoke pump" such as a True Spot smoke tester. This piece of equipment alone sells for about $85. You need a lot more to do a proper combustion analysis. Mine cost $1500.
slls
10-19-05, 12:19 PM
Thanks, I have the combustion analysis reader, just needed to know about the smoke tester.