About This Book
Residential Oil Burners is a comprehensive technical training book written by Herb Weinberger and published by Cengage Learning. It serves as both a field guide and a textbook for HVAC students and service technicians who work on residential oil-heating systems.
Key Topics Covered
- Combustion Process: Explains how fuel oil burns and how to optimize heating efficiency.
- Heating Systems & Boilers: Details the components, operation, and maintenance of residential heating setups.
- Electrical Equipment: Covers wiring, schematics, and system diagnostics.
- Controls: Explains safety switches, relays, and primary oil burner controls.
Audience and Availability
The book is intended for vocational students, field technicians, and trade professionals preparing for contractor licensing exams.
Practice Tests Using This Book
This book is required or recommended for 1 licensing exam. We've written 12 practice questions directly from this material, each one citing the chapter and section it comes from.