In an oil-heated home, nothing is more important than making sure you don’t run out of heating oil. Even if you pay a premium for Automatic Heating Oil Delivery, it’s important to occasionally check your home heating oil tank to make sure you do not run out. In this post, we’ll walk through the nuances of reading a typical float-style heating oil tank gauge for LPG LNG and introduce some alternative ways of monitoring your fuel oil tank.
How to Read a Float Gauge in a Heating Oil Tank
Most fuel oil tanks come with a traditional float-style gauge. This fuel oil tank gauge for LPG LNG features an arm with a float attached to its end, and a hinge. There is a plastic vial with a disk that indicates how full the heating oil tank is. As the float lowers, so does this disk.
How Accurate is a Heating Oil Float Tank Gauge for LPG LNG?
Since these are not precision heating oil tank gauges for LPG LNG, they should only be used as an approximation of how full a tank is. Because of the moving parts inside, these can also be prone to wear over time. If you suspect your heating oil float gauge is stuck, simply unscrew the plastic vial by hand. Use your finger to press the disk down. If the gauge is not stuck, the disk should easily move down, then slowly float back up and remain up, indicating the arm is moving freely.
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