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EDITOR’S NOTE: Thermo Products and Boyertown Furnace answered a recent call by
Oil & Energy
for information from furnace manufacturers. We asked them to tell us about
their oil-fired products and offer advice for contractors. We appreciate their participation.
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Thermo Products, LLC, a manufacturer
of warm air heating and air conditioning
products, has developed a 95 percent AFUE
oil condensing furnace that is ENERGY
STAR
®
qualified. “This is a testament to our
commitment to bringing you the best prod-
ucts in the industry,” wrote Linda Keene,
Marketing Coordinator of Thermo Products.
“Now a quality oil furnace that can match
the AFUE ratings of gas furnaces.”
The Thermo Products Research and
Development Department, headed by Chief
Engineer Everett James, has designed and
developed this new ultra-high efficiency oil
furnace, the OHC95, with assistance from the
National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA).
The OHC95 has a firing rate of 75,000
Btuh with up to 4 tons of A/C capacity and
uses industry standard components such as
the Riello BF3 Burner, according to Keene.
A standard ECM blower motor offers addi-
tional energy savings.
“When designing the new furnace,
Thermo Products’s engineers asked them-
selves ‘How can we make this unit easier to
service than our competitors’ units?’” Keene
said. They have designed easy access to the
primary and secondary heat exchangers
by mounting them on a roller system to be
pulled out. “This makes servicing the pri-
mary and secondary heat exchangers quick
and easy for routine maintenance,” she said.
Thermo Products’ engineers have also
designed the secondary heat exchanger
with larger tubes allowing less restricted
airflow to minimize buildup. According to
Rob Paquette, National Sales Manager for
Thermo Products, they have had units in
beta testing for some time now and even
with the recent cold weather have been
experiencing no issues with this furnace.
One beta test site has seen fuel savings of
approximately 25 percent, Keene said.
The OHC95 is offered in direct vent
only, using 3” PVC pipe. The cabinet is
24” wide by 37.5” deep and 48” high, with
heavy 22 gauge cabinet steel with rounded
door corners. The powder-coated cabinet
is black with silver front panels, which
differs from the classic Thermo Pride
furnace colors. Venting can be either left,
up or right, with an air supply opening of
standard 20” x 20”.
Each unit comes with a venting eductor
assembly.
(See attached image of the
venting.)
This is similar to an inducer fan
on a gas furnace, but it is in-line with the
PVC pipe. This eductor is a sealed system
venting flue gases when the furnace is
running while at the same time bringing in
combustion air.
The OHC95 will be available for sale in
early 2014. Thermo Products will initially
offer the furnace to contractors who have
gone through their contractor training class.
Thermo Products strives to maintain the
highest quality products and installation and
service are a large part of how a system oper-
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