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Hi all,
I am new to this forum and this is my first post. I hope some folks can help me out.
I am in the US military stationed in Belgium working for NATO. My wife and I are renting a house here that is heated by oil.
The oil delivery company told us that we needed to add a whistle to our tank or they would not deliver again.
I bought a vent whistle and have researched how it works and where it should go. I originally thought it would screw onto the opening of the vent pipe on the outside of the house but my research shows that it should be mounted on the tank and the vent pipe mounted to the whistle.
My problem is both the vent pipe and the fill pipe are welded to the top of the tank instead of being screwed to a threaded fitting.
There is threaded fitting where the oil level gauge attaches that I believe I can attach the whistle to but then I will not have a gauge. Also, it may not be possible for the delivery person to hear the whistle as the tank is the basement of the house and the vent and fill pipes are on the side of the house...so I don't think that is the best solution though it might be.
Can I/should I cut the cord on my gauge and run the cord from the float up through the center of the whistle's tube and then tie the ends of the cord together and then screw the gauge to the top of the hardware the whistle is fitted into?
Any suggestions on how to install this correctly given the scenario?
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer.
-jeff
I am new to this forum and this is my first post. I hope some folks can help me out.
I am in the US military stationed in Belgium working for NATO. My wife and I are renting a house here that is heated by oil.
The oil delivery company told us that we needed to add a whistle to our tank or they would not deliver again.
I bought a vent whistle and have researched how it works and where it should go. I originally thought it would screw onto the opening of the vent pipe on the outside of the house but my research shows that it should be mounted on the tank and the vent pipe mounted to the whistle.
My problem is both the vent pipe and the fill pipe are welded to the top of the tank instead of being screwed to a threaded fitting.
There is threaded fitting where the oil level gauge attaches that I believe I can attach the whistle to but then I will not have a gauge. Also, it may not be possible for the delivery person to hear the whistle as the tank is the basement of the house and the vent and fill pipes are on the side of the house...so I don't think that is the best solution though it might be.
Can I/should I cut the cord on my gauge and run the cord from the float up through the center of the whistle's tube and then tie the ends of the cord together and then screw the gauge to the top of the hardware the whistle is fitted into?
Any suggestions on how to install this correctly given the scenario?
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer.
-jeff