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Most heating systems are oversized: that way, there won't be any complaints about insufficient heat some cold night.<div>Better to have a small unit running flat-out a few times a year, then an oversized unit constantly cycling on/off.</div><div>I heat a 130+ year old building in upstate NY, 3,600 sqft, with 3 tenants, using a .65 gph oil furnace. Though it runs </div><div>hard in freezing weather, that unit is still over-sized for the average day.</div><div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div>Clarke Olsen</div><div>373 route 203</div><div>Spencertown, NY 12165 </div><div>USA</div><div>518-392-4640</div><div><a href="mailto:colsen@fairpoint.net">colsen@fairpoint.net</a></div><div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span> </div><br><div><div>On Apr 12, 2011, at 10:12 PM, John Beeson - Sunny Side Up wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Hi all,<br><br>I have a friend that wants to replace her 30+yr old oil-based boiler for a Weil Mclain WTGO-5. I feel like there has GOT to be something better for about the same price.<br><br>Anyone have any thoughts that want to share?<br><br>I'm at a loss as to knowing if this piece of equipment is oversized or undersized without really getting into it, but I figured I'd ask this group for pointers...<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>John<br><br> <font size="1"><span style="font-family: courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">----------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br style="font-family: courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;"> / \ John E. 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