Sorry I meant like your actual oil not diesel, as in, what company did you get the oil that is being delivered on Monday from? 😅

Oh we just got the diesel from the gas station. I got the 5 gallon canister from Home Depot. It has to be diesel, though - not the regular car gasoline.

What company did you get to deliver your oil? This is my first time ever and am so lost lol

We filled the tank up with five gallons of diesel last night to get us through the weekend and it’s working great! Just follow the instructions in the comments / watch a YouTube video on how to do it - so grateful to know about this now.

Wait omg meeee I just found out this morning and am freaking out— I just bought a house with oil and have always had gas all of my life; the workers told me it ran out and now I’m scrambling 😭😭

I think you’re just rambling. I actually have a science degree and I’m telling you that whatever base load you offset by generation at the point of production, especially if it can be generated for a lower overall amortized cost at economies of scale (very feasible), is always going to be more efficient than centralized generation and long-distance transmission/distribution. Just look at your electric bill and see how cost-inefficient centralized generation and distribution is.

Well first off, we are talking about electricity, not heating. So that’s irrelevant, even if you were right. And with the latest generations of heat pumps, you’re generally not right (but again, not relevant to this conversation). And when we are talking about heat, all the typical options are still available. The fact that electric generation in the state is based only on gas and nuc doesn’t have anything to do with it.

No one is burning fossil fuels of any sort to produce electricity outside of plants. And people are burning NG, propane, oil, wood, etc outside of plants for heat. So I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make at this point.

I guess it’s a whoosh then. Look at the cost of nat gas burned in your home vs burned at a central power plant to generate electricity when used for heating and re-evaluate your comment because it is laughably factually wrong.

I have no idea what you’re trying to say. Overall production at a plant is far more efficient (cheaper) and environmentally friendly. If we didn’t care about the second part we’d still be running coal plants, but either way producing your own energy (outside of renewables like solar, which is very much encouraged), makes no sense.

Still only available to those who own a home and have capital. Not the same as what I’m talking about, but it’s a halfass start.

No one thinks it’s a panacea but talking points like the one you just repeated are a justification for never even trying. We can SIGNIFICANTLY reduce base load and SIGNIFICANTLY reduce peak loads with renewables but we are in a 50 year struggle with big capital who can’t make as much money off of decentralized and green alternatives.

It was inevitable that monopolies would force new centralized infrastructure. Gotta keep the consumers alienated from the means of production, it’s capitalist monopoly 101. Better to cut down all the forests in the state than to allow people to produce their own energy at the point of consumption.

I’ve had to do the diesel fix a few times over my lifespan of oil heating. No worries - you’ll be good!

Also - oil prices have dropped about a dollar since the election. Which is nice…

The Cannon on dwight and chapel, it’s an Arsenal bar and the owners Kevin and Tessa are really cool. Chef Skylar makes some dope food too

I honestly can’t thank you enough for all of this information. This is our first time filling it with diesel for a quick fix. We feel way more confident now thanks to you!

You’ll also probably have to press the reset button on your furnace if it tried and failed to light due to lack of fuel. After more than a couple attempts, it’ll lock out, and you’ll have to hunt around online on how to unlock it. (In my experience, it’s usually holding the reset button for 30 seconds. Please do not do this if your furnace is getting fuel but failing to light, you’re risking an explosion, which even if minor could do something like crack a heat exchanger and leaking CO into your home.)

My strategy is this: get a container to catch the oil and put it under the bleed valve. Open the bleed valve— it’s probably a little nut you’ll have to wrench. Reset/turn on the furnace. Let it run for 10 or 15 seconds with one hand on the power switch. Just before it does the safety shut-off, turn it off. You can usually tell from the timing of the relay clicks when the furnace stops trying to light, and is just blowing through air to purge any unburnt fuel and alleviate any explosion risk. Turn the power back on. Repeat until the fuel comes out with no sputtering/bubbles. Turn off the furnace, close the bleed valve, and turn it on. It should light at this point. If something else has gone wrong, you should have a pro look at it. Finally, you can pour the oil from your catch container into the tank outside.

Diesel fuel would work but you may need the furnace line bled to remove air

Okay so the one thing you need to be fully prepared for is that - you will be very very close to the emergency room, like we're talking 3 or 4 blocks and so you will hear sirens blaring at every hour of the day if your windows are open

Safe but it is a city— take precautions, don’t let your guard too down

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Trinity is now at capacity with a line out front go to the cannon or East rock brew

A friend lived in that building for a few years. She felt safe, no issues. I agree that it’s a safe area with great walkability.

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East Rock Brewery is opening early for it

the cannon.