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Old 01-28-12, 08:38 AM   #34
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Default 50.7 gallon oil fill..

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Today we had the (late) Fall Fill-up.. 80.7 gallons @ $3.59 = $281.64 (after QPD).

Since the last fill up on 02-02-11, It's been 288 days or 9 months, 15 days.
That equals 0.28 gallons a day.?. $1 a day (at today's prices)!!

This little timer has paid for itself and then some..
Seems that solar assist is helping out too. Dang, I've got to optimize that thing ASAP..

It's been 73 days, and we just had a visit from the Oil truck! He Pumped in 50.7 gallons.
@ $3.49 quick-pay-discount, is $176.94
50.7 / 73 = 0.6945 gallons a day, which is only a tad high.
That's more than our goal (0.5 gal per day), but we did have a couple
of nights when we used some back-up oil-heat, and a few evenings,
when we needed extra hot shower water..

Over all, we've been very happy with the operation of the Timer..

Edit:
This morning, we decided to change the timer to 8:30 AM.. For reason, see
http://ecorenovator.org/forum/solar-...html#post19447
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