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Aug 06, 2026
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HVAC 1065 - Oil Heating Systems Credits: 2 Hours/Week: Lecture 2 Lab 0 Course Description: This course covers the theory and operation of oil-burning heating systems, service, repair practices, combustion testing, and maintenance. Procedures for logically troubleshooting oil-fired heating systems will also be covered. MnTC Goals None
Prerequisite(s): None Corequisite(s): None Recommendation: FACM 1030 or concurrently enrolled
Major Content
- Cadmium cell primary controls
- Combustion efficiency and combustion analyzer
- Combustion process
- Gun-type oil burner components
- Oil burner maintenance and tune-ups
- Safety
- Service procedures and diagnostics
- Stack primary controls
Learning Outcomes At the end of this course students will be able to:
- describe how fuel oil and air are prepared for combustion.
- identify the components of gun-type oil burners.
- wire and test primary controls.
- perform proper routine maintenance for oil heating systems.
- perform proper combustion analysis reporting for oil heating systems.
- diagnose troubleshooting problems on oil heating systems.
- identify unsafe practices.
- demonstrate safety procedures, such as lock out/tag out.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies None Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6) None Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10) None
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