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2026-2027 Course Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Course Catalog
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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
  1. Cadmium cell primary controls
  2. Combustion efficiency and combustion analyzer
  3. Combustion process
  4. Gun-type oil burner components
  5. Oil burner maintenance and tune-ups
  6. Safety
  7. Service procedures and diagnostics
  8. Stack primary controls

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. describe how fuel oil and air are prepared for combustion.
  2. identify the components of gun-type oil burners.
  3. wire and test primary controls.
  4. perform proper routine maintenance for oil heating systems.
  5. perform proper combustion analysis reporting for oil heating systems.
  6. diagnose troubleshooting problems on oil heating systems.
  7. identify unsafe practices.
  8. 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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