Hi Aadu,

On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 12:46:24PM +0200, Aadu Adok wrote:
> 
> I want to know how much oil goes for my house heating.
> Oil flows via 10mm pipe from tank to burner (burner 'sucks' oil from
> tank).
> 
> Searching the net, I found Swissflow's SF800, which converts fluid flow
> to TTL level signal.
> 
> Maybe someone has experience in measuring fluid flow? Any comments on
> that topic? Any alternatives to SF800?

I have an oil stove as well and I've thought some about doing this. My idea
was to attach a timer to the thermostat and measure the time that the oil
burner is on and then multiply by the oil burn rate. The burner nozzle in my
stove has 0.65 stamped on it meaning that 0.65 gallons of oil will be burnt
in one hour of operation.

This would be simple to do, but I doubt the results would be very
accurate. Still, I would be able to get a fairly close figure as to what my
oil usage is. I would at least be able to track when I should call for
another oil delivery.

Good luck, Matthew.

-- 
Everyone was born right-handed. Only the greatest overcome it.
_______________________________________________
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist