Convert Oil To Propane Gas Furnace

Gas furnaces are typically more efficient than oil furnaces and in 2018 if you switch to a gas furnace with an afue of 95 or above the energy star program offers a 150 tax credit for the furnace and a 50 tax credit for the advanced main air circulating fan.

Convert oil to propane gas furnace.

Propane enables you to save as much as 1 000 a year on your annual utility bill. As a result these furnaces offer slightly more flexible installation than their natural gas counterparts. Almost any existing oil burner can be converted to propane gas with the carlin conversion gas burner by the pros at combined energy services when used for year round heating special programs that subsidize the cost of the conversion are available call for details. As oil to propane boiler conversions become increasingly popular in the northeast a similar trend is spreading in the forced air heating market.

Available incentives when converting to propane. Propane burns much cleaner than traditional fuels. Unlike natural gas propane is stored in tanks and propane gas furnaces don t need to be installed near a pipeline. In some cases you can purchase a conversion kit to convert your natural gas furnace to one that employs propane.

Propane and natural gas are highly incendiary fuels and as such should only be handled by professionals who know what they are doing. A conversion from propane furnace or an oil gas furnace should only ever be done by a highly trained licensed furnace technician. Propane and natural gas furnaces are by and large cheaper to operate than electric and oil powered furnaces.