I heat my home with oil. The typical home heating oil filter has an element that looks like different colors of recycled wool compressed around a wire core. The design always looked sketchy to me, as I was worried about wool fibers detaching and plugging the burner nozzle. My local hardware recently started carrying a white plastic foam element made by Mitco. Trouble is, the plastic foam filter is only good for 50 microns, where the wool filter is rated at 10 microns. I have had nozzle clogging with the plastic foam filter.
Are the compressed wool filters fairly trouble free? Any other options that filter to 10 micron? I plan to change the element yearly and add Fuel Right sludge treatment once a year.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Are the compressed wool filters fairly trouble free? Any other options that filter to 10 micron? I plan to change the element yearly and add Fuel Right sludge treatment once a year.
Thanks in advance for any advice.