oil burner![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device for mixing a flammable substance (heating oil) with air, then blowing and igniting this mixture in a boiler’s fire pot.
nozzle ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Tube through which the heating oil passes to be pulverized into tiny droplets; upon exiting, it mixes with air.
electrode assembly ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
The mixture of heating oil and air is lit by an electric spark arcing between two electrodes.
air tube ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Cylindrical part covering the nozzle and the ignition electrodes; it joins the burner to the fire pot.
oil supply line ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Tube injecting heating oil into the burner and toward the nozzle.
oil pump ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device compressing heating oil and directing it to the nozzle.
oil supply inlet ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Tube carrying heating oil to the pump.
fan ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device blowing air out of the burner to mix with the heating oil mist.
electric motor ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device transforming electric energy into mechanical energy to drive another device.
heat control ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Mechanism controlled by fluctuations in temperature; it can be set to automatically switch the burner on or off.