Preventing Gelling Problems With Your Oil Burner During Cold Weather

How to prevent gelling in your oil burner when temperatures drop below freezing When the temperature outdoors drops to freezing (32F or 0 C) the heating oil in your tank starts to thicken. Some people refer to this as “freezing” but what actually happens is a gelling process where heating oil doesn’t freeze but thickens or gels like a soft wax-like material, the reason being that the paraffin or wax [...]