Sometimes it's a bit more than condensation.
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Do oil furnace fireboxes and chimneys get creosote?
Jan 08, 2011
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Often, very often, steam from a chimney is confused with smoke.
And even more often, the condensing water vapor from the combustion is confused with steam.
Even worse is a factory in our town with a water cooling tower. The vapor coming off the tower looks like smoke in the night lights. At least once a month a passing motorists calls the fire department and they have to send a truck out.
The cooling towers at the hospital complex chilled water plant put out big clouds of steam during certain weather which freaks out a lot of people in the area leading them to believe the building is on fire. :-)
TDD
------------------------------------- Jim
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