DIRTY DOG
XS650 Guru
has any one on here built a waste oil heater,if so what type did you build and how'd it work?
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waste oil heaters
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Here's a link to one that I read about many years ago but never built as I heat with wood and have the resources at hand. Waste oil goes into the chainsaws.
http://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/waste-oil-heater-zmaz78sozraw.aspx
Seems that since the publication of the plans, 1978, motor oil has changed. There's a forward to the article explaining the changes.
http://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/waste-oil-heater-zmaz78sozraw.aspx
Seems that since the publication of the plans, 1978, motor oil has changed. There's a forward to the article explaining the changes.
Friend of mine ran an airport in Kansas, installed a waste oil heater in the main hangar.
He had LOTS of waste oil.
His biggest problem was filtering the oil for the burner's small injection orifices...
He had LOTS of waste oil.
His biggest problem was filtering the oil for the burner's small injection orifices...
Here is one it's a converted wood fire, crude but effective. The blower is a 12V bilge blower from a boat with a simple blade damper on it to tune air fuel the mix. The oil feed pipe goes through the air pipe and stops about 50mm short of the end. The fire bowl is a cut down fire extinguisher canister. It heats the uninsulated workshop in no time but is very thirsty on the oil.
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bergoff
XS650 Addict
A friend of mine is turning an old fuel oil furnace into a waste oil burner. He found a dvd online that tells you how to do it. The biggest thing that he has found out is you need to heat the oil before you burn it. If i make it up to his shop I'll try and get some pictures of his setup.
Hi 'Dog,
there used to be a small ad in Mechanix Illustrated offering plans to build a waste oil heater.
I'd suppose the hard part for Joe Average would be to find enough used oil to run it.
there used to be a small ad in Mechanix Illustrated offering plans to build a waste oil heater.
I'd suppose the hard part for Joe Average would be to find enough used oil to run it.
DIRTY DOG
XS650 Guru
the oil part is no problem,a buddy works at a junk yard
bergoff
XS650 Addict
The issues that my friend ran into was with oil blends. It would burn conventional oil just fine. Then he tried full synthic oil and it wouldn't burn correctly and clogged the jets in the furnace. And since that's what he has the most of he has since switched it bag to fuel oil.
DIRTY DOG
XS650 Guru
well I bit the bullet and built myself a drip waste oil burner/heater out of a 100lb propane tank work's good had it burning to day the test will be tomarrow it see if it will heat the shop and keep it warm I'll post some pic tomarrow it needs painted but for now it will have to do had it 420*f today at a fast drip ran about 3 hours and used about 1/2 gal of oil.got some mickey d's frinch fri oil to try next to see how it does on that
Ontario Government has grandfathered all these installations because of the emissions.
Like many older folks, I am climate change skeptic and believe that is all a UN plot to enslave us and that if the world needs a big project it should be cleaning plastic waste out of the oceans.
However and more to the point, the concern for these emission is how the old engine oil has concentrated heavy metals like cadmium in it and the burning disperses these into the atmosphere near the chimney.
Like many older folks, I am climate change skeptic and believe that is all a UN plot to enslave us and that if the world needs a big project it should be cleaning plastic waste out of the oceans.
However and more to the point, the concern for these emission is how the old engine oil has concentrated heavy metals like cadmium in it and the burning disperses these into the atmosphere near the chimney.
That's interesting. Was kinda alluding to that in this post:
http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?p=444856#post444856
DIRTY DOG
XS650 Guru
DIRTY DOG
XS650 Guru
got the shop from 38* (it's was baout 25* out side) to about 60* in less than 1 hour was in the shop for about 4 hours and used around 1 gal of use motor oil,
Kenny Roberts
XS650 Enthusiast
I work in a transmission shop and we burn primarily old atf/gear oil in our waste oil heater
They're a great idea for places that have a surplus of old oil and ours works well
As far as building one I've not done that
They're a great idea for places that have a surplus of old oil and ours works well
As far as building one I've not done that
DIRTY DOG
XS650 Guru
mine works good takes shop from 30* to 60 about 45 min
Kenny Roberts
XS650 Enthusiast
That's pretty good
Our shop is huge and its our only source of heat
Our shop is huge and its our only source of heat
DIRTY DOG
XS650 Guru
I'm a GM tech and we have one at the dealer ship it's a clean burn and it heats 18 bays pretty good but it's use's a lot of oil, mine is home mades for my small shop and burns about 1-1 1/2 qt's an hour
I built one couple years ago for the pole barn. I used a double barrel stove kit. mounted a 5 gallon stainless steel tank to the back of it and plumbed a 1/2" black pipe line down into the bottom barrel and let oil and used cooking oil into a cast iron pan. Works ok. I do maintenance work for a franchise of about 20 fast food places and can get used cooking oil for free if I ask.Comes in 5 gallon jugs I just pour in tank and let it drip on some burning wood fire soon the grease starts burning and stop with the wood fire. Only problem is you have to regulate the oil flow right.
The swirl pot (Turk) burner is fantastic - you can scale it to a wide range of sizes and it will burn just about anything you can drip into it.
I built a large one (about 15" diameter) a decade ago, then realised it was actually far too big, but it can be dialled down in drip rate and air feed until it's burning just like a smaller one. A small one is more efficient and effective though, especially if you're building it into a gas bottle or existing wood stove, etc.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=waste+oil+burner+turk&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
I built a large one (about 15" diameter) a decade ago, then realised it was actually far too big, but it can be dialled down in drip rate and air feed until it's burning just like a smaller one. A small one is more efficient and effective though, especially if you're building it into a gas bottle or existing wood stove, etc.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=waste+oil+burner+turk&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
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