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Waste Oil Heater => User Projects & Pictures => Topic started by: Rapidrob on October 24, 2019, 10:31:19 am

Title: Needs ideas for adding diesel to start the stove.
Post by: Rapidrob on October 24, 2019, 10:31:19 am

My home made stove has been heating my shop for many years now. To start the stove I dump in a few ounces  of Diesel fuel, add paper soaked in diesel and then light it with a gas match and away it goes. I have to dump the Diesel fuel up and over my burner, stuff in the paper first. While easy to do,it can be messy and I normally end up smelling like diesel fuel all day long.
I'd like to add a small external diesel fuel feed line and some sort of device to control the amount of Diesel fuel as it is very hard to see inside of the burner ( disk brake rotor and read drum type burner) .
I was thinking a small tank mounted away and above the stove with a copper or steel feed line. I have a few ideas as to how to portion the starting Diesel fuel but would like to see or read what you may have done to your stove?
Thanks for any info.

Title: Re: Needs ideas for adding diesel to start the stove.
Post by: Rapidrob on October 25, 2019, 09:52:14 am

I got a system figured out. Never mind.