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Commercial Waste Oil Heaters / lanair hs90 hot shot
« on: December 15, 2010, 05:45:57 pm »
anybody know anything about these? the guy on at lanair told me i won't be able to get parts. that raises 2 queetions: 1) is it true, or is there another aftermarket seller. and 2) are there parts i will need, meaning are there "disposable " parts or parts that need changing annually..or...

thanks for any help

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User Projects & Pictures / man, that was easy. Siegler burner
« on: October 24, 2010, 08:32:30 pm »
i got this siegler keorosene (?) burner today. it has a carburator with floats etc. it is drip fedits own onboard fuel  so i thought i would just try it with waste oil.

 didn't work.

tried removing the filter for faster flow.

didn't work

thinned the oil with gasoline

didn't work

bypassed the carb and used the petcock as flow regulator

worked great!!

i realize its not as cool as building your own from scratch, or heavy mods of a furnace, but man was it easy. if you ever see one.... grab is my advice

the whole thing took about one half hour.

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Waste Motor Oil / just looking to get started
« on: October 14, 2010, 07:24:50 am »
i had it in my head that i was gonna build a drip style burner. like the mother's . for a couple reasons, i am hoping to burn oil and all other fluids that accumulate mixed. drip style seems less fussy, y/n? second, i don't like alot of roaring noise when i'm working. i found that i would rather work in the cold to some extent than listen to my torpedo heaters.

i scored a free fireplace and all the tin last night, and started thinking.... why not burn wasteoil in it?

then i started looking on craigslist for an electric water heater to make the mother's style, and stumbled into a couple cheap oil furnaces. that's when i sought out this furum to learn how to convert an existing oil furnace into a wasteoil furnace.

now i just want to hear the pros and cons.

MONEY IS a huge factor!! so much so that i hope someone gets back to me soon and talks me aout of the fireplace idea, so i can sell it at an auction this saturday

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Welcome Center / humble i must be...
« on: October 14, 2010, 07:07:17 am »
hey guys, i sure am glad your here. i thought i knew enough about stuff to just build a burner some afternoon. but after looking into my options it appears as though the wise man would build upon others labors and knowledge.



if someone could point me in the right direction... i want to way all the pros and cons of a few different styles. which threads are good for a guy just starting out?







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