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Drip System / Re: Project: Kerosene heater/oil drip
« on: January 11, 2012, 06:17:17 am »
That owners manual covers several model heaters. I dont have the cabinet model but the economizer model heater. If you look at fig 15. The last one on that page under the model number at the top that says 8r35, I have a combustion ring part (b)  but under the part they call a air diffuser (V), I dont have. It shows N/A.

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Drip System / Re: Project: Kerosene heater/oil drip
« on: January 10, 2012, 07:16:03 pm »
Thanks for responding with your experience. The heater pictured above does not have a diffuser according to the break down of the heater here,  http://www.buckstove.com/buckfiles/manuals/Buck-Stove-Tharrington-Oil-Heaters-Manual-(Rev-01162008)-NWC-Web.pdf . It is a model 8r35 at the end of that page. I was considering a oil dripper valve but understand what you mean by the temp in the garage affecting the ability of the dripper. I am curious what you mean by meter pump. How is oil supplied to your heater? Gravity feed or by pressure from a pump system of some kind? Do you cut the supply of kerosene while feeding oil?

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Drip System / Project: Kerosene heater/oil drip
« on: January 08, 2012, 09:34:33 pm »
Heres my heater that burns kerosene currently.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=675UXqPC-vQ&feature=youtu.be

My plan is to mod it so that I can start the heater on kerosene and then shut the kerosene off or to low and start a oil drip system. I will post updates as they are created. If anyone has any suggestions as to how to achieve my desired end with this feel free to tell me. Thanks.


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Welcome Center / Re: Just joined your forum.
« on: January 08, 2012, 09:26:10 pm »
Thanks.

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Welcome Center / Re: Hello everyone, I'm from Yorkshire, England
« on: January 08, 2012, 09:11:46 pm »
Welcome to the forum.

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Welcome Center / Just joined your forum.
« on: January 08, 2012, 12:35:11 pm »
Hello, very interested in your forum topic. I heard about waste oil heaters many years ago but have been using a kerosene heater made by tharrington. Well kerosene is so expensive now so now I am considering adapting it to start up on kerosene and then cut it to low or off and then run a oil drip system. Glad to have found your forum to see what others are doing. Thanks. Heres the heater I have been using for years.
 
http://www.duvallheatcool.com/tharrington%20Economizer.htm

Its been a good heater and I hope to make it a better one being able to switch to oil and cut down on the expense of the kerosene.

 :)

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