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Waste Motor Oil / Re: Waste Oil Hot Water Heater conversion
« Last post by Russ on December 08, 2022, 08:29:18 pm »
Man, its been a while since I have had to recall that info so I cant say for sure.  I am sure the recommended length is hiding in a post somewhere out here, but I'm not exactly sure where.  If you can, adding a length of pipe to pull the burner away from the heater may help.  I had to do that to some extent with my shallow boiler:
http://wasteoilheaterforum.com/index.php?topic=208.0

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Waste Motor Oil / Re: Waste Oil Hot Water Heater conversion
« Last post by Tom Ferrier on December 08, 2022, 05:09:12 pm »
Hey Russ is there a specific length for the burner tube? I seem to recall reading 9" from the flange.
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User Projects & Pictures / Re: waste oil heat for my shop
« Last post by Russ on December 07, 2022, 07:06:35 pm »
Ahh, I understand.  Keep us updated on how the pump works!
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User Projects & Pictures / Re: waste oil heat for my shop
« Last post by smichaelR22 on December 07, 2022, 01:53:23 pm »
no, day one trying it out i just had the pump sucking from the old bucket and then pumping back to where the old bucket/ball valve use to drip oil to my feed tube. 

eventually ill clean up the setup and just have the pump pull from a tote.  i didnt have enough of the hose i needed and really just wanted to test it out for a few weeks before changing my existing setup thats been working for 4 years. 
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Waste Motor Oil / Re: Waste Oil Hot Water Heater conversion
« Last post by Tom Ferrier on December 07, 2022, 05:32:30 am »
Hey Russ Thanks for the welcome and the thoughts on the water heater. I had some concerns about the length of flame is it possible to shorten the flame? I took a look into the firebox of the heater yesterday and I notice it is covered with ceramic fiberboard. If Icant tune the flame down enough I thought I might be able  to put in some good refractory. I guess either way I will have a burner ready to go and in the mean time I will keep my eyes open for a good boiler.
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Waste Motor Oil / Re: Waste Oil Hot Water Heater conversion
« Last post by Russ on December 06, 2022, 10:34:00 pm »
I think the reason you don't see many water heaters converted is because of the room needed for the flame.  I believe waste oil takes longer to burn and benefits from a larger burn chamber and a water heater just doesn't have the room.  Not saying it won't work, but maybe just not as efficiently as a boiler with a larger burn chamber.  I have no doubt the ckburner conversion will get you up and going.  Good luck and let us know how your project goes!
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User Projects & Pictures / Re: waste oil heat for my shop
« Last post by Russ on December 06, 2022, 10:30:42 pm »
Interesting pump.  Hope it holds in there.  Yea, it sure is nice to have things just run without babysitting all of the time for sure.  So is the pump dumping into the bucket, then going into your heater?
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Welcome Center / Re: Is this board stillin use or am I too late
« Last post by Russ on December 06, 2022, 09:58:18 pm »
Yea, it has been pretty quiet around these parts.  I blame some of it on more commonly used platforms like Facebook groups.  And maybe a little on the silly questions :D.  Unfortunately the spammers were going nuts and I had to implement something to stop them.  The questions help, but they are smart and can figure out the craziest of questions.  Welcome aboard and I hope you find some of the info out here helpful.  I wouldn't expect much in the way of interaction but it is always nice to see posts of users projects. 

Enjoy and stay safe!

Russ
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Welcome Center / Is this board stillin use or am I too late
« Last post by Tom Ferrier on December 06, 2022, 05:32:14 pm »
Looks like most of the action happened years ago....maybe its because you have to answer 10 silly questions to make a post lol Tom
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User Projects & Pictures / Re: waste oil heat for my shop
« Last post by smichaelR22 on December 06, 2022, 05:19:25 pm »
this is the pump i decided to try out:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094VF1XDB?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details 
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