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Waste Motor Oil / Re: Used Motor oil for heating 2
« on: October 24, 2010, 09:50:36 am »
I thought about that,but my concern is that the pump and motor on the furnace burner may get over stressed trying to pump thick cold oil.My thoughts were to preheat the oil(above room temperature)in a hot water heater,maybe a heater on the pump and of course a nozzle heater???Does this sound like something that may work?Has anyone else tried a hot water heater with success or defeat??It's getting cold again so I gotta get somethin up and running soon....I guess.

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Waste Motor Oil / Re: Used Motor oil for heating 2
« on: September 05, 2010, 05:56:54 pm »
wow....it's been almost a year...I can't beleive how time flies.Anyhoo,what do you mean by the elements breaking down?I know guys who use a hot water tank/heater to heat to about 120f with no issues.not doubting what you say,just not sure what could actually break down as I think the elements are stainless steel?Also,as far as vaporizing goes,I was planning to run a breather system to the outdoors.Not sure,just kicking tires right now until I come up with a decent system.

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Waste Motor Oil / Re: Used Motor oil for heating 2
« on: November 06, 2009, 08:50:07 pm »
Hehehehe......Fire up the bike in the shop and plumb the exhaust through a catalytic(yours already has one)..that'll heat 'er up.All kidding aside,thanks again Russ for the help getting on here.Yeah,my garage is very nipply,well below freezing before getting any heat on.i'm just afraid that the pump won't move -20 molasses oil.

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Welcome Center / Hello Everyone
« on: November 06, 2009, 08:37:29 pm »
Hello everyone.I am new to the site,so here's a little about myself.I am a bike mechanic and I am opening my own repair shop at home.I just replaced my old wood stove in the garage with a used lennox horizontal mount furnace.It has a beckett afII85 burner.It is a nice little unit and I don't really wanna mess with it,but I do have an aero burner which I'm willing to experiment with.I would like to heat the garage(20x40)on waste oil threefold:1.recycle waste into usable heat 2.Not have to pay to have waste oil hauled away 3.Save money.Hopefully I will learn more about waste oil burners as well I hope that I can provide info/ideas to everyone else.Glad to be here and looking forward to meeting you and exchanging ideas.
Jeremy

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Waste Motor Oil / Used Motor oil for heating 2
« on: November 06, 2009, 04:59:11 pm »
Hello all.I'm new to the forum,so please bear with me.I am building a waste oil burner from an aero(similar to beckett?).Anyhoo,Maybe you guys could provide me with some feedback on something.I am thinking about using an old hot water heater,dialed way down,for the storage tank with a pump to transfer the oil to a small tank that would mount right off the side of the oil pump.This small tank would heat the oil some more,then put a heater block between the nozzle.The reason for the hot water heater would be to get the oil thin enough to pump to the burner.These are of course not all my ideas,just a combination of some of the ones here,there and on my donna-mike plans.Yes,no.maybe?P.S.Hey Russ,got on the forum with my other computer no probs.Thanks for your help.
Thanks
Jeremy

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