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I've recently built a babington burner from plans I looked at online. I have a 15 gallon oil tank 3 feet above my burner which is located inside a 55 gallon drum that is laying on its side.
The problem I've had is that I first tried siphon feeding the oil into the burner since the oil tank is above the burner by 3 feet. That didn't work....
I have copper tubing going form the fuel tank to the burner. It does a series of 3-4 loops around my burner tube to help keep the oil coming in heated. I think that is where I was loosing feed pressure when I was gravity feeding.
Next I dropped some $$ on Murphy Machines MP-1 3 GPH waste oil furnace pump. I thoughts that would solve the issue because it flows the rate that I need. Well that does not seem to fit my need seing that its a piston pump I get inconsistant pressure. Each time the pump is on a return stroke my flame goes out. So my fire is ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF......
Any suggestions?
The problem I've had is that I first tried siphon feeding the oil into the burner since the oil tank is above the burner by 3 feet. That didn't work....
I have copper tubing going form the fuel tank to the burner. It does a series of 3-4 loops around my burner tube to help keep the oil coming in heated. I think that is where I was loosing feed pressure when I was gravity feeding.
Next I dropped some $$ on Murphy Machines MP-1 3 GPH waste oil furnace pump. I thoughts that would solve the issue because it flows the rate that I need. Well that does not seem to fit my need seing that its a piston pump I get inconsistant pressure. Each time the pump is on a return stroke my flame goes out. So my fire is ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF......
Any suggestions?