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User Projects & Pictures / Re: waste oil heat for my shop
« 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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User Projects & Pictures / Re: waste oil heat for my shop
« on: December 06, 2022, 05:19:25 pm »

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User Projects & Pictures / Re: waste oil heat for my shop
« on: December 06, 2022, 05:17:52 pm »
added an electronic pump to my setup today.  hoping for 60$ it lasts and doesnt fall apart. 

was really nice to have nice steady oil flow all day today in the shop. 

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User Projects & Pictures / Re: waste oil heat for my shop
« on: September 28, 2022, 11:09:33 pm »
its really sad, with a 36x120 2 story barn, i have set foot in my other 2+ car garage like 5 times in the last 3 years lol.  i stick my equipment trailer in there in the winter to keep the snow off the deck, other wise it sits empty.   seems like a great waste oil building :)

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User Projects & Pictures / Re: waste oil heat for my shop
« on: September 28, 2022, 10:46:00 pm »
back at it for 4th season.  installed new flew pipes and cleaned out my furnace / heat exchanger last week.  Nice to have a bucket truck now and not killing my self on a 40' ladder.    no changes this year in burn pot or blower.  probably will need to fab up a new burn pot mid season as it has a few pin holes in it.  have about 400gals of oil processed and ready so far for the season. 



id really love to build a waste oil boiler system that lives in a spare 2 car garage i havr (block building / metal roof) that i dont use to feed hot water to my house and my barn.  let that baby rip from OCT to MARCH and just make heat.  def plans in the works for next year. 

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User Projects & Pictures / Re: waste oil heat for my shop
« on: February 21, 2021, 11:41:56 am »
ordered another blower that should have better CFM and higher static pressure

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CMQXV3S/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 

Also build a crane last month in the shop and unloaded some drums i picked up for free off Marketplace local

https://youtu.be/5O85PAGImhI 

got 4 drums of stoddard solvent (burns just a bit slower than diesel when lit) and 3 drums of WMO.  the solvent i seem to beable to mix 50-75% in with WMO and my setup will tolerate it, thins it out nice and burns clean.   should hold me rest of winter i think. 

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User Projects & Pictures / Re: waste oil heat for my shop
« on: February 19, 2021, 01:08:17 pm »
next mission is to make quieter.  tried a 50CFM blower for forced air.  too small.  Air matress blower pumps are too loud and im on my 4th one. 
 
Check out the video and subscribe! (fabrication, hot rods, 4x4, and general mechanical foolery) 

https://youtu.be/-pertXgWaCw 

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User Projects & Pictures / Re: waste oil heat for my shop
« on: January 26, 2021, 02:18:51 pm »
opps.  got my yearly safety reminder not to do dumb things and respect waste oil burners. 

i was adjusting and i think i had too much oil going in, fire went out. i shut off air, threw a bit of kero in, turned back air on and it blew.  stove must have filed with oil vapor and it just took off.  blew the front barrel door off on lower drum, blew my clean out door off on upper drum, and blew the stack apart like a banana in two places.  shock the shop pretty good and lots of black soot everywhere but i was just startled and not hurt.  sounded about like a 12gage going off at arms length. 


i guess i wont do that again.  maybe next stove design have a better blow out door plan.   


https://youtu.be/4BFF9yU5QJw   

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User Projects & Pictures / Re: waste oil heat for my shop
« on: October 20, 2020, 07:20:34 pm »
Back at it.  fired up the furnace after some upgrades and flew seemed plugged / restricted. 

inspected / replaced flew today after getting materials, found completely blocked with huge birds nest.

all good now and put about 5 gallons through it tonight with no issues. 



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User Projects & Pictures / Re: waste oil heat for my shop
« on: February 27, 2020, 05:23:53 pm »
300+gals burned this winter thus far.   i filled in some insulation holes and I'm at about 35F degrees over outside temp in 2 hours in a 36x60x14-21' height shop, only the roof insulated with 3" foam board- the rest metal walls, wood floor 11' over earth foundation.   

still super happy and i think i wont change much for next year.  way better than a propane bill! 

all free oil delivered to me from 4x4 buddies and work people.  winning. 



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User Projects & Pictures / Re: waste oil heat for my shop
« on: February 03, 2020, 05:27:15 pm »
burned through second wine chiller bucket from amazon. 

finally welded up my own out of 1/16 stainless.

made it as big as i could to get it to wedge into the barrel stove door. thicker and 10"x10" 


thing rips.   first burn inspection tomorrow.  it glows orange nicely.  and cooled down way faster once oil was shut off.  not sure what that means.  im thinking it was a much cleaner burn. 

im still holding 30 degrees above outside temp in my 36x60 shop area with only the roof insulated in 3" foam.  couple more weeks and should be past the worst of the winter her in good old NY. 

just had another 100 gallons dropped off for free from buddies wednesday.  loving it. 



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User Projects & Pictures / Re: waste oil heat for my shop
« on: January 08, 2020, 07:18:50 pm »
i have burned about 150 gals though this unit so far this winter.  working great. up to an easy 25 degrees over outside temp in my 36x60 shop after about an hour running.   i have found that if i run it with a bit less oil flow i get much less black and more white deposit left in the burn pot, with out less heat or stack temp.   

i did puncture through my burn pot a little bit when cleaning a few days, so i guess i need a new 4$ bucket. 


wondering if stainless really is necessary or i can just weld something up out of regular shop steel.   

i need to hit up our local thrift store i hear they have lots of pots and pans! 

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User Projects & Pictures / Re: waste oil heat for my shop
« on: December 19, 2019, 04:02:54 pm »
i have found its super hard to take a good video.  as soon as i open the door, the flame goes super rich from extra secondary air.  cant get phone to focus on good burn though the small drum hole.   when its going good it really does have a nice vortex swirl flame with nice even bright yellow/ white fire.   

i have played with cranking air and cranking oil, it seems to be the best with about a gallon per hour and my air pump at 1/2 speed (whatever that means with a router controller)    i had a larger bounce play house blower but it fried in 2hrs from too low speed from the router controller.  i read of warnings on the internet some AC motors over heat from the cheap speed controllers not being frequency based.   the 10$ amazon air pump is still running like a champ at any speed for a few weeks now, and i have a new spare one on the shelf. 

my main problem with increasing the air, is it starts to over pressure my system faster than it can run though the flew, then smoke or fumes comes out through the barrel stove secondary air ports below the main door- no good. 

air tube and oil tube into the side with slightly down ward angle was really my first attempt and experiment.  i know there is much room for improvement.  i guess if the next change i get less soot with same heat i am improving.  looking for a larger stainless steel bucket while Christmas shopping for sure this year.

i have about 200$ into the stove and a 2-3 nights of fabrication.  not really a big deal for the metal work on hotrods / races cars / offroad trucks i usually get into.  i am way past expectations so if i had to start over completely tomorrow i would not be devastated. 

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User Projects & Pictures / Re: waste oil heat for my shop
« on: December 19, 2019, 06:36:53 am »
8 degrees F  today in wonderful NY.  should be a good run on the burner tonight.  got another 25 gals of oil dropped off to my barn from a friend for free!

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about what gallon/hr are you running at? 

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