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Messages - tightwad nik

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Welcome Center / Re: Legality of using a waste oil burner in one's home
« on: February 25, 2012, 03:50:51 pm »
F**K UM, just do it, you have to get a permit for that and the other.... what happens to the money you pay for your permit, do they plant trees to offset the carbon footprint, or help to save the world...... thats the reasoning behind my F**K UM attitude

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Buy - Sell - Trade / Re: looking for a barometric damper, draft regulator
« on: February 18, 2012, 11:46:34 am »
i was hoping to make another oil heater for peanuts....... bloody expensive peanuts lol

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Buy - Sell - Trade / Re: looking for a barometric damper, draft regulator
« on: February 16, 2012, 11:55:56 am »
knew it, $53 to ship to the UK   >:( might have to make one

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Buy - Sell - Trade / Re: looking for a barometric damper, draft regulator
« on: February 16, 2012, 11:50:34 am »
ah ha, thats good , and shipping looks economical, i'll see if his prices dont shoot up when i mention UK

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Buy - Sell - Trade / looking for a barometric damper, draft regulator
« on: February 10, 2012, 08:39:11 am »
im looking for a 6" barometric damper/draft regulator, you guys in america have these in abundance, here in UK we dont have any.... anyone willing to help me out ??? cheers Nik

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Babington / Re: Oil pump?
« on: January 19, 2012, 01:59:27 pm »
hi there you dont have enough air in the combustion chamber, although using a babington does put air in the combustion chamber thats really only the first stage of combustionyou need extra air to have complete combustion, id get a gun type oil fired boiler arrangement, take everything off it, leaving only the fan and oil pump(the oil pump will give you a constant flow of oil you require with little if any modification) and use the fan to add extra air in, easypeasy,id be happy to help you if you need any help, but you sound like your 90% there

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Welcome Center / hello again......
« on: November 10, 2011, 04:15:42 pm »
as the weather gets colder, we all flock round this warm forum, back once again to see the latest batch of home-built heating contraptions

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Compressed Air Sources / Re: refrigerator type compressor
« on: September 24, 2011, 02:42:17 pm »
already tried that, no they dont work they just gring to a halt as the motor isnt powerful enoughto keep it going, although pump would do it.

i use an old hydraulic pump, does it with ease

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Welcome Center / Re: waste oil cooking stove (I need your help!)
« on: April 18, 2011, 03:37:32 pm »
id like to help, send me instructions to nikjason@aol.com cheers nik

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User Projects & Pictures / Re: Spikes Truck Drum Heater
« on: February 15, 2011, 02:00:59 pm »
looks like too much oil is trying to be burnt, on my drip feed system i have an air inlet further up by the start of the chimney/stack so its not sucking too hard from your secondary air souce, unbolt the stack and put washers under the bolts and try that, it would help with the draw and let air in

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Welcome Center / Re: Hello
« on: February 05, 2011, 03:05:31 am »
not really, all you need is the right amount of air and it does the rest on its own, normally when your burning oil and your getting lots of smoke it cause you aint getting enough air into the mix, i use a small hairdryer to blow extra air in, or an old vacuum cleamer on blow, you'll need a dimmer rheostat to control the flow of air

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Welcome Center / Re: Hello
« on: February 03, 2011, 02:50:04 pm »
welcome, its very easy to have a pipe going in drip feeding oil into an old steel pan, there done it !!!

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User Projects & Pictures / Re: Ash & Exhaust Contenet From Burned Waste Oil
« on: January 24, 2011, 04:50:50 pm »
but whats this got to do with projects and pictures, and long live burning old engine oil, i breathe in the fumes in the hope i get cancer by my own means

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User Projects & Pictures / Re: Spikes Truck Drum Heater
« on: December 28, 2010, 02:51:10 pm »
great thread, nice to see your approaching this at a different angle

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Waste Motor Oil / Re: my heater build starts 1/12/10
« on: December 23, 2010, 04:11:47 am »
ive had it running yesterday in my 6m x 5m workshop, outside was -7 degrees C and inside i was down to a t-shirt, i think its a bit of overkill, so i switched the blower off and then adjusted the oil flow right down and it continued to maintain a nice heat all day, got a bit sooty inside though so i blasted it with some air to get the fire fierce again before shutting it down for the night.

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