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I do like my boiler system. The boiler and tank are in a shed away from the house. Any spills and smells are away from the house. Been using a ckburner kit for six years reliability been very good. There has been some problem and not all have been do to the kit. There is also a learning curve.

Do you have access to enough waste oil to heat your home?

I would keep your tank for fuel oil. Waste oil burner do have problems and you will need a back up heat source.

Try looking at http://www.kagiburner.com/

I am running a metering pump. I did run my blast tube deeper into the burn chamber then CKBurners suggested I should run it shallow and I have ran it shallow every since.

mine is a boiler, an aquastat signals the burner to fire and shut off. maybe russ can help you with the thermostat wiring.

after looking at old pictures of my forced air waste oil furnace. there is a fan limit control switch at controlled the burner. it had transformer on it run the 24volt thermostat.

 now i know why they're so pricey.

 do you think you could drill the old heater cartridge out? just a though.

glad you got it up and running. that was a cheap fix.

I have another question. What would happen if your system stopped working for some reason or you ran out of oil or you didn't want to leave it unattended while on vacation. Is your system well insulated to avoid freezing? Do you have to have alternative heat in your shed? Would your heat exchanger back feed heat back to your boiler in the shed? 

Thanks James

I had that issue on cold night. I'm sure that when you get your system up and running and when that happens to you, you will be able to figure it out.

water supply trenched below frost line

2) do you have a mixer installed ( I have read that especially with cast iron boilers the return needs to be mixed with a little of the supply to prevent boiler shock)?   

you have me confused. you asked about my domestic water supplying the boiler system. then you ask about boiler shock with a mixer valve in the supply line. no mention of the mixer being in boiler supply line.

I have no temperature gauge in the return line to the boiler.

I say this with all kindness "it is possible to over think a project".