I found and logged on to this site last night for the first time. I live in the soggy Willamette Valley of Oregon. I hope to retire in two years, so I'm trying to save money and heat my playpen/shop at the same time so I can make things
I have a 70's vintage Coleman with a Wayne burner. It worked well on HHO. I originally employed the donna-mike WMO conversion and it worked fairly well as long as it wasn't too cold outside. Recently I've had a lot of issues and feel my nozzles may be part of the problem. They are old and I think the bronze screens are semi-plugged. I am planning to install a new one this weekend.
I've also decided to dump my current short cut WMO method and get more sophisticated. I made a 1" diameter x 4" aluminum pipe, pre-nozzle heater, that I am going to heat with a Mica heater. I found a 52 gallon water heater that I have converted to inside oil storage and I have an Auber 2342 PID that was originally going to be used in my powder coating oven (another project). For now, I hope to use the Auber for heater control once I figure the best wiring method. At this time I plan to wrap a few coils of copper return line around the stove pipe to help heat the oil in the inside, intermediate tank. I had thought about using the coiled pipe as a pre-heater but decided that would over work the OEM pump. I'm hoping that once the shop is kept toasty for a while I won't need a pre-pump heater. I could use the water heater elements but am reluctant, partially because of the extra electricity usage needed. We'll see.
Well I've already written too much so I won't continue, I need to look for examples of wiring diagrams anyway.
Mike
