Waste oil boiler-design and where to start

[superduty_59]

Doug, I contacted Craig at CKburners. He does not do kits for Riello burners. So now we know and can plan accordingly. Thanks

[doug]

that's good to know about the riello and ckburner. hope ya find something soon. with the access to the amount of oil you can get it's too bad your not heating with it now. it's a great way to heat.

[superduty_59]

I hear you Doug. It's frustrating to know I have basically an unlimited supply of good  quality used oil and can't take advantage of it yet and to top it off I just put $600 in my LP tank. 

[doug]

pm sent..

[superduty_59]

I found some 330 gallon IBC totes. I tought that if I had 2 of them they would make great waste oil storage tanks! Anybody think of a reason why these would not be a good idea? Thanks

[Russ]

I used one for a while, but it was too big for my needs.  A friend of mine uses several.  They seem to work well if you have the space and means to move them around if need be.

[superduty_59]

That's good to know Russ. I am planning to put at least 2 maybe more in my shed. The boiler will help preheat the oil to room temp. They will be semi-permanent. No need to move just fill. Judging by Doug's boiler he uses between 800-1200 gallons so 2-3 330 gallons totes will be a good start. Still just napkin drawings at this point. Still no boiler!

[superduty_59]

I found this on youtube! Russ feel free to move this to another section if you would like. Alomst exactly what I want to do and very similar to Doug's boiler system. He has parts for sale too.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QDYVOzWcvQ

[Russ]

That is a nice setup.  Clever constant level tank.  They are using a pump and the excess just flows back into the tank.  Do you have email contacts for these people?  We should invite them to this site.  We need more people!