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waste oil heat for my shop
smichaelR22:
Just bought a house this year in Scottsville NY and i have a 36x160 all metal barn (2 story actually) I have been building the shop this year and working on the house also. we seem to go right from summer to winter with no fall. i had scored about 3200 sq feet of 3" foam board insulation for the roof of the shop side and almost have it all up.
in the mean time, i have been working on my version of a waste oil shop heater. i have watched a bunch of youtube and decided to go the barrel stove version and gave it a go!
working excellent tonight with 58 degrees in the shop with outside temp at 32 tonight. i am super happy. i still have more insulation to put up and could probably make some burn chamber improvements. i have put up a tarp wall to make the heated portion 36x60. 14 foot walls at edge and open beam construction 21' at peak. she is a big girl.
smichaelR22:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a1eq5YMOKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmVK-qln2EU
smichaelR22:
air pump:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CTP6M91/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A34ENBLB4H8OH5&psc=1
burn chamber is a stainless steel wine bottle ciller tin i got for 4$ at dollar store something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Romance-Helpers-Stainless-Champagne-Chiller/dp/B078YYC7WM/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_img_5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=B9R6HCDJXXE0HKBJNAC8
3/8 steel fuel/brake line for oil line inside a 2" tube that reduces down to 1" before it goes into the burn chamber side for a swirl flowing burn
use a router speed control to adjust air flow. hose bib on 5 gallon bucket to adjust oil flow.
i like the 5 gallon bucket because it keeps you checking on it about every two hours or so. and keeps any mess down to 5 gals or less.
smichaelR22:
my floor is wood so the whole setup is sitting on a 1/2" plate of steel and some cinder blocks.
so far it has been working great and no issues. i went a little over kill on the heat exchange tubes so there is def room to make more fire and pull more heat out.
running at about a gallon per hour with minimal flew smoke. any more it starts going rich and not clean, without really any more heat. i assume i need a bigger Pot to get more fuel to burn.
have close to unlimited supply of WMO or freyer oil so thats not a problem.
Russ:
Nice shop you have there! Looks like you have a very nice space to work and will most certainly be more comfortable with some heat and even better, nearly free heat!
That is a very interesting design. You mentioned that the heat exchanger might be a little over kill. What temp is your flu running at? I'd imagine if you are pulling most of the heat out, it is fairly low.
Great job on your heater and thanks for posting for others to see. Good luck and stay warm!
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