Waste oil burner-100% free heat!!_part 2

[christinamoneyhan]

I was raised in a 4 room house and our only heat in the Pennsylvania winter was a hot plate kerosene living room heater. How quickly people forget.

[SlowMoVanGo]

Thank you for the update video. I always thought the Burn pipe needed holes in it. Yours works great! When I build mine it will be similar to yours.
Thanks again...

[mcjoetaco]

I suggest adding an intake pipe at the bottom of this heater unit that takes from outside. As it runs now, you are pulling air from inside your shop which is then ejected out of the building through the exhaust. This creates negative air pressure in your shop which means there is cold air entering your shop through gaps, doors, etc. By installing an intake pipe that sucks outside air directly into this heater unit, you will eliminate the cool air draft inside your shop ultimately providing more efficient heat. Then it would make sense to add a door to the bottom to prevent indoor air from entering.

[randyschmittou]

I've watched a bunch of the oil burner videos and this setup in my opinion is the best. Great video. Only thing that I see that would be much better is to draw the air from the outside, as someone else suggests. You are the first one that I have seen that shows the top of the flue. Thanks for sharing.

[tommi]

Yes Sir, thats just what ive been looking for. Nothing too nerd! Just cut and little weld, nothing fancy. Grat work man!!

[timothyarnold]

Back in the 70s we used an old oil can with a brake pipe braised out of the bottom. We crimped it at the other end so the the old engine oil just managed to drip out enough to keep the flame lit in an old cast iron stove pot. It gave out enough heat to keep the two car garage that I worked in warm all day.

[timpope]

I'm wondering how it performs with a door, I have a small engine repair shop and have several 55 gal drums full of waste oil and have been watching multiple videos and your design seems the most efficient by not using any electricity to run a blower, thanks for taking the time to share this information with us and safe travels on the road my friend !

[GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

You have gotten it figured out.
Needle valves are meant for metering, but with used oil, any little chunk that gets through, with plug or at least partially plug a needle valve.
For field spraying and fertilizer, we have foam markers to tell where we have been. One machine has a 1/4" ball valve, the other has a needle valve, the soap and water solution can plug either one.. but the needle valve plugs more often.

[wattienewton]

Thanks man that works really well, I've tried with needle valve and yes it block's up pain in the butt, I like your new design will try for sure.
Cheers from NZ

[kelvenguard]

My Grand Mother had an Old Wood/Coal 2 Spot Cook Stove in the Kitchen used only for Heating and a Oil Burning Stove in the Living Room when it was being used... Nothing in the 2 Bedrooms or Porch and Single Bathroom 1960-70s and 1980s she moved sometime in the 1990s into a old folks condo and sold the Farm :) Alberta Canada

[genocanabicea]

You want the oil to vaporize. Or use a restrictive grate. That makes the vapor stay inside until it burns. When its right the flare will appear blue.

[IMJUSTBILLUNO]

Has anyone commented that it might be pulling too much air? Doesn’t need much . Maybe put a door over the front opening. Just a thought. Looks like a good job.

[grumpyguys]

best one I have seen on youtube so far.

[Kulis]

Careful with the gasoline, I've got a friend that had the bottle blowup in his face when he was pouring gas down a carburetor to get an old truck started. It backfired and ignited the vapor in the bottle. He's now disfigured for life and has had about 40 surgeries.

[alaskanalain]

It gets a lot of air from the rotor but may lack some catalytic action without the holes. If you get any smell or smoke whatsoever, even the smallest amount then try to spread the air inlet holes a little more evenly. I have not yet seen one single burner that has the most efficient size burn chamber. Yours does seem to work well though, good job.

[publiusvelocitor]

You have the true spirit of an engineer.

[lawrencefox]

Flue cover atop to control burn, bricks next to red hot metal on caliper ie longer heat retention.

[grabir]

It would appear you do not need the outer shell metal at all except towards the wall or other zones you do not wish to over heat. I would cut away the metal facing the areas where I want the heat to radiate to and what is needed to support the heat exchanger to flue pipe and stand support.

[thoffgrid]

I think im going to build upon this! I think if you had the vent pipe running through a tube of water (like an off grid hot tub) you could extract more heat from the system! then you could pipe that holding tank of warm water into the ground in super cold climates and use it to melt snow or heat greenhouses!

[alanrosak]

Great video I m going to copy your set up wanted to know if the pipe that sits in the brake discs at the top of it is blocked off or open. Thanks