I would still put a simple Carbon monoxide CO Meter on the shop wall next to this furnace and keep an eye on the CO levels just in case of a malfunction..You are combusting pure hydrocarbons here for heating and the biproducts are very dangerous toxic gases.
I have the same one in my shop for the last 35years. the heat exchanger finally went so i am getting a new one soon. They saved me thousands over the years in gas bills.
Looks like a great way to burn up used oil and not pay to have it removed. Looks like a great idea! This makes so much sense I bet it's completely illegal in California.
I don’t think I’ve seen that kind of furnace before. I’ve seen regular oil furnaces that have huge 200-300 gallon tanks underground. It runs in red diesel oil. Not that kind you use with oil filter, used oil and other byproducts fo run that furnace. Basically you’re getting free heat.
get the oil from a fish and chip shop out of the deep fryers,you will be hungry all day.a guy in australia run it in an old fordson tractor and it smells like fish and chips at the exhaust.
I drink your milkshake!! Amazing the cost of the stack more than the unit. I have the same color coded deep sockets inadvertently cameod at the end. Love em even though the color fades
@@JimsEquipmentShed more than 20 years 4 sure. If u wanna burn waste oil here, unit must include serious exhaust gas scrubbing, really like an industrial set up
Lisle has a Pad that fits into your drain pan funnel, Lisle NO SPLITTER Pad part # for the round one was 38757, also helps with filtering. I sure like your heating system.
Nice one Work at a garage in the North of UK in 1984 to 87 We had an oil burner had a tank on the side and dripped the oil on a plate with a fan to help it burn. Also, use an oily rag to start it.
I’m doing the timing belt change on my car right now and it’s been snowing quite a bit. It sucks to say the least. Turning a wrench is hard when you can’t feel your fingers!
Safely dispose of waste oil and keep the shop warm and comfortable...sounds like a win/win. I can't imagine what it would cost to heat that many cubic feet using natural gas or propane for a winter, but I'm sure that heater has paid for itself many times over.
What? It is still legal, just like coal heating. In Poland a huge part of new-build houses still gets coal stoves, even after passed new EU regulations.
I am wondering how many BTUs the furnace rating per hour ?? You said you use one hundred gallons a year. That is just fantastic and cheap. What improvements did you make to the waste oil heater ??? Did you insulate your shop of 3000 square feet ??? One more thing, why did you have to get a permit to use the heater ???? Thanks for you time Sir. Peace vf
This is jail time in Europe, pure cancer is coming out of the chimney unless there is a really expensive pm10 particle filter on the top of the chimney, but i highly doubt it
Have you heard about the used oil furnace from 1950's that ran on water? Patent was issued to army service men in Texas for only adding water line to T fitting for used oil burner on used jeep engine oil, to get 50% increase in efficiency. That was not what was written in their application for Patent. SS coil tubing in brick insulated firepot of oil burner hooked to input common water line. Oil furnace started. Oil line has spring operated check one way valve. Temperature gauge monitored for temp up to 1500 degrees F. Then valve opened so as superheated steam is allowed in T fitting with oil to tiny nozzle. Nice burn flame runs constant. Then oil line shut off. Furnace still runs. Shock wave from 90 lbs pressure to zero AMBIENT in fire-pot forms Hydrogen and Oxygen torch flame that also heats heat exchanger. Normally water molecules separate at about 3000-6000 degrees which is too much energy. The vibration shock wave allows for disassociation at lower temperature. Electric motor with dual shafts ran 2 oil pumps at 90lbs. If water shut off, and cooled down, then furnace has to be restarted on oil. A much smaller unit in crate was shown to a US senator in Washington building underground parking , as an open trunk display. This was somewhat similar to the propane operated camping stove with circular pores, vertical round fire brick insulated chimney, and interior SS tubing of water. When steam introduced to T fitting, the fuel used was shut down leaving burning circular torch flames. It probably used minerals free distilled water so as nozzle would not clog. (US Patent office not allow for over unity for public.- Free Energy is eliminated in issued US Patents. US- 2,863,499.
Me too! But mine is gravity fed. No nozzles no fans. It roars and rumbles. Burns through stainless and cast iron combustion chambers. Runs me out of the shop sometimes. I'm going to come up with a ceramic chamber that may last longer.
That's super neat, I didn't know those existed. I do wonder about its thermal efficiency, though. Seems like a lot of the heat gets wasted just exiting through the exhaust. Also, how much oil do you usually collect in a year? Do you only burn engine oil, or do you mix it with other oils like brake fluid?
He answers this in the video at around 8:25, it will burn anything petroleum based (trans fluid, engine oil, hydraulic oil, gasoline, diesel, brake fluid) except coolant, or coolant contaminated oil.
@@benzlover55 I know he said it'll burn many types of oil, but he never said if he did burn all the waste oil he got, or if he just burned engine oil, not did he mention if he just mixed everything in one big drum, or if he kept all the different oils in their own containers.
@@MrFastFox666 looking at his setup in the video it seems logical that he just pours/mixes everything together, it would not make much sense to separate it.
Does anyone know if you can you burn used hydraulic oil? We have a machine at work that leaks hydraulic oil like crazy. I would love to use it for something besides putting it in a waste container for pickup by pump truck.
It’s all about burning it cleanly, which is sort of a misnomer when it comes to oil. I’m not an expert on this by any stretch, but from what I’ve gathered over the years, waste oil burnt in a furnace like this is actually much, much cleaner than if it had been burnt in an engine, mostly because the furnace facilitates a much hotter burn of the oil.
@@a.dudeman7715 thanks for your insight, I knew nothing about them as this product is not widespread in my country. In the following report, they say : T o summarize, natural gas has low PM 2.5 emissions but moderate carbon dioxide emissions. Wood pellet fuel has much higher PM 2.5 emission levels (based on current technology) but effectively lower carbon dioxide emissions due the renewable nature of trees that absorb carbon dioxide as they grow. ASTM No. 2 fuel as currently used has higher emissions of PM 2.5 than natural gas, much lower PM 2.5 emissions than wood pellet fuel and higher levels of carbon dioxide emissions than both alternatives www.bnl.gov/isd/documents/71376.pdf So I learned something today, thanks 2stroketurbo
Just tried burning used oil.... NEVER AGAIN. It stinks, creates a lot of smoke, can't get the odor out of my hair or clothes, burn barrel still smoldering 24hrs later. Nope!
His customers contribute a gallon of shop heating oil when they have their oil changed. The problem isn't having enough waste motor oil. More like how to get rid of it. Nice problem to have.
Hey there! Just trying to watch out for your safety, what about putting a rail up on the mezzanine? In one vid I remember your kid walking up there and nearly had a heart attack, know to many people who fell from heights...
