I thought all that used oil is sold to Chinese transport ships and they burn it for fuel. They may wait until they are outside US territorial waters however.. lol.
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If only someone would have, in a large public way, warned europe of their dependance on russian fuels...
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I may know of a waste oil dripper setup using steel brake line run into a woodstove in a shop. Start on wood and once hot set the dripper to pretty much maintain the flame with no additional wood needed for a long time.
An industrious man could easily do the same.
An industrious man could easily do the same.
I might be looking at that very same setup while incorporating a heat exchanger.
Key is great ventilation and having an alarm for more than just CO.
People get killed for the most stupid stuff. A month or so ago, not far from where that original story happened, but still in the "greater KC metro area" a guy got killed over $25 in weed. Killed a guy over $25 in pot, the next month Missouri votes it legal. People doing stupid things all the time, you just never know.
CA, go figure. Keep in mind that SOB out there wants to be pres, not like what the people think mean one single thing. Read a real interesting article yesterday on that, but will save it for another thread.
When we did horses we had the same thing for water. I use rain water in my shop for the sink, I need another one.
This is the most common "home made" design I have seen, "drip" heaters. Generally you need to get the area where the oil will "drip" very hot so it will flash when it hits, then pump in air to get the flame really going. Oddly enough oil really does not want to burn, if you don't believe me try it, take a quart pour it in a soup can and try to light it on fire....it just does not want to catch, you can say the same with diesel, it will burn, but not a WOOSH like gas.
Most of the designs use a stainless "pan" for the oil to drip into and fire, it is quite hot when you pump air into it.....that as I understand things is really a key to it, you need to pump in the air for a "good burn"
Yeah I know that's nothing new. I've seen people get dumped for stupid stuff over my lifetime.
Where's Chad?
i have a planar diesel air heater at the cabin. 8kw. it's the expensive domestic version but it may make more sense to buy 2 of the cheap chinese versions.
there are some really cool videos out there about people making diesel from waste plastic too. essentially just a moonshine still fed plastic. boil the plastic in a tank without oxygen (using wood fire or whatever) and then run the fumes through cooling coils to condense it to liquid that drops into a tank. voila' free diesel
my parents heated with kerosene heaters in the 80s. they are cheap and put off a ton of heat and even though we didn't have a carbon monoxide problem, they do put something in the air that bothered my throat/lungs after a while. i wouldn't use them unless i had no other choice
propane is good too but creates a ton of moisture. prob not an issue in a huge metal garage with ventilation, and i keep a buddy heater and propane for emergencies, but definitely wouldn't run it all the time.
wood is the way to go around here
there are some really cool videos out there about people making diesel from waste plastic too. essentially just a moonshine still fed plastic. boil the plastic in a tank without oxygen (using wood fire or whatever) and then run the fumes through cooling coils to condense it to liquid that drops into a tank. voila' free diesel
my parents heated with kerosene heaters in the 80s. they are cheap and put off a ton of heat and even though we didn't have a carbon monoxide problem, they do put something in the air that bothered my throat/lungs after a while. i wouldn't use them unless i had no other choice
propane is good too but creates a ton of moisture. prob not an issue in a huge metal garage with ventilation, and i keep a buddy heater and propane for emergencies, but definitely wouldn't run it all the time.
wood is the way to go around here
One thing for certain.
All you motherfuckers glow.
Some of us have extremely good memory, besides being world class puzzle masters.
At this point only the absolute dumbest of us have a glowtugger inside our circle.
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