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Kevin Rushing
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Kevin's DIY and other fun stuff
How to make an Easy Waste Oil Heater from a wood stove
More detail on the waste oil heater I made from a wood stove
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Easy Solar Heater
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Building your own solar heater is a piece of cake. All you need is wood, glass or Plexiglas, dryer hose and some insulation. Perfect for the cheap "do it yourselfer" like me.
Easy Waste Oil Heater made from a wood stove
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Some "how to's" on waste oil heater design
Waste Oil Heater made from electric water heater
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How to build your own waste oil heater using an electric water heater.
thank you for this great video
Quick question...I have watched many of these waste oil burner videos and was wondering why none of them are build for in-home use. Any idea?
That’s probably due to safety concerns. It’s not impossible but would take some cash to make it UL approved.
What is that bowl
A stainless steel bowl from walmart
I wish every video that explains and shows an individual's experience on something that i watch on UA-cam were as helpful and relatable as this one. He gives an explanation of what HE did and i can add or subtract what info i want and showed it very well. Thx sir.
That fan melted yet?
Yeah. I’m on my second one
How big is your copper tube?
I use 1/4 to the valve and 3/8 below the valve to the stove. The 1/4 limits the amount of oil I have going to the stove so I don’t have a run-away flame.
@KevinRushing63 yeah I used a 3/8 needle valve and it always over fills my stainless bowl. Back to the drawing board for me.
Thank you so very much
Does it smell like burnt oil in the garage? Great job
Not at all
My governor back in 1980 converted a 2nd world war tortoise stove intoa waste oil and water drip fed stove and used a 4 inch peice of steel tube as the flue which went out through the roof we had to shut it down after 20 mins as the top of the flue was white hot and the flame was blasting out the top of the flue by about 6 feet and sounded like a doodlebug it nearly burned the workshop down ....awesome power though
what stops the oil lighting in the pipe and going to the tank
For combustion to happen there has to be heat, fuel and oxygen. Since the tube is full of fuel no oxygen can enter. Also the air being blown in for combustion cools the oil below ignition temperature. The fuel doesn’t burn until it enters the bowl . Hope that answers your question.
TOP NOTCH cheers
I like this idea for a shop heater. I heat my house with wood 🪵. My house is 30x60 with a four foot hallway down the center. And what I do to move the air is to put a box fan at the end of the hallway in front of the bedroom blowing the cooler air on the floor towards the wood stove that’s in the living room. It works great if you hold a candle 🕯️ up high the flame 🔥 will be leaning over in the direction of the hot air flow. And held low it goes in the direction of the cold air. I just leave the fan on low.
Good for the environment. Climate change is wasted on you.
Thanks
Lots of air might seem good... how about Nitrogen Oxide emissions. Nobody mentions this.
the phase angle dimmer might be problematic with an induction motor.
Haven’t had any problems with it
the fan seems like it could be engineered out and run on natural draught
With a larger pipe and complete re-engineering yes it could
I’ve taken out my old back boiler stove, I’m wondering iff this set up would work on heating radiators from it, would be interesting to see iff it does.
Good question. I’ll have to educate myself a little before I try it. I’ve never even seen one except from the pictures I just looked at
Yup you answered my question do not leave it un attended in case the fan don't work thank you Kevin
That cooper tubing will eventually disintegrate from heat, need to be replaced with stainless steel tube.
Doesn’t get that hot
Is there any version of this that does not require electricity to run a fan?
I haven’t experimented with that but it would require larger pipe, more vents in the stove and a different bowl
What blower did you use for this do you have links. I ask cause all the mattress blowers I've found. Have warnings not to run them more then 15 mins. Thanks man awesome set up.
Doesn’t really matter what brand. They’re probably all made by the same manufacturer. The trick is to keep them cool and break them in slowly only running them only 15 minutes or so for 4 or 5 cycles. The one I have now runs continuously for 3 to 4 hours
What is the fitting at the bucket so the oil does not leak out of buckett?
Yeah. It’s a quick disconnect fitting so I can fill the bucket with oil
Could you use a small propane tank for your bowl or would the heat be to much for it ?
Probably wouldn’t melt but seems like a lot of work for a bowl
I think that was a 45 going into the bowl. I'm just messing with you. This is good stuff. I'm trying to do the same thing. Only because my best friend owns a bar and he has used fryer grease to get rid of. It piles up in clear 5 gallon jugs. I have a couple storage tanks with the hand cr a nk pump. I just burn garbage with the it but I have a bunch of old woodstoves and a ton of ingenuity. Figured I could get a better use out of the grease. Even tho I already heat my house for free with firewood that I cut. Part of me just wants to make a waste oil heater just to do it
It will definitely do that for you but if it’s cold you’ll have to preheat the grease/ cooking oil to get it to flow
Would this work with waste veggie oil? Any way to get a fan that's much quieter?
It would but you have to heat it first because it gels up when it gets cold. You can put whatever blower on it you would like
How long does that 5 gallon pal last?
Average about 8 hrs
Ver cool! And doable!
Awesome job my man you are a legend thank you for the good explanation
Where can I get me one of them fireproof phones? I need it for my Sauna!
Very nice design. Air you adding the air to the furnace through the T fitting? Thanks
Watch my how to video for building the T and thank you
A friend of mine had a plain wood burning stove(a barrel) that dripped used oil on a log and used it for years, without any problem...a very primitive design...
You need a fire box for that big of flame
Why
A smart country would have inmates build such things for the law abiding citizens.
That’s why I made the video. So you would know how.😉
Great, some of these comments raise concern of climate clown who may report you to the E.P.A. and it's happened to others after posting creative ideas.
Agreed.
In case you didn't know, any lawyer can obtain the information of a complainant by the low cost of a subpoena being served and sometimes the info is just given by a phone call.
No mention of the alarm needed to check for CO2.
That’s funny since there isn’t any CO2 in the room. That what the stove pipe is for 🤣
Will it use old motor oil?
Yes
Can you show how you hook up the air pump please. I want to try this for my shop. Thank you from Maine
Watch my “How to” video. I think it will help
If you use a ball valve in conjunction with the turn valve then you can toggle it on/off while keeping your flow the same :)
Good idea
I was going to suggest the very same thing, instead I will make this suggestion, get an old soup ladle and dip up some oil to pour into the burn chamber and never have to adjust the flow after you get it set .
Do you have a dampener in the Exhaust stack
No. I’m not sure if a damper would work in a forced draft system
What type of bowl do you use? Want to make sure the bowl doesn't melt.
A stainless steel bowl I got at Walmart
@@KevinRushing63 thanks. Just watched it again and somehow missed that you already said that. This is one of the best waste oil heater videos I've seen. Great work
Great video..thanks
What keeps the oil from going down the air pipe before turning on the fan.
The oil is controlled by a valve and drips directly into the bowl. The blower starts when I slip the switch. The fan turns on automatically when the temperature reaches a preset temp
@@KevinRushing63 ok from the video it looked like the air tube was after the oil valve, going into the same tube as the oil. Or is it completely a different tube and i just didnt catch it.
@@aaronwood3540 it might answer your question better if you watch my “how to” video
This is the best...Thanks
N8ce
Thanks
So years ago, before the internet, I did this to a wood stove in my shop. It worked really well for quite a while. One day while it was running in my shop, I got distracted by an intruder on the property. about 45 minutes later when I got back. The entire stove and stove pipe were red hot. Glowing, almost white, and it was burning like a jet engine. Luckily I had a well casing as a stove pipe and it held up. It was insanely scary. My shop was all metal, there was nothing around it to burn and a concrete floor, It took it like 3 hours to burn down. I used up four fire extinguishers on it. They were useless. water would immediately flash to steam. not an option. going to build another one but it will have safety features. Be careful guys
I had a similar experience. You’re right, once that oil gets hot it’s hard to put the fire out. I even shut off all access to air and it still continued to burn for quite awhile. It was explained to me that’s the reason for the feed pipes being inside the burn pan so that if the oil level gets too high it will choke off the air and kill the fire. I’m not sure it would work, especially with forced air.
At first it sounds contradictory, but adding oil to an oil fire can help cool it down and put it out. By mixing cold oil with the burning oil, it will cool down the burning oil and make it easier to extinguish when it gets closer to not being of a self igniting temp. Water on oil is a no go.
@@KeithBair Well you're right about one thing, it is counterintuitive, since I had oil running onto it continuously for 45 minutes. It doesn't seem like leaving it on would have solved the problem. Conversely, it would have run out of the stove and into my shop. As I said this is before the internet, I had never seen or heard of such a thing. I just sort of invented it. a total science experiment. Scared me so bad I never did it again. during this I got burned so bad I had to go to the ER. Oil spattered on me from the fire extinguishers. burning oil. after watching a bunch of videos about it I am going to try it again. Although with much caution.
Cheers bruv
Looks good, an easy set up. Now how much oil will be use in a hr ? Or a day running.??
About 5 gallons in 8 hrs or so.
Oh Kevin.... that bowl- seems to me it might be a little tall? Directing the flame against the top mainly. But what if you cut the bowl off top or bottom (😂jk) cut the top lip down so the stove gets better heat dispersion. OH!!! OR! !!‐ from the top of the bowl- cut Down 1 1/2 inches, turn a 90 and cut across parallel with the top edge 2-3 INCHES. REPEAT! NOW... bend these out 30- 45°! Now you have introduced a swirling turbulence! ALWAYS helps with o2 molecules finding hungry fuel molecules! Nice build. What do you think? Anyone?
I’ll have to give it a try. Thanks for the input
This is the most effective waste oil burner I have seen so far, thanks !
So how is the fan connected?
I wired in a 120 degree F snap disk temperature switch. It’s attached to the back of the stove about an inch from the surface of the stove. When the temp reaches 120 the switch closes and the fan starts