Great video mate, did you look into having a double or triple pass design? Or making the exhaust come out of the bottom, to keep the heat in, as the exhaust would need to cool down first to get out of the heater
I didn’t change this design radically from my first attempt so I could reuse several components. The air inlet is at the bottom on both versions so that prevents me from exhausting downward. The combustion gasses do make their way through a lengthy route before making their way up the chimney.
Good question. Off the top of my head, without pricing out everything in detail I’d say somewhere in the $500 range. It’s the little things such as the oil pump and control that quickly add up. If you were to go with a drip feed, maybe a bit less. Other expensive part is shipping, the heavy & bulky unit will be expensive to ship.
@@rad1876 Thanks for your fast response. I'm thinking about hooking something like this to my Central Outdoor Boiler wood burning stove to reduce the amount of wood i burn every year. I live in northern Minnesota and go through 8 to 12 cords per year. I thought I could supplement that by burning waste oil from farm equipment. Do you think its possible with this unit?
The idea to supplement your wood usage is sound but as usual execution is everything. I would say this design is light duty, not meant for many hundred hours of continuous use. Operation is still somewhat crude and requires supervision, with enhancements it could be more autonomous. Aside from a bit of tweaking it could work great at using your used oil and you can get some extra BTUs from it.
@@rad1876 Thanks for your input. Im thinking of installing the waste oil burner ahead of my wood boiler on the cold water return line. This would dump the preheated water into my hot water storage tank on the wood boiler which is regulated to 180 degrees. I would then use the controls on the wood boiler stove to circulate the hot water through my infloor heat.Any thoughts on this? Thanks.
Gathering ideas for my waste oil burning project! Digging the content. Thanks!
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Great video mate, did you look into having a double or triple pass design? Or making the exhaust come out of the bottom, to keep the heat in, as the exhaust would need to cool down first to get out of the heater
I didn’t change this design radically from my first attempt so I could reuse several components. The air inlet is at the bottom on both versions so that prevents me from exhausting downward.
The combustion gasses do make their way through a lengthy route before making their way up the chimney.
Hey...Great Design. How much would it cost for you to build me one of these?
Good question. Off the top of my head, without pricing out everything in detail I’d say somewhere in the $500 range. It’s the little things such as the oil pump and control that quickly add up. If you were to go with a drip feed, maybe a bit less.
Other expensive part is shipping, the heavy & bulky unit will be expensive to ship.
@@rad1876 Thanks for your fast response. I'm thinking about hooking something like this to my Central Outdoor Boiler wood burning stove to reduce the amount of wood i burn every year. I live in northern Minnesota and go through 8 to 12 cords per year. I thought I could supplement that by burning waste oil from farm equipment. Do you think its possible with this unit?
The idea to supplement your wood usage is sound but as usual execution is everything.
I would say this design is light duty, not meant for many hundred hours of continuous use.
Operation is still somewhat crude and requires supervision, with enhancements it could be more autonomous.
Aside from a bit of tweaking it could work great at using your used oil and you can get some extra BTUs from it.
@@rad1876 Thanks for your input. Im thinking of installing the waste oil burner ahead of my wood boiler on the cold water return line. This would dump the preheated water into my hot water storage tank on the wood boiler which is regulated to 180 degrees. I would then use the controls on the wood boiler stove to circulate the hot water through my infloor heat.Any thoughts on this? Thanks.