Waste Oil Heaters

[Burdekin]

I'm considering converting my two wood stoves at my workshop to waste oil heaters but wondering how safe are they? Are there any preferred plans?

 

[gaz1]

easy to follow system

http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/waste-oil-heater.57695/

 

[JA3llis]

Iv just finished mine and fitted today. I followed roughly the plans on youtube of a converted 47kg gas bottle using gravity fed waste oil and i can say this thing gets HOT! Scarily hot infact if you need any pics just lrt me know and i will try and assist

 

[Burdekin]

Thanks. Definitely interested in seeing your pics.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Waste oil heaters are banned in Scotland, as in prohibited by law

England seemingly might be going the same way

Advice below from : http://www.zmosystems.co.uk/faqs/

Ahh, but do the regulations specify the exact ratio of diesel/heating oil/fresh vegetable oil to waste oil permitted? and, what are the odds of the Waste Oil Police calling at your workshop/shed to check on the ratio in use......?

 

[the artfull-codger]

when I asked a mate of mine a few years ago, who has a garage why he didn't invest in a waste oil burner, he said because of the regulations it wasn't worth the trouble.

 

[JA3llis]

I will post my build pics tommorow when i take ones of final product minus paint as i havent had time yet unfortunately. With regards air quality i think thats a little ott. If you did a little reserch you would probably find a diesel car doing on avarage 10k a year is a lot more polluting than a oil burner that burns quite cleanly? Burning of any fossil fuel is damaging to the environment hence paying the premium to the goverment for using oil burners. Or how about 2 stroke that burn oil? Anyway pics to follow its extremely good and been muti fuel can burn wood/coal also

 

[JA3llis]

Yes im a mechanic myself and understand the dangers of used engine oil. Is that the anual smoke test that vag group have admitted to cheating for a minimum of the last 7-10 years? I wonder why that was?

 

[gaz1]

I will post my build pics tommorow when i take ones of final product minus paint as i havent had time yet unfortunately. With regards air quality i think thats a little ott. If you did a little reserch you would probably find a diesel car doing on avarage 10k a year is a lot more polluting than a oil burner that burns quite cleanly? Burning of any fossil fuel is damaging to the environment hence paying the premium to the goverment for using oil burners. Or how about 2 stroke that burn oil? Anyway pics to follow its extremely good and been muti fuel can burn wood/coal also

yeah you will find its kinda 2 faced on the puluting side of things apparently some areas can burn smokey wood fires and those that are burning with secondary air systems which are much cleaner are frowned upon when they are homemade

if you want to make sure you could always add a heated secondary air inlet higher up the system just be aware it can lengthen you flame even more than what it is now as this is what happens with the wood fires when using secondary air but it does provide a more complete burn

 

[JA3llis]

I am also an mot tester ;-)

 

[Wendelspanswick]

You mean the US NOx test.../ Cheating on the CO2 Type Approval test?
The UK MOT smoke test can be passed by a 1992 diesel...its never as yet been updated...(though it keeps cropping up...equipment cost and reliability of the test during low temperatures IIRC has a lot to do with it)
Any car with a DPF would pass even with the fuelling seriously messed with....and even minus its DPF it takes a lot of meddling to fail

Mechanic or "X Maker Approved Technician" (there is a difference)...clearly you have no MOT emissions test knowledge....

Right or wrong the legislation is there...and SEPA are someone I DON'T want to get on the wrong side of....I know someone who fell foul of SEPA...living hell was an understatement...noses poked into EVERY area they could, storage of chemicals, requests for evidence of correct disposal of xyz (seems a lot of stuff "legally" shouldn't be stuck in the bin...ignorance in their view being no defence...) - usual end - court appearance, fines based on THEIR view of the likely pollution (bit like the revenue when they get a sniff of untaxed work...they take a worst case scenario and clobber you over the head with it...), seizure of polluting items, prohibition orders, future unannounced visits (till the cows are long past home...)
Essentially - the poo hits the fan big style...

If you are going to preach about not breaking the law then that has to apply to every law, not just the ones that you agree with, so that includes never going over the speed limit etc., any thing else is hypocrisy.