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1. Never measured it...although now that you ask, I may do that this winter. 2. With a shop vac. 3. I've never actually measured run hours on the furnace; I would guess 1000 hours minimum over a typical heating season. I clean it out once a season, and get a few cups worth of ash in the...

My pump is located inside of the building, directly in line with my bulk tank. It is about 2' away from the tank outlet. It ***** oil through an automotive spin on filter (this protects the pump from any junk that ends up in my tank) and pushes it through a check valve and up to my heated...

The furnace that I was demonstrating in the video was only drawing from the small siphon tank. I was just running the furnace for testing, as it is going in a friend's shop. The siphon tank has a float switch in it that controls a time-interval relay, that supplies power to a receptacle on...

Here's the video I put together demonstrating the furnace: Most of my description is fairly generic and has already been covered here. But, its fun to see it light of and produce heat. If you want to just skip to that part it is at 8:46 in the video.

Just finished up with the conversion on the Bryant furnace. A few things I did differently from my furnace that I based this thread on: 1. I used solid-state relays instead of electromechanical relays for both heaters. Since they turn on and off so often, I figured these would last a lot...

Yep; difficult to find good deals on used oil furnaces where they aren't common! That price is exactly why I did the conversion on mine. I realize it was for a new unit, but that's still a lot of $$. The furnace I'm currently converting for my friend will be about $450 in parts (total). I am...

I picked up 2 more waste oil projects on craigslist recently; one of them is another furnace (this one is a 3-4 year old Bryant 115,000 BTU unit with a Beckett AFG burner. Got it on my local craigslist for $150; it is in almost new condition. It has a tube-type heat exchanger with no...

step 1: Stop posting this question in multiple threads. step 2: as was requested in the other thread, list more information. The reason you aren't getting any responses is because people have asked for more information and you haven't given any! Things like: I do/don't see a good...

step 1: Stop posting this question in multiple threads. step 2: as was requested in the other thread, list more information. The reason you aren't getting any responses is because people have asked for more information and you haven't given any! Things like: I do/don't see a good...

x2 I could list about 20 possible problems. With more information, we could narrow that down to 1 or 2 problems...

No problem! Looks like you're well on the way to having a nice setup! Your electrodes are closer to the nozzle than mine are...don't think that should be an issue, I was just observing the difference. I had to relocate my flame detector to the side of the blast tube so that it could see the...

I took advantage of the cold weather this morning to shoot some cold start videos on my Deuce and a Half and a few of my diesel generators. A couple of them are pretty cool to watch...smoky, chugging, missing diesel engines are music to my ears!

The block you have proposed is very similar to the one that Craig machines; if I were you, I would get my hands on one of those Hago Nozzles before making any plans. It has separate o-ringed ports for oil and air, and the vacuum is generated at the very tip of the nozzle. Craig's block also...

I am using a Hago stainless steel siphon nozzle that Craig Kepner sells; here is his website: www.ckburners.com Your setup looks awesome! I am in the process of building a waste oil fired boiler to send hot water to my house and shop as well...very similar to your setup. I plan to control...

Uploaded part 2 last night; in this second video, I perform a series of operational checks and tests that uncover a few additional problems. I make all of the repairs, and at the end of the video the set is ready for a full load test.

You might also try walking into a local heating contractor's office; let him know that you're working on an alternative fuel project and you need a used oil furnace. Usually those guys just scrap the furnaces that they pull out, so he would probably be willing to hold onto one for you for a few...

Hey, no problem at all! It was something that had crossed my mind more than once in the last few years...maybe somebody who actually works on conventional oil furnaces can chime in. I'm just a GC and I'll call the heating contractor if I'm working on a house with a furnace problem. I know...

I've often wondered if anybody was going to bring that up...I had intended to add one to my setup, it was just one of those things that I never got around to after getting a working furnace. Since my chimney is a class "A" stainless double wall, I'm not too worried about temps...but the damper...

I put them up for sale one at a time; I have sold about 20 of them in the last couple of years. It's really just a hobby that pays me a few $$...I have a "real" job, but I really enjoy bringing neglected equipment back to life. I have sold generators to a wide range of people; small...

The MEP generators flash the field during each startup; whenever the start switch is in the start position, 24v is applied to the field coils. So nope, no need to flash the field! I have had to do this on a few smaller generators; a 9v battery applied for just a few seconds works fine. I...