Waste oil heaters

[mounds1730]

I have an MX 150 Lanair waste oil furnace. I use this furnace to heat my 30 x 50 shop. I do all repair work to the heater myself. My location si Southern IL.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

OK, pics of your installation and shop plz. You cannot just jump on here and tell us something without showing us.............

We are a bunch of visual people....................

Here is my MX200 installation thread.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=86184

Charles

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Welcome to GJ, its a great place...

Also, OP needs to go to User CP (control panel) in the menu bar across the top of the GJ page, and edit his profile to include a location (So. Illinois is sufficient) as it helps in the future when you ask a question that may be weather or code related.

Charles

 

[Shop Specialties]

2 Clean Burn CB 5000 and 1 CB 3250 with custom made 1,100 gallon tanks with stand for one of my customers. Also check out the correct way to install stovepipe.

 

[Shop Specialties]

CB 3250. Totes for oil storage.

 

[Shop Specialties]

CB 3500 with a custom made 1,600 gallon tank with stand.

 

[Heavymetalmechanic]

Sorry to ask for math... But roughly how many gallons per Sq Foot of shop do you use a season in these manufactured units?

 

[Shop Specialties]

Gallons per square foot ? I have never been asked that question yet.

I am assuming you are asking gallons per year ? I have customers burning anywhere from 200 - 15,000 gallons per year.

 

[Heavymetalmechanic]

I guess it's a stupid question, too many variables (location, shop size/hight, insulation etc.) to take into account.

I just got curious after seeing the different sizes of oil storage being used.

 

[Shop Specialties]

It is not a stupid question.

Every sale/install I do is different. I like to specialize each one to fit each customers needs.

 

[Heavymetalmechanic]

Ha no worries, my best questions are the stupid type.

 

[rburke65]

Hello and welcome mounds .... from Hi!

 

[Charles (in GA)]

You size the heater to the building like you would any heater. The heater BTU will determine how much fuel in Gal/hr you are going to burn (running continuous). mine is rated at 1.44 gal per hr and it is 200K btu. with it cycling on and off, it probably averages close to 1 gal per hour actual consumption. Of course this depends on outside air temp/heat loss, etc that determines how much the heater cycles.

It all depends on whether you run it 24/7 or have a climate with wild temp swings and possibly you only use the building part of the time and don't have an issue with the building getting cold when you are not using it.

In any case, its a lot of oil and you will need lots of friends or good sources of oil. I was just given a gallon by one co-worker today, another gave me about 3 gals. I collect it all year.

Charles

 

[Shop Specialties]

Clean Burn CB 3250 replacing a Shenandoah Horizon 315.

 

[Shop Specialties]

CB 2500 replacing a 15 year old CB 2800 that has over 18,000 hours of use.

 

[Shop Specialties]

CB 1750 with a 250 gallon UL spec tank/stand.

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[Milton Shaw]

I usually find the oil is hot enough when I drain it that I don't need a waste oil heater. LOL. It's just about like call some thing a Hot Water Heater instead of a water heater.

 

[Low50s]

CB 1750 with a 250 gallon UL spec tank/stand.

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Bumping this thread, Man I want something like this in my garage. I could definitely get away with something smaller in size but I keep coming back to I want a Clean Burn heater !! I just cant find a good used unit !

 

[Shop Specialties]

Bumping this thread, Man I want something like this in my garage. I could definitely get away with something smaller in size but I keep coming back to I want a Clean Burn heater !! I just cant find a good used unit !

To bad you did not live closer otherwise I could help you out.

 

[Low50s]

To bad you did not live closer otherwise I could help you out.

I have tried to contact my local dealer master burn by email two times with no reply, I try using email for 2 reasons, I can try and make contact at the end of the day when I can actually take a seat and 2 then I have records. But every time I contact them I don’t get reply’s

 

[Shop Specialties]

I have tried to contact my local dealer master burn by email two times with no reply, I try using email for 2 reasons, I can try and make contact at the end of the day when I can actually take a seat and 2 then I have records. But every time I contact them I don’t get reply’s

Shoot me an email to [email protected] with your info. I will try to get a hold of them for you and see if that will help.

 

[shackwrrr]

Shenandoah 175

https://photos.app.goo.gl/NchNUkSVWF3UHX1r7