Re: used oil heater

Posted by NCWayne on December 31, 2012 at 00:09:36 from (69.40.232.132):

In Reply to: Re: used oil heater posted by Ralphwd45 on December 30, 2012 at 23:31:16:

I posted once already about my encounter with a waste oil drip type heater. Now, knowing a bit more info, I'll add a bit to my previous post. Based on what yor saying, the problem with a drip oil setup is that it takes awhile and a bit of messing around to get one going. Once burning they can be put out quite easily by simply turning off the supply and letting the oil burn out of the burner chamber. The problem is that once it has been put out it has to be allowed to cool down before you try to re-light it. I can say from experience trying to relight the thing when hot can be a 'hair singeing' experience. I went through that once with mine and had I not been wearing a welding golve and safety glasses I'd have blistered my right hand and probably part of my face too. When the oil hit the hot burner surface it immediately flashed into a fireball. As it was, I was lucky and only singed the hair on my sideburns, one eyebrow, and the hair on my arm for about 2 inches above the cuff of the glove.

That said a drip oiler IS NOT what you need to use given what your wanting a heater for. As someone who works on heavy equipment for a living, and does 95% of the work outside, I tell you with no doubt that one of the small round or rectangular propane heaters sitting on a typical tank (or a bigger one of you can move it around easily) will be your best bet. Personally, when the weather requires, and I'm in the field in the middle of nowhere, I use one of the small round ones with the catalytic element, and a standard small tank that I can move easily and keep close to me to warm my hands without having to run back to the truck, etc ever few minutes to do it. I don't have on in my shop but in Dads we have one of the small rectangular propane heaters on a tank that we can move around for spot heat until the waste oil heater gets the temp up to where we want it in the shop.

Like I said though for a quick on and off just for hand warming a drip oiler isn't what you want, and even a true waste oil furnace isn't going to do you alot of good as it works just like a house furnace and needs to be on for a bit of time to warm itself up and then warm the inside of the structure. It provides an all over heat that isn't really compatiable with the occasional hand warming.

Good luck and I hope this all helps you make a decision.

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