| g and using a waste oil heater can be a great | | | | which heats the oil as it travel through a specially |
| alternative to using conventional heating oil. You | | | | designed heating tube. |
| must construct the heater with some special | | | | Pressure Heat A waste oil burner requires a |
| considerations, but you can find all of the | | | | constant, low-pressure feed. You can fulfill this |
| necessary parts at either your local hardware | | | | need by connecting to an air compressor with a |
| store or a tool supply house. | | | | pressure regulator. Or use an inline fuel pressure |
| It is far beyond the scope of this article to | | | | device, similar to that used on some automobiles. |
| provide you with complete instructions, but we will | | | | Temperature Control Unit Lastly, a waste oil |
| list the major components required and why they | | | | burner needs a temperature control unit. This |
| are needed. | | | | device provides a feedback between the |
| Needed parts: | | | | preheater and the spray nozzle. To prevent |
| Preheater Waste oil has a higher viscosity than | | | | overheating, it keeps the oil at an ignitable |
| conventional heating oil, which makes it more | | | | temperature but shuts the preheater off when no |
| difficult to ignite. To solve this problem, your | | | | oil is being pushed through the nozzle. |
| waste oil burner will require a preheater to raise | | | | Many people are against waste oil as a fuel and |
| the temperature before the oil goes to the igniter. | | | | assume it always burns with a smokey, dirty |
| The preheater can be an external heating device, | | | | flame. This is only true if your heater design is |
| or you can use what is called an inline heater, | | | | bad. |