Oil burning shed heaters

Heres the heater that is now installed in a machine shop at RN Diesels in Daventry. This was a first test burn just set up in the doorway of the workshop, and yes,... that is snow on the ground outside. Notice that even with only a relatively short flue, it is burning without smoke.

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Here it is installed, where the temperature is 19degC on top of the lathe and 26degC on the overhead gantry enabling the blokes to work in their shirtsleeves, it was -4deg outside.

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This heater is designed for maximum heat output and consumes up to 5 litres of oil an hour. something they are very glad of as previously they had to pay to have it removed.

PS The bloke that actually built it is a great LandRover fan and owner and now runs his 1964 "Greenie" into the shop on cold weekends to work on it. The red tank on the wall behind his head is the header tank for the heater and at the time when this was taken was still being filled by hand.

You will notice that old LPG bottles have been used extensively here as they were more easily available than brake drums.
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Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

That would look and work perfect in the application I have in mind.
A 10m2 open plan kitchen living room.

That one even has the timber handles for the finishing touch:)

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I like that one. Very nice.

Not much progress on the Rangier oil burner yet:angel:.
Thought I better post a pic of what it looks like now :rulez::D

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

I was a bit rough with the Oxy:angel: Was a nice warm job though:)

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Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

Not much progress on the Rangier oil burner yet:angel:.
Thought I better post a pic of what it looks like now :rulez::D

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

I was a bit rough with the Oxy:angel: Was a nice warm job though:)

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The hardest part of the job is deciding to make a start, you are obviously well past that stage.

Where i get hooked is that being naturally miserable, once I start collecting/buying parts, I can't stand to see them just laying around doing nothing, so,... I just keep pecking away at it.

Soon enough there comes a time where you can actually see the end in sight, and then things tend to get a bit frenetic. This is where I want to have it going,.. NOW!!... and the details get forgotten in that mad stampede to "the end". this is the reason I never really got around to tidying mine up until last summer, and had I have not been shamed into it it I have no doubts whatsoever that it would still be Mk1. Mod1.:D

What really peeves me, was how much I enjoyed rebuilding it and making the changes I'd always wanted, once I got going. I have a bad case of inertia.

Here it is having it's first test run indoors. You can read about it here: Untitled Document
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As you can see it was decidedly "agricultural". The small pipe coming in from the left was attached to a modified disposable refrigerant gas bottle charged up with lighting fluid. (A mixture of used thinners from my local crash repairer and dirty diesel/petrol that had been used for parts washing by a my mate who owns a trucking business). The lighting idea worked well, but I never ever got it plumbed outside, and the idea of a pressurised bottle of highly flammable liquid next to my heater set alarm bells ringing. I will get around to re-installing it one day, once I get enough copper tube to run outside and an isolating valve that is not affected by the thinners.

This was as far as it got regarding finish.
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Here is the secondary burner assembly looking very tired and unloved after 11 years of use.
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It was a series of photos like this taken for a builder in Canada that helped make me realise how much it needed a good "birthday".

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Originally Posted by ozzirt

Here it is having it's first test run indoors. You can read about it here: Untitled Document
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...009/07/637.jpg

As you can see it was decidedly "agricultural". The small pipe coming in from the left was attached to a modified disposable refrigerant gas bottle charged up with lighting fluid. (A mixture of used thinners from my local crash repairer and dirty diesel/petrol that had been used for parts washing by a my mate who owns a trucking business). The lighting idea worked well, but I never ever got it plumbed outside, and the idea of a pressurised bottle of highly flammable liquid next to my heater set alarm bells ringing. I will get around to re-installing it one day, once I get enough copper tube to run outside and an isolating valve that is not affected by the thinners.

This was as far as it got regarding finish.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...009/07/638.jpg

Here is the secondary burner assembly looking very tired and unloved after 11 years of use.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...009/07/639.jpg

It was a series of photos like this taken for a builder in Canada that helped make me realise how much it needed a good "birthday".

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The more I look at yours, the more I like it:) If this beast I'm making fails there will be a MK2. Like yours:angel:

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Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

Not much progress on the Rangier oil burner yet:angel:.
Thought I better post a pic of what it looks like now :rulez::D

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...1&d=1247993545

I was a bit rough with the Oxy:angel: Was a nice warm job though:)

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Later Tonight I hope to glue the lid back on, blow a hole for the 4" inlet neatly:angel: and cut the door in and may be make a door out of the off cut heater. Next bit will be a bit more exiting.... The vaporizer set up and test run to fine tune it:D Will post up more pics latter.

It looks like I'll need to hire some Oxy/Acetylene bottles. I have the torches but I gave it up years ago because of the cost of bottle rental.

Surely an AULROian close to you could assist with cutting or letting you use their gear???
Andrew

Well the lid is on, we have the door cut out and the intake is in. The elbow on the intake is intended to point as the flue that will heat the air and oil drip line that will be wrapped around it.
I'm going to try an air gap in the oil line after the control valve to help with flow stability as this thing heats up.

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