Thread: Oil burning shed heaters

Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

Went down to the work shop to do a few jobs (Farm related) and felt a bit cold.... No wood for Rangiers out door wood heater so Sputnik came to life
I arked it with diesel and a torch then added the oil gradually after the door was closed.
It does make its own draft once the door is closed. Why M/E ever suggested burning paper I'm not sure
If it has a flame out wile warm and you reignite it (With caution) it will try to draw through the intake but reverses to flue once the door is closed.
Due to my current choice of vaporizer it does like to run very hot! Has no extension to the flue yet and I am surprised how well it draws. Took around 20 mins to warm up. During this time if over fueled it would go woof woof etc and smoke and then make a hiss sound with a lot of smoke. Be a bad time to open the door I recon Reduce fuel and off it goes.
Once this thing is warmed up it sounds like a Jet when oil flow and air flow is increased The top half of the heater glowed red and made a two foot flame out of the flue

That's one thing I would have liked to see was seeing Sputnik fired up before I left Any piccys ??
how's the water seperator , no issues with water drawn onto vapourise plate ? the strange sounds you described was also possible with a small injection of diesel from intake side.I think you may have discovered a good source of waste oil have you utilised the BBQ plate without the handle as the vapouriser.. I'm getting a little too excited now

can you post a a Vid on Youtube?

Originally Posted by Disco_owner

That's one thing I would have liked to see was seeing Sputnik fired up before I left Any piccys ??
how's the water seperator , no issues with water drawn onto vapourise plate ? the strange sounds you described was also possible with a small injection of diesel from intake side.I think you may have discovered a good source of waste oil have you utilised the BBQ plate without the handle as the vapouriser.. I'm getting a little too excited now

can you post a a Vid on Youtube?

You guessed it It now runs the pan Less stable when throttled back than the Sanders idea but it gets real hot when on song!
Can take pics but no can do the You Tube due to my sever

Can post you a disk if you would like to stick it on you tube for our enjoyment I may Add a bonus ash removal from the wood heater with it

Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

You guessed it It now runs the pan Less stable when throttled back than the Sanders idea but it gets real hot when on song!
Can take pics but no can do the You Tube due to my sever

Can post you a disk if you would like to stick it on you tube for our enjoyment I may Add a bonus ash removal from the wood heater with it

orsome , that's the idea , be really handy for them cold winter nights there

if you do a Vid of it running and send it over to me I'll post it up on youtube for everyone else's enjoyment. Also look forward to seeing an extra injection of a bottle Mixed with gases & dropped in filled via the top of the Flu duct for strange noises and a good laugh...

Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

Other than a sediment and an initial screen that is it for Sputnik ATM
Your set up will be so refined soon the oil may as well be put back in a crank case

Mine worked for 11 years quite satisfactorily with only a coarse flywire strainer on the main tank and a garden dripper filter in the delivery line.

I'm just displaying my penchant for "bigger is better" here. The old final filter was quite OK but a bit messy to clean and although it only needed cleaning every two years or so I always hated doing it. My plan now is to put an isolating valve on either side of the new filter, and being able to drain it completely before I pull it apart, I'm hoping to avoid much of the risk of making a mess.

Plus it will look much "sexier" than a cheap garden filter. If a thing is worth doing, it's worth "Over doing".

Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

Went down to the work shop to do a few jobs (Farm related) and felt a bit cold.... No wood for Rangiers out door wood heater so Sputnik came to life
I arked it with diesel and a torch then added the oil gradually after the door was closed.
It does make its own draft once the door is closed. Why M/E ever suggested burning paper I'm not sure
If it has a flame out wile warm and you reignite it (With caution) it will try to draw through the intake but reverses to flue once the door is closed.
Due to my current choice of vaporizer it does like to run very hot! Has no extension to the flue yet and I am surprised how well it draws. Took around 20 mins to warm up. During this time if over fueled it would go woof woof etc and smoke and then make a hiss sound with a lot of smoke. Be a bad time to open the door I recon Reduce fuel and off it goes.
Once this thing is warmed up it sounds like a Jet when oil flow and air flow is increased The top half of the heater glowed red and made a two foot flame out of the flue

Very impressive! Another "toy" to dazzle the visitors, not too mention the practicality of it all.

I love the idea of that flame coming out of the flue and the "jet engine" roar

Originally Posted by Disco_owner

I'm getting a little too excited now

Hello,hello,... I think I hear another heater in the making

Originally Posted by ozzirt

Hello,hello,... I think I hear another heater in the making

Yeah Tony and I discussed this while I was there , the only problem I'm going to have is how to ship it back to sydney when it's all complete. I spose I could hire a trailer and put it on back of trailer and bring it back with me. he has another Hot water system lying on top of the scrap heap ( I mean Treasure Pile )

Originally Posted by Disco_owner

Yeah Tony and I discussed this while I was there , the only problem I'm going to have is how to ship it back to sydney when it's all complete. I spose I could hire a trailer and put it on back of trailer and bring it back with me. he has another Hot water system lying on top of the scrap heap ( I mean Treasure Pile )

Ahhh, If only I lived a bit closer,... Sighhhhh....

Farmer's treasure piles,... riches beyond belief. They've all just about disappeared around here, last year when scrap steel was bringing $350+ a ton a scrap merchant moved in an skinned out all of the good heaps, including my favourite around at the local trucking company.

I guess it's OK to add my latest doings to this earlier post.

I have just been outside developing a new textured paint, it's called "Buggy Yellow". It appears that my preferred colour has a great attraction for midges and those little bugs I call vinegar flies. The paint which is an alkyd enamel touch dries in ten minutes in just about any weather, but not quick enough to dry before the bugs descend all over it. With larger bugs, i just generally wait until the paint has dried and brush off the bodies leaving only their little leggy peggies, but these little brutes are not content to die gracefully and manage to almost fully immerse themselves in the new coat of paint leaving little black lumps everywhere.


Gotta go,... it's time for another coat of bugs. F@*#!! Grrrr....

P.S. The white cylinder in the background was part of my
lighting up fluid storage that I had plumbed into the dripper system. It was removed because i didn't like the idea of a pressurised container of highly flammable fluid sitting next to my heater. It looked more and more like a Napalm bomb every time I looked at it,... but it might get re installed next summer via a long copper tube from outside. I gutted our old fridge and had about 3 metres of 6mm tube in it.