I am struggling to get a variation of the mother earth heater going. My main difficulty is regulating the oil flow and keeping temp high enough. Any chance you could send me some details of how yours is constructed . I run on vehicle oil.
Why are people so concerned with emissions?? The waste oil is certainly a thousand times more polluting as a liquid. Most of the the exhaust is CO2 and that's good for plants, allowing them to produce O2 and the rest will be carbon which is what people and everything else is made of. Nothing worse than someone with a little knowledge.......
@lumberjak5010 Everything we do in this world is a trade off. Just the fact that we are here causes pollution and we use the worlds resources, the trick is to get the best from what we have to work with. The pollutants in oil are there, and they never disappear they are merely disipated to other places, even re refining the oil is merely away of removing most of the pollutantsand concentrating them into another waste product that has to be disposed of.
I'm working on a waste oil heater right now but can't get it to burn that clean. I downloaded your plans (thank you) - is that secondary burner what makes it burn clean like that? I really want to get my heater going like yours so any info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
The secondary burner is most definitely the secret, the primary burner is only hot enough to vaporise the oil in an oxygen deficient atmosphere. When that hot gas is mixed into the secondary air stream, that is where the heat really occurs. It is important to gave a good draft and all seals and joints to be as close to airtight as you can make them.
The secondary holes must provide enough air and also plenty of turbulence to effectively mix the air and hot gas.
So that secondary burner keeps the pot hot enough to vaporize the oil then? And it looks like you're using the smallest camp pot they make right? Like an 8"?
Sure wish I would have discovered your design before I built that other heater. Oh well I had fun doing it! I'll play with a secondary burner and see if I can get it going. Thanks.
You must ensure that the primary burn is oxygen deficient to ensure that the vapour is oil and carbon rich, so that when the secondary air hits it, it burns hot and clean. The downward radiated heat provides much of the heat helping to vaporise the oil in the pan, but it must only be about 4" or so above the oil surface for maximum effect.
Disregard the question I asked on the other video. It appears in another video that the secondary burner does not go down into the camp stove so it must be the lid that's about 4" above the oil vaporizing surface. A 4" deep camp stove I get it.
Yep, it may be a little deeper but you don't want it too deep as the flames from the primary air inlets must sweep down across the top of the oil to provide the initial heat when lighting up
Well, as you can see here, the emissions are not likely to attract attention. The next door neighbour is only about 10 feet down wind of the chimney and when I asked her she had no idea that it was a oil fire. In fact she said she had been blaming me for the occasional wood smoke from someone else further to the west..
Usually it burns so clean that i cannot get it to show in a photo, this clip was taken as it was still warming up and is as bad as I have seen it.
I am struggling to get a variation of the mother earth heater going. My main difficulty is regulating the oil flow and keeping temp high enough. Any chance you could send me some details of how yours is constructed . I run on vehicle oil.
jwo388 1 month ago
@jwo388 You are going to have troubles as the ME heater seems to have a lot of problems.
Just watch my movies and look at the website listed at the end. There's far too much to type out every few days.
ozzirt 1 month ago
I love the fact that there is NO electricity involved. It is a stand alone unit.
TheBeersCold 4 months ago
Why are people so concerned with emissions?? The waste oil is certainly a thousand times more polluting as a liquid. Most of the the exhaust is CO2 and that's good for plants, allowing them to produce O2 and the rest will be carbon which is what people and everything else is made of. Nothing worse than someone with a little knowledge.......
lumberjak5010 1 year ago
@lumberjak5010 Everything we do in this world is a trade off. Just the fact that we are here causes pollution and we use the worlds resources, the trick is to get the best from what we have to work with. The pollutants in oil are there, and they never disappear they are merely disipated to other places, even re refining the oil is merely away of removing most of the pollutantsand concentrating them into another waste product that has to be disposed of.
ozzirt 1 year ago
Remember, almost any carbonaceous fuel will burn cleanly so long as you have enough air and a good airflow to mix them together.
ozzirt 2 years ago
I'm working on a waste oil heater right now but can't get it to burn that clean. I downloaded your plans (thank you) - is that secondary burner what makes it burn clean like that? I really want to get my heater going like yours so any info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
yonmoore 2 years ago
The secondary burner is most definitely the secret, the primary burner is only hot enough to vaporise the oil in an oxygen deficient atmosphere. When that hot gas is mixed into the secondary air stream, that is where the heat really occurs. It is important to gave a good draft and all seals and joints to be as close to airtight as you can make them.
The secondary holes must provide enough air and also plenty of turbulence to effectively mix the air and hot gas.
ozzirt 2 years ago
So that secondary burner keeps the pot hot enough to vaporize the oil then? And it looks like you're using the smallest camp pot they make right? Like an 8"?
Sure wish I would have discovered your design before I built that other heater. Oh well I had fun doing it! I'll play with a secondary burner and see if I can get it going. Thanks.
yonmoore 2 years ago
The camp oven is 12" diameter.
You must ensure that the primary burn is oxygen deficient to ensure that the vapour is oil and carbon rich, so that when the secondary air hits it, it burns hot and clean. The downward radiated heat provides much of the heat helping to vaporise the oil in the pan, but it must only be about 4" or so above the oil surface for maximum effect.
ozzirt 2 years ago
Disregard the question I asked on the other video. It appears in another video that the secondary burner does not go down into the camp stove so it must be the lid that's about 4" above the oil vaporizing surface. A 4" deep camp stove I get it.
yonmoore 2 years ago
Yep, it may be a little deeper but you don't want it too deep as the flames from the primary air inlets must sweep down across the top of the oil to provide the initial heat when lighting up
ozzirt 2 years ago
Excellent work, sir! Sometime I must construct one of these to heat my garage/workshop!
pheenix42 2 years ago
Well, as you can see here, the emissions are not likely to attract attention. The next door neighbour is only about 10 feet down wind of the chimney and when I asked her she had no idea that it was a oil fire. In fact she said she had been blaming me for the occasional wood smoke from someone else further to the west..
Usually it burns so clean that i cannot get it to show in a photo, this clip was taken as it was still warming up and is as bad as I have seen it.
ozzirt 2 years ago
What are the emissions like?
Mk18T 2 years ago