Picked up a brand new Army surplus immersion heater for $50.00. I began testing my free charcoal lighter fluid in it to heat water and a small greenhouse.
It always has to be a slow drip,,,but faster than you show on the video,,, ate many c rations heated with this. it should not blossom every time a drop goes down. These things work great!!
The efficiency of the heater would be greatly increased by piping a air in take from outside so that the heater isn't sucking all the heated air out of the greenhouse. Should be a quick fix and will help keep heat even.
I remember using one of those in Korea back in 1989. We heated water with Mo-Gas to clean cooking utensis. When lighting the back blast burned my eye lashes off. Luckly my eye brows were covered with a cold weather cap. Fun times. You are using it in a creative way. Great job.
25 bucks? give me 2.
GozonTheGonsarian 1 day ago in playlist Uploaded videos
yah, seems like gas could be a bad idea. what about waste oil?
GozonTheGonsarian 1 day ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Very cool heater, this is pretty much a rocket stove using fluids for your fuel.
Thanks again for sharing man.
tryin2lhard 1 week ago
Bad memories of this from K.P. duty in the field, don't do it right and hope you have a long field problem so your eyebrows can grow back
dooley74 2 weeks ago
It always has to be a slow drip,,,but faster than you show on the video,,, ate many c rations heated with this. it should not blossom every time a drop goes down. These things work great!!
Good Luck
StatenIslandPrepper 3 weeks ago
Start your draft and let it run for about 3 to 4 minutes before dripping fuel in.
spencnaz 2 months ago
I run biodiesel in mine to create hot water for my biodiesel reactor. Gasoline can be used but there is a severe danger of back fire during ignition.
spencnaz 2 months ago
The efficiency of the heater would be greatly increased by piping a air in take from outside so that the heater isn't sucking all the heated air out of the greenhouse. Should be a quick fix and will help keep heat even.
uoit01 2 months ago in playlist More videos from engineer775
That is a wonderful little heater and a great application.
1anthonybrowning 3 months ago in playlist More videos from engineer775
I remember using one of those in Korea back in 1989. We heated water with Mo-Gas to clean cooking utensis. When lighting the back blast burned my eye lashes off. Luckly my eye brows were covered with a cold weather cap. Fun times. You are using it in a creative way. Great job.
wyewound 3 months ago