Babington waste oil burner

This is a Babington burner that I built a couples of years ago. It has oil preheated to 170-180 derees flowing over a bullett shapped body that has a .010" hole drilled in it. It will run on 8-50psi of air, but it likes 20-30psi the best. It consumes a little over a quart per hour, and burns with absolutely No smoke from the stack. It is happy to burn used conventional or synthetic motor oil, ATF, or oil from the fry daddy.

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[DimensionMachine]

Thanks for the kind comments. Unfortuantely when I moved a few months ago I was unable to move the heater and gave it to a friend because it was simply too big and heavy. I did miss it this winter as my new garage is heated...but not for FREE! I would like to build another someday but who knows if I ever will. It was certinaly one of the most interesting things I have ever made. Good luck to all who want to try to build their own...Just remember HOT/small air hole=success!

[DimensionMachine]

The ignition is provided by a 10000 volt transformer from a commercial heater...available on bay, and the igniters are also off the shelf parts intended for a conventional heater. Finding wire that was insulated for 10kv was the hardest part and I had to order it from an online supplier for about five dollars a foot. Thanks for the interest.

[carlube79]

How many mm is the nozzle?

[DimensionMachine]

The Nozzle is 0.010 Inches, so if my math is correct than it is about .25mm.

[DimensionMachine]

My hole is .010, ten thou for the air. The idea is to have just enough air to rupture the oil flowing over the nozzle, and since the oil never goes thru the nozzle it never clogs. I leave the igniter running just as a precaution. I only run the heater when I am in the garage, but even a few seconds of oil spraying with no flame would make a pretty nasty mess inside of the burn chamber that would later smoke. With about 15 min of cleaning every 10hrs of running it has been working great.

[DimensionMachine]

I think that some of the other plans/videos refer to a #80 drill bit which would be .0135 which would be just fine I imagine. As far as I could tell the amaller the better. I began with a .050 hole and have worked down to the .010 and it is the smallest I was able to drill after several attempts!

[homebrewpower]

Anyone who would like a purpose made Babington Nozzle please google homebrewpower babington nozzles

[MyVisna]

I want to make one to heat my home!

[lapulapu12345]

Is that a high voltage igniter ? and it is very interesting

[kavdoggg]

this is great! can you put up more footage of the rest of your system? i ilke your welding too!! also where do the emissions go?

[kavdoggg]

this is great! can you put up more footage of the rest of your system? i ilke your welding too!!

[witeliduche]

Hello. Oil flows by gravity, or do you use pumps?

[its4uray]

does the flame go out when the ignitor is turned off

[reallysillywilly]

@AOHell99Z ,

as @DimensionMachine said, "10,000 volt transformer from a commercial heater." No, it is not a kit, nothing on heater is! If your not understanding how it works, the transformer is tied to two insulated high-voltage wires that are positioned about 1 inch apart and the pair are fairly close to the spray of oil. Constant arc is simplest method of ignition. Visit a HVAC shop for more info. They may even give you used components off old oil heater or try craigslist. Merry Christmas!