These are pretty standard here in the upper mid-west. All the dealerships have them for sure....don't know about the smaller shops. I usually take my used oil over to the local Jeep dealer for their oil burning furnace since I was once employed there.
No, these will burn just about anything. Oil, kerosene, diesel...about the only flare ups in mine are when I have been cleaning a lot of parts and get a pocket of brake clean in the tank. I am careful about getting too much gasoline, but it has a burn limiter so you just get a more intensive heat for a minute or two. Pretty low maintenance; generally spend less than $100/year for filters. (Many shops will get a couple years or more from a set of filters by cleaning them, but I can see enough difference in burn efficiency that I replace them)
I can keep the shop at a steady 60' from November through March on about 350-400 gallons, and that accounts for three bay doors opening and closing all day M-F, 7:30-5:30. I supplement what I produce from the shop with oil from a motorcycle/powersports dealership shop-they have some of the cleanest synthetic oil drained out of bikes that you will ever see. I appreciate all the DIFM riders that pay that dealer to change their oil, keeps me nice and toasty!
These are pretty standard here in the upper mid-west. All the dealerships have them for sure....don't know about the smaller shops.
ReplyDeleteI usually take my used oil over to the local Jeep dealer for their oil burning furnace since I was once employed there.
My grandpa built one of these (simpler version) over 50 years ago to heat our machinery shed (in Kansas), and used it still works well.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if synthetic oil screws them up?
ReplyDeleteTo answer Bruce:
ReplyDeleteNo, these will burn just about anything. Oil, kerosene, diesel...about the only flare ups in mine are when I have been cleaning a lot of parts and get a pocket of brake clean in the tank. I am careful about getting too much gasoline, but it has a burn limiter so you just get a more intensive heat for a minute or two. Pretty low maintenance; generally spend less than $100/year for filters. (Many shops will get a couple years or more from a set of filters by cleaning them, but I can see enough difference in burn efficiency that I replace them)
I can keep the shop at a steady 60' from November through March on about 350-400 gallons, and that accounts for three bay doors opening and closing all day M-F, 7:30-5:30. I supplement what I produce from the shop with oil from a motorcycle/powersports dealership shop-they have some of the cleanest synthetic oil drained out of bikes that you will ever see. I appreciate all the DIFM riders that pay that dealer to change their oil, keeps me nice and toasty!