<VV> Re: used engine oil & home heat

[Tony Underwood]

At 1731 02/16/2004 -0500, Robert Marlow wrote:
>A: So far, I cannot provide much in the way of useful information, other
>than to note that in your example I see no real economic benefit.  Reducing
>your heating oil costs by 1/137th does not seem worth the trouble.

I think the point is what to do with a bunch of used engine oil which is
easy to accumulate when you have as many cars in the family fleet as some
of us do.   Burning the stuff in the furnace seems as practical as anything
else.   


>Q: How do these 'waste oil' furnaces work? I can't believe that you can
>ignite 100% engine oil in a furnace; do they blend in heating oil to work? 
>
>A: Here I have only slightly more information.  A repair shop near me used
>such a furnace for a while, until the fire inspector saw it and pitched a
>fit.  I understood the inspector's objection, because the one time I saw
>this furnace in operation it was producing a open flame across the surface
>of the oil in the reservoir.  I would recommend that you pose this question
>to Larry Claypool at the Vair Shop, because he has heated his shop with
>such a furnace.


OK, Mel, where are you?   Speak up... 



tony..