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Oil Burner for furnace

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appletree:

--- Quote from: awemawson on February 17, 2015, 02:33:48 PM ---No way - they confiscate the vehicle as well as fining you!

I've been 'dipped' three times over the years - all in London - never would consider using Red on the road - not just the morals - the consequences are too large.

Once was just south of Tower Bridge - hardly agricultural. Last time was near my house in Bromley. I'd gone out to fill up, went round a large roundabout, through the police point unstopped and on to the filling station. Came out of the filling station and they stopped and dipped me  :bugeye:

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Bit off subject years ago we had a flat back plant hire delivery truck (2.3 ltr PETROL Bedford CF) the powers that be pulled my mum over and requested to dip the tank. 
No problem she said, a couple of minutes later the guy came back and said you've wrecked my gear why didn't you say it was petrol, you didn't ask you just said can I dip your tank and I said yes.

vtsteam:
Nice looking rig!  :beer:

It's similar to mine, except for the nice all-in-one burner unit.

On mine, the functions are all separate -- fan is a vacuum cleaner, pump is compressed air from compressor, and nozzle to atomize is made up from bits.

Ironman uses the simplest setup with no compressor or pump (I believe), and just the vacuum cleaner and tube drip injector. I'd like to try that at some point to see what the difference is, if any.

He preheats the furnace with propane to start on the larger furnace. This is necessary because the oil isn't atomized.

I just light with a torch because the oil is atomized. And yours has the ultimate convenience of electrical ignition plus high pressure atomiztion. Too bad it doesn't have a powerful enough fan to burn a higher gph with a neutral flame. A second smaller fan and tuyere might help if you wanted to melt iron, but then you're away from the nice all-in-one concept.

Hmm, you just started me thinking, if I added a spark plug and coil to mine.......

awemawson:
Zadig, thanks for that - I certainly think it's the way to go for simplicity - my furnace is still under tarps awaiting re-installation.

(Do I spy a Clarkson T&C grinder lurking in the background of your shots ?)

Zadig:
Thanks Steve. I might have a play with adding more air one day, even if it is just for curiosity. There is a big aperture on the rear of the burner which would be ideal for attaching another blower.

Andrew, yes it is a MK1. It is a little tired and wants the feed screw replacing. God knows how Clarkson ever used these things in a commercial environment without bellows and slide protectors. It gets used a lot but as usual, the repairs are on the "to do" list.

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