HT Motorworks: Waste Oil Heater: First tests.

I built this all stainless steel waste oil burner mostly from stuff I had laying around in the shop. The two beer barrels I bought a few years ago I think for $75 a piece.

I am in Detroit and the winters get cold, the other morning it was 11*F outside and the high was 22*. When it's that cold the radiant tube heaters in the shop struggle to get the place to 40*. So this is a supplemental heater to hopefully allow me to get the shop warmest, and reduce my monthly gas bills which are ridiculous.

Total cost to make this is about $600, most of which was the plumbing, valves, flu , blowers etc.

It does work and gets super hot, but my door design sucks so R2 will be in the works this week before it gets really cold again.