waste oil heaters

Dieseltech · Feb 8, 2021

I have an OLD Shenendoah waste oil heater that might be on it's last season. What make/models in 150,000 BTU range have the best reviews lately?

J Hamilton · Feb 8, 2021

There used to be several shops in my area that had waste oil burners, but when they had to replace them they went with natural gas furnaces. I don't know why because now they have to pay to have their used oil picked up, plus pay for the gas!

used red MN · Feb 8, 2021

Lenair are the ones I am familiar with.

Gambles · Feb 9, 2021

I used to work in a shop that had a Shenendoah oil burner. What a POS. We had to take that thing apart every year to rebuild the burners and clean the thing up. I remember the crud we buffed out of that thing was as white as snow. That thing was such a bad experience that I know I will never buy that brand. If you truly find a good, trouble free oil burner, please let me know.

Dieseltech · Feb 9, 2021

I don't know of any brand waste oil furnace that doesn't need cleaning each season. The white ash is what I clean out of this one too, and has worked well for 27 years. I did add extra filters and pressure gages, and until I see a pressure drop across a filter it doesn't get changed. First few years before the gages were added I was replacing filters more often than needed.

Mule Meat · Feb 9, 2021

Have this Clean Burn CB 90 AH in the tire shop. It was suppose to have been installed in the middle 80's. It will be replaced by gas this summer. The previous owner said it did a great job until they started putting synthetic oil through it. I have had nothing but problems with it the past two years. You can drain the oil filter and fill it with dyno oil and it starts and runs fine until it kicks off. Then it will only fire back up if you manually light it or refill the filter with dyno oil. So the entire system will be hauled to the scrap yard this summer.

jm. · Feb 9, 2021

What will you take for it and where are you located. We run Clean Burn and they are top of the line,
long lasting and less trouble. Have them in three shops and one wood drying set up . Sounds you
need someone look at it that is familiar with them. To burn syndic oil one does have to raise the
oil pressure about 5 lbs to get to to burn better,

504 · Feb 9, 2021

I have a Clean Burn that was replaced with a Resonor. THe CB had to be rebuilt because the cross tubes rusted out,the Resnor had its own compressor and was sold by the company that we bought all of our shop equipment from. Used oil is a pain to deal with,it s messy,dirty,and yes the oil burner needs to be cleaned at least every year. I always did the shops as soon as I thought we were done heating for the winter. We have a big machine shop in town that put in 6 of them in a new building. THen they put a tank and pump on a truck and they just sent one guy out to pick up used oil. That worked great till the DOT got involved,no permits no hazmat(even though used oil is not a hazmat). THey took all of the heaters down and gave them to the employees that wanted them. Natural gas replaced them.

plowman · Feb 9, 2021

Hi I have a Clean Burn with 12,000 hours runs great. I have mine serviced it every year. Clean Burn has a great service team. I would buy another one in a heartbeat.

Keith True · Feb 10, 2021

I bought a new CB 86 Clean Burn new in 1986.I am still using it today.They are different than a regular furnace,not just set it and forget it.Once you learn how to operate them you will think nothing of it.They make ash.Period.You have to just deal with it.If your situation needs a heater to turn on and off when you want it then waste oil is not for you.They need the preheaters on at all times.The oil also has to be kept somewhere around 50 degrees in it's tank.The biggest problem on firing them back up in the fall is that if the breaker is left on all summer without the burner firing.The preheaters will cook the liquid out of the oil,and the passages become solid.Almost all of my heater troubles are caused by one thing,-ME.There is no free lunch,but the work needed to keep after a waste oil furnace is a lot less than the work needed to pay for heating oil.

juniur · Feb 10, 2021

We’ve had a Lanair in our shop for 15ish yrs. works great. Needs servicing every year. Company is good to deal with when parts are needed. They even offer reman burner assemblies. We have a vacuum gauge on the suction end to know when the strainer is plugging.

Sprint 6 · Feb 11, 2021

I wouldn't have one if you gave it to me, but the least troublesome one at my last employer was a Clean Burn. When I opened my own auto/truck shop 10 years ago, I put in a Reznor natural gas furnace. Most work it has needed is blowing it out at the beginning of every season. My building is so tight, I haven't spent enough on gas to cover the cost of even the cheapest oil burner.

bc · Feb 11, 2021

That begs the question. How do these oil burners work with old milky hytran half loaded with water?

Mule Meat · Feb 11, 2021

(quoted from post at 06:34:26 02/11/21)
That begs the question. How do these oil burners work with old milky hytran half loaded with water?

They don't.

Keith True · Feb 11, 2021

They work the same as your house furnace would if you mixed water in with the heating oil.Actually,I've run thousands of gallons
of milky oil through mine.For the most part if I mix one barrel of milky oil to one barrel of clean drain oil I won't even notice
it.They will tolerate some water,not antifreeze so much.Same thing with synthetic,I mix it with any straight oils and it works
fine.I understand the new furnaces handle the synthetic much better.

Butch(OH) · Feb 11, 2021

I have run a Lannair, I think it is 180,000 btu, in my shop for this being 4 winters and it has been faultless BUT, I maintain it and I feed it decent stuff, primarily 15w-40 from a fleet. I have been around them for many years at various shops and will state as fact that none of them work for long if hung up by the ceiling and forgot about until they quit nor will they operate for long on improperly handled oil or oil contaminated with chlorinated solvents, aka brake cleaner. My oil settles in two large tanks before being pumped at a slow rate into the 150 gallon tank in the shop. My heater was modified by Central Ohio Heaters, a Mennonite outfit that really knows their stuff. They sell reconditioned units modified to their specs for about 50% of new. They have a nice website .
Central Ohio Heaters

NC Wayne · Feb 12, 2021

What's wrong with your Shenendoah unit that you think it needs replaced? I ask because I'm running one right now thats over 20 years old.

The cabinet,burner chamber, etc are all still in good condition, and I simply vaccum/blow it out each season.

As far as the burner unit, the original one crapped out within a few years, when it was still in Dad's shop. That was around 16 years or so back.

Dad replaced it with a burner unit from Ckeanburn and it's still going strong.

In the 4 years or so since I've had it in my shop, I replaced the nozzle and electrodes with factory parts, and replaced the air valve with an off the shelf 120V solenoid.

I also wired in a purge valve for the oil pump, and a blower fan only switch that I use during the summer.

I love free.....so given the amount of used oil I have access to, I'll never heat my shop with anything else. Once we get in our new place I'm also researching one of the muktifuel outdoor wood heaters. Given they can be used with an oil burner, there's no reason I can't use a waste oil burner in it too.

Al Baker(pumpman) · Feb 13, 2021

I installed a new Clean burn 175,000 size and its on its 4th winter. Other than to clean it once, it has never even hickuped. It is a pleasure to use it. Paid 4500 cash while in the summer season to get the best price. They even gave me 500 for the old one which had to be 30 years old and burned out. They have a ten year warranty on the burn chamber so I figure they must feel it will last at least that long. If I divide 4500 by 10 it makes it a very cheap furnace to own. Al

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