OT BioDiesel
#261
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: OT BioDiesel
SLAC is supposed to be shutting down soon and the Waxahachie unit never
got beyond prairie dog stage. Not that particle accelerators are used
for fusion. Some folks use tokomaks, most now use pulsed lasers and
pellets.
L.W.(Bill) ------ III proclaimed:
> Well that doesn't stop them form using our tax dollars to build
> particle accelerators:
> http://science.howstuffworks.com/atom-smasher3.htm In their imaginary
> quest.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Lon wrote:
>
>>Eggshually you have to achieve temperatures higher than the sun's
>>corona...and that corona is several times higher than the temperature of
>>the sun itself. The sun is just a big hydrogen bomb that hasn't run out
>>of fuel but the fusion is only way down in the innards where the
>>pressure is enough to keep fusion going. To do fusion without that type
>>of pressure [that would require a solid unobtanium containment] you need
>>temperatures that make the sun look like an alaskan winter
got beyond prairie dog stage. Not that particle accelerators are used
for fusion. Some folks use tokomaks, most now use pulsed lasers and
pellets.
L.W.(Bill) ------ III proclaimed:
> Well that doesn't stop them form using our tax dollars to build
> particle accelerators:
> http://science.howstuffworks.com/atom-smasher3.htm In their imaginary
> quest.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Lon wrote:
>
>>Eggshually you have to achieve temperatures higher than the sun's
>>corona...and that corona is several times higher than the temperature of
>>the sun itself. The sun is just a big hydrogen bomb that hasn't run out
>>of fuel but the fusion is only way down in the innards where the
>>pressure is enough to keep fusion going. To do fusion without that type
>>of pressure [that would require a solid unobtanium containment] you need
>>temperatures that make the sun look like an alaskan winter
#262
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: OT BioDiesel
SLAC is supposed to be shutting down soon and the Waxahachie unit never
got beyond prairie dog stage. Not that particle accelerators are used
for fusion. Some folks use tokomaks, most now use pulsed lasers and
pellets.
L.W.(Bill) ------ III proclaimed:
> Well that doesn't stop them form using our tax dollars to build
> particle accelerators:
> http://science.howstuffworks.com/atom-smasher3.htm In their imaginary
> quest.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Lon wrote:
>
>>Eggshually you have to achieve temperatures higher than the sun's
>>corona...and that corona is several times higher than the temperature of
>>the sun itself. The sun is just a big hydrogen bomb that hasn't run out
>>of fuel but the fusion is only way down in the innards where the
>>pressure is enough to keep fusion going. To do fusion without that type
>>of pressure [that would require a solid unobtanium containment] you need
>>temperatures that make the sun look like an alaskan winter
got beyond prairie dog stage. Not that particle accelerators are used
for fusion. Some folks use tokomaks, most now use pulsed lasers and
pellets.
L.W.(Bill) ------ III proclaimed:
> Well that doesn't stop them form using our tax dollars to build
> particle accelerators:
> http://science.howstuffworks.com/atom-smasher3.htm In their imaginary
> quest.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Lon wrote:
>
>>Eggshually you have to achieve temperatures higher than the sun's
>>corona...and that corona is several times higher than the temperature of
>>the sun itself. The sun is just a big hydrogen bomb that hasn't run out
>>of fuel but the fusion is only way down in the innards where the
>>pressure is enough to keep fusion going. To do fusion without that type
>>of pressure [that would require a solid unobtanium containment] you need
>>temperatures that make the sun look like an alaskan winter
#263
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: OT BioDiesel
Oil burners were way cleaner than burning uncured softwoods in furnaces,
fireplaces, room stoves, etc. Rarely did our local fire department
get a chimney fire call for oil burning houses, but wood burning ones
happened all the time. In a year, a big wood furnace would put about
an inch of gunk on the inside of the chimney.
billy ray proclaimed:
> That is why you had to clean your furnace and chimney annually.
>
> Safety isn't rocket science, it is common sense.
>
>
> "Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:Peadnf2G8YPQBf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>
>>XS11E proclaimed:
>>
>>
>>>"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
>>>news:44615d08$0$6055$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews .com:
>>>
>>>>When I was young and foolish, I bought plans for a home sized used
>>>>motor oil furnace, from the Mother Earth News. My eyes bugged out
>>>>of my head when I read them. You were supposed to use a manual
>>>>valve and a home made "nozzle", to control the drip rate of the
>>>>oil, as it dropped on pieces of fire brick, placed on a burner,
>>>>made out of a frying pan. You got the fire going with kerosene or
>>>>barbecue lighter fluid. I am still alive. That means I must not
>>>>have made the thing.
>>>
>>>
>>>If you had made it, it would have worked. Years back we had a commercial
>>>fuel oil heater made exactly as you describe, it worked to perfection and
>>>heated one end of our house, the wood stove in the kitchen heated the
>>>other end. Unlike the one you describe, ours did have a fairly elaborate
>>>chimmney to exhaust the fumes.
>>>
>>
>>The better old burners had forced air to keep a smaller flame hotter with
>>less soot. Bummer but all used motor oil has a pretty good load of sulfur
>>in it.
>>
>
>
>
fireplaces, room stoves, etc. Rarely did our local fire department
get a chimney fire call for oil burning houses, but wood burning ones
happened all the time. In a year, a big wood furnace would put about
an inch of gunk on the inside of the chimney.
billy ray proclaimed:
> That is why you had to clean your furnace and chimney annually.
>
> Safety isn't rocket science, it is common sense.
>
>
> "Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:Peadnf2G8YPQBf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>
>>XS11E proclaimed:
>>
>>
>>>"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
>>>news:44615d08$0$6055$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews .com:
>>>
>>>>When I was young and foolish, I bought plans for a home sized used
>>>>motor oil furnace, from the Mother Earth News. My eyes bugged out
>>>>of my head when I read them. You were supposed to use a manual
>>>>valve and a home made "nozzle", to control the drip rate of the
>>>>oil, as it dropped on pieces of fire brick, placed on a burner,
>>>>made out of a frying pan. You got the fire going with kerosene or
>>>>barbecue lighter fluid. I am still alive. That means I must not
>>>>have made the thing.
>>>
>>>
>>>If you had made it, it would have worked. Years back we had a commercial
>>>fuel oil heater made exactly as you describe, it worked to perfection and
>>>heated one end of our house, the wood stove in the kitchen heated the
>>>other end. Unlike the one you describe, ours did have a fairly elaborate
>>>chimmney to exhaust the fumes.
>>>
>>
>>The better old burners had forced air to keep a smaller flame hotter with
>>less soot. Bummer but all used motor oil has a pretty good load of sulfur
>>in it.
>>
>
>
>
#264
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: OT BioDiesel
Oil burners were way cleaner than burning uncured softwoods in furnaces,
fireplaces, room stoves, etc. Rarely did our local fire department
get a chimney fire call for oil burning houses, but wood burning ones
happened all the time. In a year, a big wood furnace would put about
an inch of gunk on the inside of the chimney.
billy ray proclaimed:
> That is why you had to clean your furnace and chimney annually.
>
> Safety isn't rocket science, it is common sense.
>
>
> "Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:Peadnf2G8YPQBf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>
>>XS11E proclaimed:
>>
>>
>>>"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
>>>news:44615d08$0$6055$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews .com:
>>>
>>>>When I was young and foolish, I bought plans for a home sized used
>>>>motor oil furnace, from the Mother Earth News. My eyes bugged out
>>>>of my head when I read them. You were supposed to use a manual
>>>>valve and a home made "nozzle", to control the drip rate of the
>>>>oil, as it dropped on pieces of fire brick, placed on a burner,
>>>>made out of a frying pan. You got the fire going with kerosene or
>>>>barbecue lighter fluid. I am still alive. That means I must not
>>>>have made the thing.
>>>
>>>
>>>If you had made it, it would have worked. Years back we had a commercial
>>>fuel oil heater made exactly as you describe, it worked to perfection and
>>>heated one end of our house, the wood stove in the kitchen heated the
>>>other end. Unlike the one you describe, ours did have a fairly elaborate
>>>chimmney to exhaust the fumes.
>>>
>>
>>The better old burners had forced air to keep a smaller flame hotter with
>>less soot. Bummer but all used motor oil has a pretty good load of sulfur
>>in it.
>>
>
>
>
fireplaces, room stoves, etc. Rarely did our local fire department
get a chimney fire call for oil burning houses, but wood burning ones
happened all the time. In a year, a big wood furnace would put about
an inch of gunk on the inside of the chimney.
billy ray proclaimed:
> That is why you had to clean your furnace and chimney annually.
>
> Safety isn't rocket science, it is common sense.
>
>
> "Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:Peadnf2G8YPQBf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>
>>XS11E proclaimed:
>>
>>
>>>"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
>>>news:44615d08$0$6055$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews .com:
>>>
>>>>When I was young and foolish, I bought plans for a home sized used
>>>>motor oil furnace, from the Mother Earth News. My eyes bugged out
>>>>of my head when I read them. You were supposed to use a manual
>>>>valve and a home made "nozzle", to control the drip rate of the
>>>>oil, as it dropped on pieces of fire brick, placed on a burner,
>>>>made out of a frying pan. You got the fire going with kerosene or
>>>>barbecue lighter fluid. I am still alive. That means I must not
>>>>have made the thing.
>>>
>>>
>>>If you had made it, it would have worked. Years back we had a commercial
>>>fuel oil heater made exactly as you describe, it worked to perfection and
>>>heated one end of our house, the wood stove in the kitchen heated the
>>>other end. Unlike the one you describe, ours did have a fairly elaborate
>>>chimmney to exhaust the fumes.
>>>
>>
>>The better old burners had forced air to keep a smaller flame hotter with
>>less soot. Bummer but all used motor oil has a pretty good load of sulfur
>>in it.
>>
>
>
>
#265
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: OT BioDiesel
Oil burners were way cleaner than burning uncured softwoods in furnaces,
fireplaces, room stoves, etc. Rarely did our local fire department
get a chimney fire call for oil burning houses, but wood burning ones
happened all the time. In a year, a big wood furnace would put about
an inch of gunk on the inside of the chimney.
billy ray proclaimed:
> That is why you had to clean your furnace and chimney annually.
>
> Safety isn't rocket science, it is common sense.
>
>
> "Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:Peadnf2G8YPQBf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>
>>XS11E proclaimed:
>>
>>
>>>"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
>>>news:44615d08$0$6055$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews .com:
>>>
>>>>When I was young and foolish, I bought plans for a home sized used
>>>>motor oil furnace, from the Mother Earth News. My eyes bugged out
>>>>of my head when I read them. You were supposed to use a manual
>>>>valve and a home made "nozzle", to control the drip rate of the
>>>>oil, as it dropped on pieces of fire brick, placed on a burner,
>>>>made out of a frying pan. You got the fire going with kerosene or
>>>>barbecue lighter fluid. I am still alive. That means I must not
>>>>have made the thing.
>>>
>>>
>>>If you had made it, it would have worked. Years back we had a commercial
>>>fuel oil heater made exactly as you describe, it worked to perfection and
>>>heated one end of our house, the wood stove in the kitchen heated the
>>>other end. Unlike the one you describe, ours did have a fairly elaborate
>>>chimmney to exhaust the fumes.
>>>
>>
>>The better old burners had forced air to keep a smaller flame hotter with
>>less soot. Bummer but all used motor oil has a pretty good load of sulfur
>>in it.
>>
>
>
>
fireplaces, room stoves, etc. Rarely did our local fire department
get a chimney fire call for oil burning houses, but wood burning ones
happened all the time. In a year, a big wood furnace would put about
an inch of gunk on the inside of the chimney.
billy ray proclaimed:
> That is why you had to clean your furnace and chimney annually.
>
> Safety isn't rocket science, it is common sense.
>
>
> "Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:Peadnf2G8YPQBf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>
>>XS11E proclaimed:
>>
>>
>>>"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
>>>news:44615d08$0$6055$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews .com:
>>>
>>>>When I was young and foolish, I bought plans for a home sized used
>>>>motor oil furnace, from the Mother Earth News. My eyes bugged out
>>>>of my head when I read them. You were supposed to use a manual
>>>>valve and a home made "nozzle", to control the drip rate of the
>>>>oil, as it dropped on pieces of fire brick, placed on a burner,
>>>>made out of a frying pan. You got the fire going with kerosene or
>>>>barbecue lighter fluid. I am still alive. That means I must not
>>>>have made the thing.
>>>
>>>
>>>If you had made it, it would have worked. Years back we had a commercial
>>>fuel oil heater made exactly as you describe, it worked to perfection and
>>>heated one end of our house, the wood stove in the kitchen heated the
>>>other end. Unlike the one you describe, ours did have a fairly elaborate
>>>chimmney to exhaust the fumes.
>>>
>>
>>The better old burners had forced air to keep a smaller flame hotter with
>>less soot. Bummer but all used motor oil has a pretty good load of sulfur
>>in it.
>>
>
>
>
#266
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: OT BioDiesel
Mainly yuppies who don't know how to burn cleanly or properly select
seasoned wood.
"Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:L5adnWWX7Ol0Pf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Oil burners were way cleaner than burning uncured softwoods in furnaces,
> fireplaces, room stoves, etc. Rarely did our local fire department get a
> chimney fire call for oil burning houses, but wood burning ones happened
> all the time. In a year, a big wood furnace would put about an inch of
> gunk on the inside of the chimney.
>
> billy ray proclaimed:
>
>> That is why you had to clean your furnace and chimney annually.
>>
>> Safety isn't rocket science, it is common sense.
>>
>>
>> "Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:Peadnf2G8YPQBf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>
>>>XS11E proclaimed:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
>>>>news:44615d08$0$6055$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanew s.com:
>>>>
>>>>>When I was young and foolish, I bought plans for a home sized used
>>>>>motor oil furnace, from the Mother Earth News. My eyes bugged out
>>>>>of my head when I read them. You were supposed to use a manual
>>>>>valve and a home made "nozzle", to control the drip rate of the
>>>>>oil, as it dropped on pieces of fire brick, placed on a burner,
>>>>>made out of a frying pan. You got the fire going with kerosene or
>>>>>barbecue lighter fluid. I am still alive. That means I must not
>>>>>have made the thing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>If you had made it, it would have worked. Years back we had a
>>>>commercial fuel oil heater made exactly as you describe, it worked to
>>>>perfection and heated one end of our house, the wood stove in the
>>>>kitchen heated the other end. Unlike the one you describe, ours did
>>>>have a fairly elaborate chimmney to exhaust the fumes.
>>>>
>>>
>>>The better old burners had forced air to keep a smaller flame hotter with
>>>less soot. Bummer but all used motor oil has a pretty good load of sulfur
>>>in it.
>>>
>>
>>
seasoned wood.
"Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:L5adnWWX7Ol0Pf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Oil burners were way cleaner than burning uncured softwoods in furnaces,
> fireplaces, room stoves, etc. Rarely did our local fire department get a
> chimney fire call for oil burning houses, but wood burning ones happened
> all the time. In a year, a big wood furnace would put about an inch of
> gunk on the inside of the chimney.
>
> billy ray proclaimed:
>
>> That is why you had to clean your furnace and chimney annually.
>>
>> Safety isn't rocket science, it is common sense.
>>
>>
>> "Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:Peadnf2G8YPQBf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>
>>>XS11E proclaimed:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
>>>>news:44615d08$0$6055$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanew s.com:
>>>>
>>>>>When I was young and foolish, I bought plans for a home sized used
>>>>>motor oil furnace, from the Mother Earth News. My eyes bugged out
>>>>>of my head when I read them. You were supposed to use a manual
>>>>>valve and a home made "nozzle", to control the drip rate of the
>>>>>oil, as it dropped on pieces of fire brick, placed on a burner,
>>>>>made out of a frying pan. You got the fire going with kerosene or
>>>>>barbecue lighter fluid. I am still alive. That means I must not
>>>>>have made the thing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>If you had made it, it would have worked. Years back we had a
>>>>commercial fuel oil heater made exactly as you describe, it worked to
>>>>perfection and heated one end of our house, the wood stove in the
>>>>kitchen heated the other end. Unlike the one you describe, ours did
>>>>have a fairly elaborate chimmney to exhaust the fumes.
>>>>
>>>
>>>The better old burners had forced air to keep a smaller flame hotter with
>>>less soot. Bummer but all used motor oil has a pretty good load of sulfur
>>>in it.
>>>
>>
>>
#267
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: OT BioDiesel
Mainly yuppies who don't know how to burn cleanly or properly select
seasoned wood.
"Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:L5adnWWX7Ol0Pf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Oil burners were way cleaner than burning uncured softwoods in furnaces,
> fireplaces, room stoves, etc. Rarely did our local fire department get a
> chimney fire call for oil burning houses, but wood burning ones happened
> all the time. In a year, a big wood furnace would put about an inch of
> gunk on the inside of the chimney.
>
> billy ray proclaimed:
>
>> That is why you had to clean your furnace and chimney annually.
>>
>> Safety isn't rocket science, it is common sense.
>>
>>
>> "Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:Peadnf2G8YPQBf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>
>>>XS11E proclaimed:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
>>>>news:44615d08$0$6055$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanew s.com:
>>>>
>>>>>When I was young and foolish, I bought plans for a home sized used
>>>>>motor oil furnace, from the Mother Earth News. My eyes bugged out
>>>>>of my head when I read them. You were supposed to use a manual
>>>>>valve and a home made "nozzle", to control the drip rate of the
>>>>>oil, as it dropped on pieces of fire brick, placed on a burner,
>>>>>made out of a frying pan. You got the fire going with kerosene or
>>>>>barbecue lighter fluid. I am still alive. That means I must not
>>>>>have made the thing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>If you had made it, it would have worked. Years back we had a
>>>>commercial fuel oil heater made exactly as you describe, it worked to
>>>>perfection and heated one end of our house, the wood stove in the
>>>>kitchen heated the other end. Unlike the one you describe, ours did
>>>>have a fairly elaborate chimmney to exhaust the fumes.
>>>>
>>>
>>>The better old burners had forced air to keep a smaller flame hotter with
>>>less soot. Bummer but all used motor oil has a pretty good load of sulfur
>>>in it.
>>>
>>
>>
seasoned wood.
"Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:L5adnWWX7Ol0Pf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Oil burners were way cleaner than burning uncured softwoods in furnaces,
> fireplaces, room stoves, etc. Rarely did our local fire department get a
> chimney fire call for oil burning houses, but wood burning ones happened
> all the time. In a year, a big wood furnace would put about an inch of
> gunk on the inside of the chimney.
>
> billy ray proclaimed:
>
>> That is why you had to clean your furnace and chimney annually.
>>
>> Safety isn't rocket science, it is common sense.
>>
>>
>> "Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:Peadnf2G8YPQBf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>
>>>XS11E proclaimed:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
>>>>news:44615d08$0$6055$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanew s.com:
>>>>
>>>>>When I was young and foolish, I bought plans for a home sized used
>>>>>motor oil furnace, from the Mother Earth News. My eyes bugged out
>>>>>of my head when I read them. You were supposed to use a manual
>>>>>valve and a home made "nozzle", to control the drip rate of the
>>>>>oil, as it dropped on pieces of fire brick, placed on a burner,
>>>>>made out of a frying pan. You got the fire going with kerosene or
>>>>>barbecue lighter fluid. I am still alive. That means I must not
>>>>>have made the thing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>If you had made it, it would have worked. Years back we had a
>>>>commercial fuel oil heater made exactly as you describe, it worked to
>>>>perfection and heated one end of our house, the wood stove in the
>>>>kitchen heated the other end. Unlike the one you describe, ours did
>>>>have a fairly elaborate chimmney to exhaust the fumes.
>>>>
>>>
>>>The better old burners had forced air to keep a smaller flame hotter with
>>>less soot. Bummer but all used motor oil has a pretty good load of sulfur
>>>in it.
>>>
>>
>>
#268
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: OT BioDiesel
Mainly yuppies who don't know how to burn cleanly or properly select
seasoned wood.
"Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:L5adnWWX7Ol0Pf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Oil burners were way cleaner than burning uncured softwoods in furnaces,
> fireplaces, room stoves, etc. Rarely did our local fire department get a
> chimney fire call for oil burning houses, but wood burning ones happened
> all the time. In a year, a big wood furnace would put about an inch of
> gunk on the inside of the chimney.
>
> billy ray proclaimed:
>
>> That is why you had to clean your furnace and chimney annually.
>>
>> Safety isn't rocket science, it is common sense.
>>
>>
>> "Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:Peadnf2G8YPQBf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>
>>>XS11E proclaimed:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
>>>>news:44615d08$0$6055$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanew s.com:
>>>>
>>>>>When I was young and foolish, I bought plans for a home sized used
>>>>>motor oil furnace, from the Mother Earth News. My eyes bugged out
>>>>>of my head when I read them. You were supposed to use a manual
>>>>>valve and a home made "nozzle", to control the drip rate of the
>>>>>oil, as it dropped on pieces of fire brick, placed on a burner,
>>>>>made out of a frying pan. You got the fire going with kerosene or
>>>>>barbecue lighter fluid. I am still alive. That means I must not
>>>>>have made the thing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>If you had made it, it would have worked. Years back we had a
>>>>commercial fuel oil heater made exactly as you describe, it worked to
>>>>perfection and heated one end of our house, the wood stove in the
>>>>kitchen heated the other end. Unlike the one you describe, ours did
>>>>have a fairly elaborate chimmney to exhaust the fumes.
>>>>
>>>
>>>The better old burners had forced air to keep a smaller flame hotter with
>>>less soot. Bummer but all used motor oil has a pretty good load of sulfur
>>>in it.
>>>
>>
>>
seasoned wood.
"Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:L5adnWWX7Ol0Pf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Oil burners were way cleaner than burning uncured softwoods in furnaces,
> fireplaces, room stoves, etc. Rarely did our local fire department get a
> chimney fire call for oil burning houses, but wood burning ones happened
> all the time. In a year, a big wood furnace would put about an inch of
> gunk on the inside of the chimney.
>
> billy ray proclaimed:
>
>> That is why you had to clean your furnace and chimney annually.
>>
>> Safety isn't rocket science, it is common sense.
>>
>>
>> "Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:Peadnf2G8YPQBf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>
>>>XS11E proclaimed:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
>>>>news:44615d08$0$6055$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanew s.com:
>>>>
>>>>>When I was young and foolish, I bought plans for a home sized used
>>>>>motor oil furnace, from the Mother Earth News. My eyes bugged out
>>>>>of my head when I read them. You were supposed to use a manual
>>>>>valve and a home made "nozzle", to control the drip rate of the
>>>>>oil, as it dropped on pieces of fire brick, placed on a burner,
>>>>>made out of a frying pan. You got the fire going with kerosene or
>>>>>barbecue lighter fluid. I am still alive. That means I must not
>>>>>have made the thing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>If you had made it, it would have worked. Years back we had a
>>>>commercial fuel oil heater made exactly as you describe, it worked to
>>>>perfection and heated one end of our house, the wood stove in the
>>>>kitchen heated the other end. Unlike the one you describe, ours did
>>>>have a fairly elaborate chimmney to exhaust the fumes.
>>>>
>>>
>>>The better old burners had forced air to keep a smaller flame hotter with
>>>less soot. Bummer but all used motor oil has a pretty good load of sulfur
>>>in it.
>>>
>>
>>
#269
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: OT BioDiesel
There weren't any yuppies yet. These were folks who had grown up in the
area prior to the availability of gas and you'd think they'd know
better. But then the grain elevators used to detonate every now and
then as well.
billy ray proclaimed:
> Mainly yuppies who don't know how to burn cleanly or properly select
> seasoned wood.
>
>
> "Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:L5adnWWX7Ol0Pf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>
>>Oil burners were way cleaner than burning uncured softwoods in furnaces,
>>fireplaces, room stoves, etc. Rarely did our local fire department get a
>>chimney fire call for oil burning houses, but wood burning ones happened
>>all the time. In a year, a big wood furnace would put about an inch of
>>gunk on the inside of the chimney.
>>
>>billy ray proclaimed:
>>
>>
>>>That is why you had to clean your furnace and chimney annually.
>>>
>>>Safety isn't rocket science, it is common sense.
>>>
>>>
>>>"Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>news:Peadnf2G8YPQBf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@comcast.c om...
>>>
>>>
>>>>XS11E proclaimed:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
>>>>>news:44615d08$0$6055$a82e2bb9@reader.athenane ws.com:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>When I was young and foolish, I bought plans for a home sized used
>>>>>>motor oil furnace, from the Mother Earth News. My eyes bugged out
>>>>>>of my head when I read them. You were supposed to use a manual
>>>>>>valve and a home made "nozzle", to control the drip rate of the
>>>>>>oil, as it dropped on pieces of fire brick, placed on a burner,
>>>>>>made out of a frying pan. You got the fire going with kerosene or
>>>>>>barbecue lighter fluid. I am still alive. That means I must not
>>>>>>have made the thing.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>If you had made it, it would have worked. Years back we had a
>>>>>commercial fuel oil heater made exactly as you describe, it worked to
>>>>>perfection and heated one end of our house, the wood stove in the
>>>>>kitchen heated the other end. Unlike the one you describe, ours did
>>>>>have a fairly elaborate chimmney to exhaust the fumes.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The better old burners had forced air to keep a smaller flame hotter with
>>>>less soot. Bummer but all used motor oil has a pretty good load of sulfur
>>>>in it.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
area prior to the availability of gas and you'd think they'd know
better. But then the grain elevators used to detonate every now and
then as well.
billy ray proclaimed:
> Mainly yuppies who don't know how to burn cleanly or properly select
> seasoned wood.
>
>
> "Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:L5adnWWX7Ol0Pf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>
>>Oil burners were way cleaner than burning uncured softwoods in furnaces,
>>fireplaces, room stoves, etc. Rarely did our local fire department get a
>>chimney fire call for oil burning houses, but wood burning ones happened
>>all the time. In a year, a big wood furnace would put about an inch of
>>gunk on the inside of the chimney.
>>
>>billy ray proclaimed:
>>
>>
>>>That is why you had to clean your furnace and chimney annually.
>>>
>>>Safety isn't rocket science, it is common sense.
>>>
>>>
>>>"Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>news:Peadnf2G8YPQBf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@comcast.c om...
>>>
>>>
>>>>XS11E proclaimed:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
>>>>>news:44615d08$0$6055$a82e2bb9@reader.athenane ws.com:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>When I was young and foolish, I bought plans for a home sized used
>>>>>>motor oil furnace, from the Mother Earth News. My eyes bugged out
>>>>>>of my head when I read them. You were supposed to use a manual
>>>>>>valve and a home made "nozzle", to control the drip rate of the
>>>>>>oil, as it dropped on pieces of fire brick, placed on a burner,
>>>>>>made out of a frying pan. You got the fire going with kerosene or
>>>>>>barbecue lighter fluid. I am still alive. That means I must not
>>>>>>have made the thing.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>If you had made it, it would have worked. Years back we had a
>>>>>commercial fuel oil heater made exactly as you describe, it worked to
>>>>>perfection and heated one end of our house, the wood stove in the
>>>>>kitchen heated the other end. Unlike the one you describe, ours did
>>>>>have a fairly elaborate chimmney to exhaust the fumes.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The better old burners had forced air to keep a smaller flame hotter with
>>>>less soot. Bummer but all used motor oil has a pretty good load of sulfur
>>>>in it.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
#270
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: OT BioDiesel
There weren't any yuppies yet. These were folks who had grown up in the
area prior to the availability of gas and you'd think they'd know
better. But then the grain elevators used to detonate every now and
then as well.
billy ray proclaimed:
> Mainly yuppies who don't know how to burn cleanly or properly select
> seasoned wood.
>
>
> "Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:L5adnWWX7Ol0Pf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>
>>Oil burners were way cleaner than burning uncured softwoods in furnaces,
>>fireplaces, room stoves, etc. Rarely did our local fire department get a
>>chimney fire call for oil burning houses, but wood burning ones happened
>>all the time. In a year, a big wood furnace would put about an inch of
>>gunk on the inside of the chimney.
>>
>>billy ray proclaimed:
>>
>>
>>>That is why you had to clean your furnace and chimney annually.
>>>
>>>Safety isn't rocket science, it is common sense.
>>>
>>>
>>>"Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>news:Peadnf2G8YPQBf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@comcast.c om...
>>>
>>>
>>>>XS11E proclaimed:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
>>>>>news:44615d08$0$6055$a82e2bb9@reader.athenane ws.com:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>When I was young and foolish, I bought plans for a home sized used
>>>>>>motor oil furnace, from the Mother Earth News. My eyes bugged out
>>>>>>of my head when I read them. You were supposed to use a manual
>>>>>>valve and a home made "nozzle", to control the drip rate of the
>>>>>>oil, as it dropped on pieces of fire brick, placed on a burner,
>>>>>>made out of a frying pan. You got the fire going with kerosene or
>>>>>>barbecue lighter fluid. I am still alive. That means I must not
>>>>>>have made the thing.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>If you had made it, it would have worked. Years back we had a
>>>>>commercial fuel oil heater made exactly as you describe, it worked to
>>>>>perfection and heated one end of our house, the wood stove in the
>>>>>kitchen heated the other end. Unlike the one you describe, ours did
>>>>>have a fairly elaborate chimmney to exhaust the fumes.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The better old burners had forced air to keep a smaller flame hotter with
>>>>less soot. Bummer but all used motor oil has a pretty good load of sulfur
>>>>in it.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
area prior to the availability of gas and you'd think they'd know
better. But then the grain elevators used to detonate every now and
then as well.
billy ray proclaimed:
> Mainly yuppies who don't know how to burn cleanly or properly select
> seasoned wood.
>
>
> "Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:L5adnWWX7Ol0Pf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>
>>Oil burners were way cleaner than burning uncured softwoods in furnaces,
>>fireplaces, room stoves, etc. Rarely did our local fire department get a
>>chimney fire call for oil burning houses, but wood burning ones happened
>>all the time. In a year, a big wood furnace would put about an inch of
>>gunk on the inside of the chimney.
>>
>>billy ray proclaimed:
>>
>>
>>>That is why you had to clean your furnace and chimney annually.
>>>
>>>Safety isn't rocket science, it is common sense.
>>>
>>>
>>>"Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>news:Peadnf2G8YPQBf_ZnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@comcast.c om...
>>>
>>>
>>>>XS11E proclaimed:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
>>>>>news:44615d08$0$6055$a82e2bb9@reader.athenane ws.com:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>When I was young and foolish, I bought plans for a home sized used
>>>>>>motor oil furnace, from the Mother Earth News. My eyes bugged out
>>>>>>of my head when I read them. You were supposed to use a manual
>>>>>>valve and a home made "nozzle", to control the drip rate of the
>>>>>>oil, as it dropped on pieces of fire brick, placed on a burner,
>>>>>>made out of a frying pan. You got the fire going with kerosene or
>>>>>>barbecue lighter fluid. I am still alive. That means I must not
>>>>>>have made the thing.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>If you had made it, it would have worked. Years back we had a
>>>>>commercial fuel oil heater made exactly as you describe, it worked to
>>>>>perfection and heated one end of our house, the wood stove in the
>>>>>kitchen heated the other end. Unlike the one you describe, ours did
>>>>>have a fairly elaborate chimmney to exhaust the fumes.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The better old burners had forced air to keep a smaller flame hotter with
>>>>less soot. Bummer but all used motor oil has a pretty good load of sulfur
>>>>in it.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>