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A furnace I purchased to intensify my garage and test the oil I have been making from plastic. Here it is running on raw unseperated but filtered oil ...

Can Biodiesel be safely used in fuel-oil furnaces?

May 14, 2008 by Chris D | Posted in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

I decent got a new fuel-oil furnace and was looking into making my own biodiesel, but wanted to check if it could safely be used in my home heating furnace as well, before making a decission. We contemporary in Wisconsin, and are concerned about the risk of the biodiesel gelling up, anyone know anything about this?

Animation wise, you would probably be better off running the vegetable oil in your boiler/furnace. This would actually require some again modifications though, which you might not be able to make. If you wanter to mix the veg with regular fuel oil, you could do it without modifications with a 20/80 veg/oil mixtures.

You can probably use biodiesel in charge of #2 heating oil, but biodiesel will gel just like normal #2 diesel. The reason the #2 heating oil (and diesel for that importance) doesn't gel is because it has been treated with some additives to prevent gelling. Again, the gelling problem can be avoided by using a 20/80 bio/oil assortment.

Gelling is caused when the longer hydrocarbons start freezing out, so you could also do a low-temperature filtering of your biodiesel. You might also try adding some off-the-shelf additives normally utilized to prevent diesel gelling. But these might not be good for your furnace (or you).

You could also try a tank modification. Most tanks are either in the cellar, or buried in the area, but since you're worried about gelling, I'm guessing yours is buried shallow, or above ground. You could add insulation around the tank, and then establish an electric thermostat and electric heater. You should be able to keep the tank above the cloud point. Even easier if you use a bio/petrol blend to lower the cloud point.

fuel oil furnaces?

Jan 25, 2007 by ljstephens6245 | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

My fuel oil furnace won't reinforce started. I primed the line by opening a valve and closing again. Then I hit reset. The blower/furnace comes on, but only for about 30 seconds. What am I doing diabolical.

There is a enthusiasm sensor in there. It looks like the lens on a light sensor to turn lights off in the day and on at night. Undefiled the glass off. It is by the burner and detects ignition. Just clean it with a rag. If that doesn't work you will have to put in place of it.Usually it gets sooted up and just needs to be cleaned

My furnace smells like fuel oil when it first comes on?

Feb 14, 2008 by Mandy and Melanie | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

When the oil furnace starts the heated up before heating the house, it has a strong fuel oil smell. The repair man came, did the usual thing, changed the percolate, the nozzle and cleaned it up, but we can still smell oil as it starts the heat cycle.

Once the fan starts, and when the cycle is over you can't pong oil anymore.

It doesn't smell like smoke or anything burning; just raw fuel oil.

The furnace is 15 years old and we have serviced it at the inception of every winter.

Log in investigate for any blockages in the exhaust vent of the furnace.