DIY 55-gallon drum blue flame waste oil burner!

[@karlsoffroad]

Here's some video after I got it tuned in much better. I was actually giving it too much oil. facebook.com/share/v/1AuBbYkatA/

[@karlsoffroad]

I did an efficiency test before I get asked about it. I ran it for 1 hour and 34 minutes on 1 gallon of oil. I could have stretched it out a bit more, but it was cold outside! Lol,I think that's pretty impressive considering the size of this thing!

[@rationalOgre]

The old eyecrometer is my favorite measuring device! Congrats on the waste oil burner win! I'm getting ready to build my first one. I'm building a small one as I am eventually going to wrap a sand battery around the first meter or so of the exhaust riser and run the unit indoors with external air intake/exhaust. Cheers!

[@Moonlightshadow-lq4fr]

Wow some energy you are producing there! I could have watched the last bit all night long ♨♨♨♨Can't get any bluer than that!

[@karlsoffroad]

@@Moonlightshadow-lq4fr I have more video, just tried to keep it a bit shorter. People seem to lose interest in about 5 minutes or so. I'm very happy with the results.

[@karlsoffroad]

@@Moonlightshadow-lq4fr here's some video of it tuned in. facebook.com/share/v/1AuBbYkatA/

[@paulfay357]

That's awesome. Been following your content for awhile now, I know that the high output blue flame burner has been on your to do list for a long time. Must be satisfying. Congratulations.

[@karlsoffroad]

@paulfay357 ,thank you! I was starting to think it was a waste of time. I had given up for a while. I couldn't be happier with it. I have so many ideas for it that I'm a bit overwhelmed! 🤣

[@lorddeath1023]

Dude you did it. Wow amazing job 😊. I have been waiting so patiently for this video lol. Glad your feeling better brother. Very excited to see this done. Good job. God bless you and your family. Thanks for all your hard work.

[@karlsoffroad]

@@lorddeath1023 Thank you! Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

[@lorddeath1023]

How is the barrel project coming 😊. I am getting excited to see your progress. Happy new year brother 🎉😊

[@karlsoffroad]

@lorddeath1023 lost one of my best friends on Christmas day. Also been busy with the holidays. I haven't done much. Happy New Year!

[@lorddeath1023]

Really sorry to hear that brother. I'll keep you and your family in my prayers. God bless you brother. Your videos are awesome. They help me get through my hard times.

[@CurtWestrick]

That's badass, the heat coming off of it must be incredible.

[@karlsoffroad]

@CurtWestrick it melted all the snow for 5 feet or so all the way around it! Felt good on my toes, too! Lol

[@Craigs_Adventures]

glad to hear your feeling better. that is simply incredible. Great work. Keep it up.

[@karlsoffroad]

Thank you so much! Did you fly south yet? Lol

[@Craigs_Adventures]

@karlsoffroad yea. We are here for the winter. Great videos you put out.

[@Cire3PC]

You got all that blue after thinning out ? Impressive !

[@karlsoffroad]

@@Cire3PC didn't thin the oil at all. Straight nasty waste motor oil at 5 degrees Fahrenheit outside.

[@markmatt9174]

Nice, needs more air inside the drum. The flames are igniting OUTSIDE of the drum when the gasses get O² they spontaneously ignite (could be a nice boom if the interior flames drop long enough to then suck intake O² and hit the auto-ignition point exploding. There was a YT video several years ago when a guy had this happen to him 2nd/3rd deg burns on him and lost a shed 😢😢 Looks great but you need the extra air added mid and lower in bbl😊

[@karlsoffroad]

@markmatt9174 I realized after I was done filming and just watching the burner. I had too much fuel in the bottom. I adjusted it, and it burned beautiful inside only. I have only fired this 4 times, so I'm still tuning in to what works best. Thank you for your suggestions.

[@karlsoffroad]

@@markmatt9174 facebook.com/share/v/1AuBbYkatA/

[@karlsoffroad]

@@markmatt9174 I shared the link to the video after I got it figured out.

[@markmatt9174]

@karlsoffroad tried yhe link. Fakebook censored me in 2020 for posting facts & 100% of what I put on was from reputable sources & was banned for facts I won't be back on it

[@ejennings98]

Breaking out the Eye-Cronometer... right on

[@karlsoffroad]

@ejennings98 had to,precise guessing was necessary! 😆

[@ScottGovey]

Awesome bro! Keep at it!! Thanks for sharing! Grab one of those digital thermo meters and see how much temp its puttin off. Merry christmas!

[@karlsoffroad]

Thanks, I am having fun with it! Started off as a challenge, and now my mind is going all over with ideas!

[@ScottGovey]

@karlsoffroad your welcome! I unfortunetly started my channel at the wrong time lol, too cold out in my shop to produce any new vids so I have been trying to post some old facebook vids and shorts to at least make some kinda progress lol. Its always cool when the ideas on one thing start brewing in your mind! Stay warm up there!

[@karlsoffroad]

@@ScottGovey I just subscribed, so I'll go binge watch! Merry Christmas!

[@karlsoffroad]

@@ScottGovey I was already subscribed! Lol

[@coachgeo]

some have taken a punch lke probe and poked into holes and bent them to angels to encourage a cyclone effect when air exits holes.. something to experiment with

[@karlsoffroad]

@coachgeo The exhaust pipe is only 14 gauge, so it doesn't offer much area to direct the air when it exits. The way I did it worked out for holding the whole thing up off the bottom, too. The experiments never stop until perfection is acquired! Lol

[@coachgeo]

@@karlsoffroad the other builds folk tweaked the holes were also about that gauge some thinner.

[@karlsoffroad]

@coachgeo I guess I missed what you were saying at first. After I commented, I realized what you meant. It's been a long day! Lol

[@MrItsthething]

Looks like you have incomplete combustion going on. The flame coming out the vent is due to vaporized, unburned oil and decomposition products catching fire once they reach more air. You can tell it's running rich inside since you have flames around the air jets, meaning that it's only burning where air is introduced, the rest of the combustion chamber is oxygen-starved. It's a good, simple design, but might be better if you could add a baffle between the lower "T" shape and the rest of the combustion chamber, or add more air vents inside the combustion chamber in order to add more air. If you pipe it to a heat exchanger without adding more air, a lot of that blue flame energy will be wasted due to incomplete combustion.

[@karlsoffroad]

@MrItsthething this is after I got it tuned. I was giving it too much oil. New burner, so I had to test drive for a bit. I also have the hole cut right in line with the top set of air holes. facebook.com/share/v/1AuBbYkatA/

[@Dusty-Builds]

I'm going to have to copy your idea. I wonder if you had 1/8" holes it might not force as much flame out of the barrel?

[@karlsoffroad]

@@Dusty-Builds I've been testing different hole placement and number of holes. I should have it dialed in completely by tomorrow. Let me know how yours turns out! Thanks for watching!

[@johnpisciotto5566]

Carl do you think the blue flame is better because the oil might be getting heated more, thinning it out for better vaporization. Im just wondering because in my small pot burner i get some blue flame and my oil is cold like yours as i'm in Windsor across the river from Detroit. Wondering if my oil was heated if the blue flame would improve.

[@karlsoffroad]

@johnpisciotto5566 The blue flame is more efficient. It's only burning the vapors. Heating your oil might help. Everything on this one takes place in the burner. It has just enough room to hold some super heated oil and mix with the air just right. I normally don't care about blue flame, but I was challenged to make a burner out of a drum, and this was the result. Happy accident, really. I'm just on the other side of the Blue Water Bridge.