Oil Burning Stove

[Lower bucks]

I went to Ireland recently and noticed a lot of people were going with oil burning stoves.They look just like a pellet stove but burn #2 diesel.The tank is outside and is gravity fed.On low burn it uses.06 gals per hr
thats almost 18 hrs for $3.70.I at best on low burn with pellets I get 13 hrs for $4 per bag.I am guessing there is alot less work since there is no lifting or ashes.I pondered buying a second pellet stove but maybe this might be a better option.Also some of these stoves do not need electricity to operate.Anyone out there know anything about these stoves.

 

[moey]

You need to compare BTU's not how long something burns for. A gallon of #2 has 138000 BTU, a 40lb bag about 8000 * 40 = 320000 BTU. Not a exact comparison I suspect the oil is slightly more efficient.

 

[New Hampshire Jim]

As a kid (1950) We had 2 of these in our apartment they were called space heaters. I remember lugging 2 five gallon tanks a day up 3 floors .Approx. 4 hours per gallon on low fire. rarely did we use It on low fire. 1950 technology.

 

[MCPO]

As a kid (1950) We had 2 of these in our apartment they were called space heaters. I remember lugging 2 five gallon tanks a day up 3 floors .Approx. 4 hours per gallon on low fire. rarely did we use It on low fire. 1950 technology.

Oil was $.14 a gal and less back then. And you didn`t have one like the ones used today.
The ones from the 50`s had a wick and often gave off sooty smoke. We had one in the living room with 2 round pot burners inside the porcelain cabinet. The painted ceilings yellowed quickly and the odor of kerosene was always in the air.
The new wickless oil stoves have a catalytic appliance inside the burn pot that actually burns the oil vapors producing much more heat .
I really liked mine as it did heat the whole house but when oil prices went sky high , I replaced mine with a pellet stove and never looked back. Mine was built in Belgium (Franco Belge)

 

[3650]

Couple of guys on you tube converted pellet stoves to waste oil stoves. Great idea but scary contraptions.

 

[mepellet]

So these stoves were producing probably around 7500 BTUh? And this was enough heat?

 

[SwineFlue]

So these stoves were producing probably around 7500 BTUh? And this was enough heat?

At that rate, a bag of pellets would last 2 days. (Producing the same heat)

 

[tsmith]

I had 2 Franco Belge oil stoves in my old house. They had a cristallis in them to vaporize the fuel. They were very nice and provided good heat, but in my new home I went with pellets because of the price of fuel oil. Here is a link to them. I had the Normandie and Continental models. http://www.duvallheatcool.com/FrancoBelge/Franco Belge.htm

 

[mepellet]

At that rate, a bag of pellets would last 2 days. (Producing the same heat)

Yea. Doesn't sound like much heat to me.

 

[tsmith]

Mine produced 33,000 BTU's.

 

[midfielder]

So these stoves were producing probably around 7500 BTUh? And this was enough heat?

I don't think it ever gets really cold in Ireland - not like here, anyway.

 

[Bioburner]

An electric room heater is around 5k btus. A company in Isanti,MN handled fuel oil fireplaces, Tradewinds. Were popular for cabin owners with no electricity needed and cheaper than humping in small LP tanks. I have a Jungers single burner that is very miserly. Had in my old house for backup heat.