Mixing Waste Motor Oil and #2HHO

[q]Anyone with experience in this? Mixing the two aren’t a problem with the pumps I have. Is 50/50 a good way to go?…I’d prefer the highest %age of WMO since it’s free to me. My thoughts are that the preheating of the oil scenario would change. Is it possible? Or even be eliminated? My goal […]

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Does B100 Replace HHO?

[q]I’ve read about WVO requiring mods to feed and burn properly but what about B100 ? Can it not just replace HHO liter for liter? Second question: seems the Becket burner is the most popular for this type of application. Am I wrong?[/q] [a] Yes, B100 can replace HHO. But, there are “mixed reviews” on […]

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Boiler Black Soot – White Ash

[q]When burning HHO in a boiler (older type; no blue flame or low nox burner and no fire brick), black soot forms in the combustion chamber. I understand that. The inside walls are relatively cold, so no total combustion. Our HHO fired English range cooker contains no soot at all. No nothing. Probably due to […]

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Extended Combustion Chamber

[q]I tackled the long-flame-short-chamber problem for my boiler. The boiler rebuilding I mentioned last week kept my mind busy. Many of us are trying to shorten and/or widen the flame. But do we really want that? I think the answer is no. The short orange flame doesn’t burn clean and gives less BTU output. Downsizing […]

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Trying to Figure out Safe Home Heating with Alt Fuels

[q]I am interested in burning either filtered waste vege oil or biodiesel for residential home heating. I have done a lot of searching, and found a bunch of people asking similar questions – but no real answers. I THINK the consensus I’ve seen is that there are no official UL certified residential oil furnaces that […]

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