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central mich |
We have had a Clean Burn for at least 15 years. It had been used for a year or so when we bought it from the dealer. It is a 275,000 btu or maybe 285,000btu. It has been about trouble free as any waste oil heater. We burn any kind of petroleum product including gear lube. We have a 4'x4'x'4 holding tank below the furnace and we do drain the water off. Do not just have a 90 degree elbow coming out of the shop as water will enter the furnace. You need a T so the rain, snow and soot can fall to the bottom. We have a 10" steel pipe for our chimmney with a drain/cleanout on the bottom. When we did not have the clean out the 10" vertical chimmney actuall filled the 15ft from the ground to the T above with ash and then it would fill up the horizontal furnace pipe coming into the vertical and then back the ash up into the furnace. We just leave the clean out on the bottom open and we think it makes a draft to keep the ash flowing out.
We have seen Lanair and other brands but there is a reason that Clean Burn probably outsells all the other brands combined. I do not like the position of the Clean Burn discharge pipe as it is on the side rather than the back so you have to have a bunch of extra pipe and elbows. We have not cleaned it for at least two years but it is best if it is cleaned once a year.
Friends have tried other brands but for us I would prefer a used Cleanburn to a new other brand. | |
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Lanair used (waste) oil heater
