DIY Oil Lamp Convection Heater Project

We built an oil lamp convection heater that can heat up a two bedroom

cabin for less than $5 a week. The heater can reach up to a temperature

of 500 degrees Fahrenheit. The heater can work on different kinds of

oils, which can be purchased very inexpensively

at a wholesale price of

$2.50 a gallon. Stay tuned because this video will show

you how to make your very own heater at home to save money on electricity.

Winter is approaching and running a space heater

is an expensive option, so

we want to replace it with our convection heater.

We will install our heater in our 220 square foot cabin, which

is approximately the same size as two standard bedrooms at 10 feet by

11 feet. These are the supplies for the project.

We are using steel gutters for our heater.

First, we are tracing out four different holes

that need to be cut out.

For this project, we are using a 50 caliber metal ammo box.

All the parts for this project were about $100 combined.

Most of these parts were purchased from a regular hardware

store.

The ammo box was purchased on Amazon.

We are using a hand grinder to cut out the holes.

Now we are finished cutting out all of the holes.

We are removing the rubber seal, which will be replaced with a heat

resistant

gasket.

We are cutting out a hole in the door so that we can replace it with a window

instead.

We use JBWeld to join all of the pieces together.

This is what your heater should look like.

We had someone make us a piece of high heat resistant oven glass, which we

installed over a high heat resistant gasket.

We installed a second gasket on the inside to seal the door.

We are using a concrete board as a fire-resistant material, which we

painted black and installed onto the wall.

We used the metal container as an oil storage container.

We installed a small window so that we can monitor the level of the oil.

We 3D printed this support for a standard computer fan, which will be used

as a blower for our heater.

We are using 10 braided oil lamp wicks.

We are very impressed with the final outcome of the heater.

It performs a lot better than what we imagined.

We ran the heater every day for seven days, 12 hours a day.

Each time, the oil level on the storage container

drops about half an inch to

three quarters of an inch. The storage container can hold half a

gallon of

oil, and it takes approximately a week to go

through a whole gallon of oil.

The heater is giving off a tremendous amount of heat.

The computer fan runs at only 12 volts DC and

1.6 amps. It can also run on a 12 volt DC battery.

The fan is very efficient in circulating the air through the heater to

quickly heat up the space. It also keeps the heater cooler

while operating.

The heater also works as a lamp giving off light in the night.

The cool feature this heater has is that it gives the appearance of a natural

gas fireplace. The thickness and length of the wick and the level of

oil in the storage container can affect the intensity of each flame.

If the wick is too long, it will produce a lot of smoke

and soot and a lot of

unburned fuel. That being said, things need to be properly adjusted.

Also, different oils will produce different

results.

We are going to measure the temperature at the output.

It is around 452 degrees. Now we are going to measure the

temperature of the input.

It's around 77 degrees. The temperature of the exhaust pipe is

around 134 degrees.

The top of the exhaust pipe is

103 degrees. The top surface of the heater

is very hot and you can

probably cook something on it. If you've made it to this point,

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just like this one. What we really like about this heater

is that there

are no fumes inside the cabin. We get all the heat without all the

fumes. Behind the heater, there is a pipe for fresh oxygen

intake. Also, there's a one inch spacing between the

concrete board and the

heater for safety. The pipe at the bottom is for air intake,

and the pipe

at the top is for exhaust. A cold front came through

and the temperature

dropped. Outdoor it is 11 degrees right now, and

indoor it is 79 degrees. We have a second thermometer to confirm

that