I wonder if some kind of sound mitigation inside the shop would help at all. I'm sure all that concrete/brick makes it somewhat loud in there.
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I'd think a waste oil burner with a burner much like a home boiler has,shouldn't be THAT noisy,but the compressor and air would be irritating I'm sure..
I do not enjoy listening to a torpedo heater running,it is like standing next to a roaring jet engine--not to mention the FUMES they make,which gets me gagging and has induced an asthma attack more than once..and nausea from the fumes,sometimes a headache too..
I have two torpedo heaters,a 55,000 and a 110,000 btu ,that run on kerosene or diesel...
I quit using them in the garage after my lungs suddenly got worse a few years ago..the larger one has developed an issue,it will run fine a few minutes,then suddenly start puffing dense white smoke out and "flashing"--I think its ignition coil/transformer is dying,and I do not plant to fix it..tried cleaning the tank and every part on it perfectly and no improvement..I only use the smaller one once in a while outdoors now..hate paying $6+ bucks a gallon for kerosene,and diesel fuel works,but makes worse fumes..
When I go visit a friend at his shop this time of year,he has his torpedo heater going a lot--you cannot hear a word he says,or carry on a conversation unless you stand right next to him...his stereo is always going too,but you have no clue it is on until the heater gets shut off..
His shop has concrete block walls and sheet rock ceilings so the noise is probably amplified by the hard surfaces..when the heater shuts off,your ears feel like popping,after being subjected to that noise for awhile..
I can't stay very long if he leaves it running..a few weeks ago I came home after spending a few hours at his shop with it going and I felt like I had COPD when I got home,I gagged like hell and almost peuked..I do not know how he hasn't got lung cancer from using those heaters,never mind being a chain smoker ..
I do not enjoy listening to a torpedo heater running,it is like standing next to a roaring jet engine--not to mention the FUMES they make,which gets me gagging and has induced an asthma attack more than once..and nausea from the fumes,sometimes a headache too..
I have two torpedo heaters,a 55,000 and a 110,000 btu ,that run on kerosene or diesel...
I quit using them in the garage after my lungs suddenly got worse a few years ago..the larger one has developed an issue,it will run fine a few minutes,then suddenly start puffing dense white smoke out and "flashing"--I think its ignition coil/transformer is dying,and I do not plant to fix it..tried cleaning the tank and every part on it perfectly and no improvement..I only use the smaller one once in a while outdoors now..hate paying $6+ bucks a gallon for kerosene,and diesel fuel works,but makes worse fumes..
When I go visit a friend at his shop this time of year,he has his torpedo heater going a lot--you cannot hear a word he says,or carry on a conversation unless you stand right next to him...his stereo is always going too,but you have no clue it is on until the heater gets shut off..
His shop has concrete block walls and sheet rock ceilings so the noise is probably amplified by the hard surfaces..when the heater shuts off,your ears feel like popping,after being subjected to that noise for awhile..
I can't stay very long if he leaves it running..a few weeks ago I came home after spending a few hours at his shop with it going and I felt like I had COPD when I got home,I gagged like hell and almost peuked..I do not know how he hasn't got lung cancer from using those heaters,never mind being a chain smoker ..
I can not stand the torpedo heaters. Put a CO detector in the area and it will go off shortly.
I wear ear plugs the minute I walk in my shop no matter what. So I will just deal with it.
I wear ear plugs the minute I walk in my shop no matter what. So I will just deal with it.
I just purchased a Master 140K heater over Black Friday for $200. You guys are depressing me now.
Kerosene is worse than propane. The smell is nauseating to me. Put in a CO detector.
You guys should try working in a big truck shop. You would not even notice the noise or the smell of burning #2 at all after a while. 
Just crack a window for some fresh air and heat that sucker up!
Just crack a window for some fresh air and heat that sucker up!
At the junkyard we had a 275 gallon oil tank we converted into a giant wood stove,that we mounted on a wheeled trailer so we could tow it around the yard and use it while we cut parts off cars in frigid weather..we rigged up a stove pipe chimney in the building we could hook it to,to use it for heating the shop area also..
We had a few customers who brought us trees and branches,scrap wood,who didn't have any use for them,and didn't want to pay dump fees to dispose of the wood..but we went thru a lot of wood quickly,and it soon became a constant "hunt" for things to burn..
After we burned about every hunk of wood lying around,all the dead trees & branches,other things found their way into it--anything that would burn..seats,tires,carpeting,drain oil, -you name it...it's a wonder I'm still breathing after all the junk I must have inhaled..
I need to buy a couple of CO detectors,mine in the house started beeping about a year ago,they were well over 10 years old ,so I took the batteries out..
Was shocked to see new ones cost $50 !..
...the house does have hard wired smoke detectors also,but they date back to when it was built in 1977..not sure if they will still work,probably not..
I'm not in a position to pay that much for detectors--I can get some for free if I'm willing to let the FD come "inspect" the house from the Red Cross,but if I do that they will probably have a long list of things I'll need to do before I'll be eligible..rather just buy them myself and not get them involved..
I do not see why a combo CO/Smoke detector is so much money compared to a smoke or CO alarm alone..doesn't all smoke have CO in it ?..
We had a few customers who brought us trees and branches,scrap wood,who didn't have any use for them,and didn't want to pay dump fees to dispose of the wood..but we went thru a lot of wood quickly,and it soon became a constant "hunt" for things to burn..
After we burned about every hunk of wood lying around,all the dead trees & branches,other things found their way into it--anything that would burn..seats,tires,carpeting,drain oil, -you name it...it's a wonder I'm still breathing after all the junk I must have inhaled..
I need to buy a couple of CO detectors,mine in the house started beeping about a year ago,they were well over 10 years old ,so I took the batteries out..
Was shocked to see new ones cost $50 !..
...the house does have hard wired smoke detectors also,but they date back to when it was built in 1977..not sure if they will still work,probably not..I'm not in a position to pay that much for detectors--I can get some for free if I'm willing to let the FD come "inspect" the house from the Red Cross,but if I do that they will probably have a long list of things I'll need to do before I'll be eligible..rather just buy them myself and not get them involved..
I do not see why a combo CO/Smoke detector is so much money compared to a smoke or CO alarm alone..doesn't all smoke have CO in it ?..
You need one CO detector in the middle of the house or closer to the source of CO like the furnace.At the junkyard we had a 275 gallon oil tank we converted into a giant wood stove,that we mounted on a wheeled trailer so we could tow it around the yard and use it while we cut parts off cars in frigid weather..we rigged up a stove pipe chimney in the building we could hook it to,to use it for heating the shop area also..
We had a few customers who brought us trees and branches,scrap wood,who didn't have any use for them,and didn't want to pay dump fees to dispose of the wood..but we went thru a lot of wood quickly,and it soon became a constant "hunt" for things to burn..
After we burned about every hunk of wood lying around,all the dead trees & branches,other things found their way into it--anything that would burn..seats,tires,carpeting,drain oil, -you name it...it's a wonder I'm still breathing after all the junk I must have inhaled..
I need to buy a couple of CO detectors,mine in the house started beeping about a year ago,they were well over 10 years old ,so I took the batteries out..
Was shocked to see new ones cost $50 !..
I'm not in a position to pay that much for detectors--I can get some for free if I'm willing to let the FD come "inspect" the house from the Red Cross,but if I do that they will probably have a long list of things I'll need to do before I'll be eligible..rather just buy them myself and not get them involved..
I do not see why a combo CO/Smoke detector is so much money compared to a smoke or CO alarm alone..doesn't all smoke have CO in it ?..
Smoke detectors supposed to be in every room
Here the "law" states a CO detector must be installed on each level of the home,and they also suggest putting one 10 feet from each bedroom door ,and at the top of the stairs leading to the basement..
"Smoke" detectors seem to not be required by law,as far as I could tell reading the rules,I guess they feel CO detectors alone are sufficient..
I don't have several hundred bucks burning a hole in my pocket to buy enough CO detectors to bring the house "up to code"..at best I'll be lucky to get just two,one for each level of the house...last time the FD inspected the house was probably 10+ years ago,and we had only one CO/smoke detector,and they didn't say anything about adding more of them..
"Smoke" detectors seem to not be required by law,as far as I could tell reading the rules,I guess they feel CO detectors alone are sufficient..
I don't have several hundred bucks burning a hole in my pocket to buy enough CO detectors to bring the house "up to code"..at best I'll be lucky to get just two,one for each level of the house...last time the FD inspected the house was probably 10+ years ago,and we had only one CO/smoke detector,and they didn't say anything about adding more of them..
I've had CO poisoning. I started to get a headache and just felt tired. Went into an unused office to sit for a bit. Got worse. Told the owner I was having issues. Evidently my lips were blue. Medics were called and the whole 9 yards went on.
They had me on oxygen for 45 minutes in the ambulance while the fire department aired the building out. When they were testing the rooms, the office I went into was the worst area.
A critter had gotten stuck in the exhaust vent of the warehouse heater. So it wasn't venting.
Headache for 2 days.
They had me on oxygen for 45 minutes in the ambulance while the fire department aired the building out. When they were testing the rooms, the office I went into was the worst area.
A critter had gotten stuck in the exhaust vent of the warehouse heater. So it wasn't venting.
Headache for 2 days.
CO is heavy so if you want to put one, then it has to be in the lower level
Great...my bedroom is down in the basement..so is the furnace,in another room on the opposite side and end of the house..
We only had the one detector sitting on the fireplace mantle for years..only went off a few times due to cooking smoke when my mom nodded off while cooking ...there is a fireplace insert wood stove I now use often ,so I want one on both levels at the least..
I have had some very close calls as far as CO poisoning..years ago out in my garage I often dozed off in the small 5x10 "btu room" that has a barrel stove,watching TV,and I'd wake up to the room completely fogged out with smoke ,after the fire died down in the stove,and the chimney created a "reverse draft"..lucky I woke up,period..
Supposedly wood smoke is not as deadly as natural gas ,propane or fuel oil though..
I read CO has "no odor",but I can tell when there is a venting problem with a furnace or stove pretty good,my nose is quite sensitive to diesel fuel fumes or raw fuel odor,and you have no trouble telling when a wood stove is not venting well or back drafting..and MA has one of the highest level of the sulpher odor they add to natural gas to aid in leak detection,you'll smell skunky odor right away...I do not access to natural gas ,and we got rid of propane long ago when a kitchen stove we had was propane..gases scare me a lot more than oil fumes or wood smoke ..
We only had the one detector sitting on the fireplace mantle for years..only went off a few times due to cooking smoke when my mom nodded off while cooking ...there is a fireplace insert wood stove I now use often ,so I want one on both levels at the least..
I have had some very close calls as far as CO poisoning..years ago out in my garage I often dozed off in the small 5x10 "btu room" that has a barrel stove,watching TV,and I'd wake up to the room completely fogged out with smoke ,after the fire died down in the stove,and the chimney created a "reverse draft"..lucky I woke up,period..
Supposedly wood smoke is not as deadly as natural gas ,propane or fuel oil though..
I read CO has "no odor",but I can tell when there is a venting problem with a furnace or stove pretty good,my nose is quite sensitive to diesel fuel fumes or raw fuel odor,and you have no trouble telling when a wood stove is not venting well or back drafting..and MA has one of the highest level of the sulpher odor they add to natural gas to aid in leak detection,you'll smell skunky odor right away...I do not access to natural gas ,and we got rid of propane long ago when a kitchen stove we had was propane..gases scare me a lot more than oil fumes or wood smoke ..
A while back I bought a Fieldpiece SOX3 combustion analyzer for tuning my heater. Mostly because HVAC people charge out the ass for anything on a boiler. Works well when burning fuels you're not sure what it is so you can tune as you go. That way you don't end up with CO or wasted fuel. Or puddling fuel in the chamber which is always a treat.
Where in eastern TN? I was trying to figure it out but didn't see a post about it. I have been looking at the greater Bristol Tennessee Metropolitan area for retirement. Property is cheap there. No income tax and drive to either Kentucky or West Virginia to buy your sales taxable items.
Where in eastern TN? I was trying to figure it out but didn't see a post about it. I have been looking at the greater Bristol Tennessee Metropolitan area for retirement. Property is cheap there. No income tax and drive to either Kentucky or West Virginia to buy your sales taxable items.
Plainview Tennessee.
This is the entire thread on it.
https://ck5.com/forums/threads/new-dilemma.330679/
This is the entire thread on it.
https://ck5.com/forums/threads/new-dilemma.330679/
Christmas present for Eileen. Picked these letters up for next to nothing. Just a 2 hour drive, round trip. Mounted to stainless. LEDs and refracting lenses to go still.
This is what they looked like gutted.
Some still had neon in them.
Painting.
Refracting lenses.
Biggest hassle.
This is what they looked like gutted.
Some still had neon in them.
Painting.
Refracting lenses.
Biggest hassle.
That's cool, nice score!
One temporarily lit up. The yellow swoosh can not be seen be the naked eye.
Look at that, you're a sign guy now.
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3/4 ton status
That’s going to take a lot of wrapping paper. 
You guys make me laugh.
