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Oddjob:
Do you strain the waste veg oil or just burnt it with all the impurities in it?

amx1992:
I strain it, but also only use the cleanest stuff as it can get a bit too thick when the temperature drops. To be honest diesel is much less effort and mess to run

Bryanj:
Plus you dont get hungry from the smell of burgers, i ran my pickup on biodiesel for a long time till the price of waste oil made it uneconomical, free to take used oil dont exist any more

Moorey:

  I have had a 5kw one in the garage since 2017 and it works fine for my needs. Unless things have changed very recently the so called 8KW are a
 load of old tosh and are exactly the same as the 5kw heaters even down to the fuel consumption claims and you don't get another 3kw of heat for
 nothing I don't think the calorific value of diesel is high enough to give 8kw @0.5lthr  They must be including the exhaust heat to make the figures
 look good
 I have a single block built garage with ply roof and roller shutter door. It will raise the temp of the garage by about 10c when running flat out
 burning approx 0.5 lthr. Tried it on old oil it doesnt like it and it blocks the burner gauze inside the heater. The only hole i have put in the garage is a
 small one big enough for the exhaust. They are certainly not silent but quite acceptable to me and you can still listen to the radio if you want to.
 I don' want the garage warm just comfortable enough to work in. Over the recent cold spell it did just that. A double uninsulated garage and you will be struggling with 5kw you would need two. As I said do not be tempted with the 8kw they do not exist unless things have changed very recently.
 Join the Chinese diesel heaters group on FB. When I got mine It was when they first appeared and I took a punt on one as there was no one who
 knew anything about them.

amx1992:
I think you are right about the exhaust being included in the calculation moorey,

Your right bryan about the smell, think the last lot i used was from a donut van and the exhaust smelled absolutely delicious

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