Yeah, I guess I was just thinking of the 'ick' factor. It must be legal
and not-entirely-deadly because people are doing it. I just don't think
I want to be around when they're doing it.
Which must be a personal...whatever the opposite of blind spot is,
because I happily stand around car exhausts and have worked on cars and
motorcycles indoors...while they're running. After that, waste oil
burning on the other side of a heat exchanger is probably nothing. :-)
On 11/30/2011 1:48 PM, Randall wrote:
>> I have no idea, so I'm just asking: is that safe? There's stuff in
>> used
>> motor oil that I wouldn't want burned then in the air anywhere near me.
> The EPA approves waste oil burners, provided they get hot enough to
> completely burn the oil. IIRC the leftover ash is supposed to be treated as
> toxic waste, because some (maybe most) of the nasty stuff stays behind.
>
> No doubt some of it does get out in the exhaust, but the same thing is true
> of car exhaust.
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