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Yes they are. At my last job the one year we spent so much money on service calls for our two waste oil burners that even though we had 5000 gallons of on-site storage for oil, that we got paid to take out of customers' cars, it still would have been cheaper for us to just pay the gas bill for the 6 Modines in the shop.Waste oil heaters make so much sense in Automotive garages but they are a lot of trouble and hard to keep running.
I feel like you guys are way over-thinking the heat for my little two-bay shop.I agree waste oil heaters are a pain to keep up but they do kick out the heat quickly on a cold morning. Basically a oil furnace with three times the controls. One thing to keep in mind is you can rig up some ducting to bring combustion air from outside into the fire box. That way your not putting a neg pressure in the heated space where its pulling cold air in through the cracks. You can also add a heat exchanger in the flue with a fan but then again you need to keep the heat exchanger clean on a regular basis just like a pellet stove.