Cooking oil reuse

amatureleccy · Post by **amatureleccy** » 23 Jan 2013, 22:28

My family seems to generate an awful lot of cooking oil waste. I wondering how I could go about making use of this. I am thinking of using to power a small lamp or heater.

Lighting in some vessel and using the heat to provide gentle warmth for my chickens in their coop. Nothing to sophisticated or demanding, I am not trying drive a car or use it to power a rocket to the moon. Just use lit like one of the old parfin oil lamps.

Any pointers would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks

silky · Post by **silky** » 23 Jan 2013, 22:49

great idea, I'll have a think about that.

HensAloud · Post by **HensAloud** » 23 Jan 2013, 23:08

Sorry to pour water on your fire, but I wouldn't put anything with a flame in the coop, they might knock it and go up and burn yike*

amatureleccy · Post by **amatureleccy** » 24 Jan 2013, 23:21

Glad you raised that point because it gives me the opportunity to expand on the idea.

In my mind I am seeing a device outside the coop and at a safe distance. The device would have a flame which would heat air in a pipe or a metal bar, that would then be fed into the coop to give up its heat.

It's a poor picture but I hope it gives people something to go on.

Come on let's get creative.

Post by **Annie** » 24 Jan 2013, 23:35

Is your coop very large for the number of hens that you keep a.leccy ? It's not normally a requirement to add extra heat even in the coldest of winter nights , they have amazing capability for keeping themselves cosy, I would worry in case extra heat could be to their detriment. If they have plenty of bedding to nestle down in if necessary they should be fine honestly.

silky · Post by **silky** » 24 Jan 2013, 23:54

Annie wrote:Is your coop very large for the number of hens that you keep a.leccy ? It's not normally a requirement to add extra heat even in the coldest of winter nights , they have amazing capability for keeping themselves cosy, I would worry in case extra heat could be to their detriment. If they have plenty of bedding to nestle down in if necessary they should be fine honestly.

Very true, I was thinking of having something in my greenhouse as the girls use it to have a dust bath; as it is nice and dry, but at this time of year a small heating device would stop their water freezing over night.