Yellow Heat Y-2100 User manual

Yellow Heat Burner Operation Manual
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YELLOW HEAT ™
Yellow Grease Burning System
Model Y-2100
2015 Patent 9033698
Operation Manual
Please read this Operation Manual thoroughly before purchasing,
installing or operating the Yellow Heat Burner.
Manual Version: February 28, 2021
A Product of Homestead Inc.
1664 Cape St., Williamsburg, MA 01096
phone: [phone]
[e-mail]
www.YellowHeat.com

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Yellow HeatTM
Yellow Heat Oil Burner is a waste oil ignition system. It operates on all conventional #2 fuel oils
and most other waste oils, including waste vegetable oil.
Our patented “uncloggable” burner head and overall system design means the oil does not require
pre-filtering, within certain limitations. No preheaters are required. Most waste fuels may be
added directly without any pre-processing.
Yellow Heat Oil Burner encourages the collection and use of locally sourced waste vegetable oil
from your neighborhood restaurants and other commercial kitchens. We show you how to source
and process waste vegetable oil to replace fossil fuel.
Special green incentives may soon become available that can provide cash rewards for certain
vegetable oil operated space heating. Yellow Heat can qualify for these incentives. See our blog at
YellowHeat.com for updates on this exciting development.
Homestead Inc. manufactures the Yellow Heat Burner which is matched to the Yellow Heat
Furnace. Operated together on appropriate waste vegetable oil (yellow grease), the Yellow Heat
System is certified to reduce your net carbon footprint by 98%.
The Yellow Heat System can reduce your space heating fuel costs by up to 90%. See
YellowHeat.com or email Tom at Homestead Inc. [email protected]

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RECOMMENDED USES
The Yellow Heat Burner is suitable for heating greenhouses, warehouses, shops, barns, garages,
certain commercial spaces and selected other larger heating spaces. Yellow Heat Burner is not
appropriate for most residential applications due to insurance restrictions.
Depending on the construction details and equipment in the heated space, Yellow Heat is suitable
for heating spaces from 1,000 to 10,000 square feet. Multiple Yellow Heat units can be used for
larger spaces. Consult an installing HVAC professional if in doubt about the suitability of this
heating equipment for your proposed use.
Yellow Heat will cleanly and efficiently burn new or recycled vegetable oils, B-100 or any other
blend of biodiesel, #1 or #2 home heating oil, diesel fuel, used motor oil, hydraulic oil,
transmission fluid, or most other combustible oils. Never use flammable liquids such as gasoline,
paint thinner, alcohol, or other potentially explosive fuel in the burner. Please read this Owner’s
Manual thoroughly before purchasing, installing or using the Yellow Heat System.
FEATURES OF THE YELLOW HEAT BURNER
4 Requires no pre-filtering of vegetable oils or other fuels. Unique non-clogging system.
4 Works without electric oil preheating. Moderate electrical power use with low wattage block
heater.
4 Among the lowest cost recycled-oil fired power burner on the market.
4 Utilizes standard heating system components. Industry endorsed fire-safety features.
4 Operates on wide variety of liquid fuels, including vegetable oils, animal fats, standard heating
oils and recycled petroleum oils.
4 Available as a complete oil handling and burning system, all necessary components included.
4 Biodiesel and vegetable oil compatible pump seals and components.
4 Easily tuned for high efficiency and nearly smokeless operation.
4 Adjustable for heat outputs between 60,000 and 150,000 BTUs per hour.
4 Burner can be mounted in many standard liquid-burning appliances as a retrofit.

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PRECAUTIONS AND LIMITATIONS
a. Yellow Heat should not be used in residential locations, critical use applications, or
locations where guaranteed heat has a financial liability. The UL Label has not been
applied to Yellow Heat Burner.
b. The Yellow Heat Burner will produce clean heat at a cost far below other options. The
trade-off is that if your heating system involvement is limited to adjusting the thermostat
occasionally, you may not get satisfactory performance out of this innovative system.
Since yellow grease and other waste-oils as fuels can be a variable composition, periodic
attention to operating conditions is required.
c. Burner maintenance may be required more or less frequently depending on the quality of
the fuel oils used. Especially dirty fuel may require electrode cleaning nearly every day.
d. Yellow Heat Burner produces between 75,000 BTU’s and 150,000 BTU’s per hour,
depending on model used, appliance conditions, combustion-tuning and fuel type.
e. Waste oil may contain some foreign materials, including foodstuffs, water and petroleum
contaminants, including gasoline. Therefore, specific precautions on the handling and
storage of waste oils should be observed when collecting, using, storing and cleaning fuel
for this heater. Compliance with waste oils laws is paramount.
f. The Yellow Heat Burner burns unfiltered oil processed through our Fuel Storage System.
All fuels need to be processed through this System.
g. Yellow Heat may be operated on new or waste oils, and on oils made from petroleum,
animal fats or vegetable oils. Yellow Heat encourages non-petroleum fuels, and
specifically yellow grease, which will be the focus of this Owner’s Manual. Differences in
operating procedure where petroleum oils are used will be pointed out.
h. Yellow grease yields about 5% less heat than standard petroleum oils per unit volume.
Wet fuel yield less heat than dry fuel. Performance may be affected by the quality of the
waste oils used.
i. When used as a retrofit burner for existing heating appliances, this burner may not be
appropriate for small fireboxes. Vegetable oil flames tend to be substantially larger than
flames burning heating oil or waste motor oil for a similar heat output.
j. Some vegetable oil fuels may need enhancing with some more combustible fuel, such as
waste motor oil or heating oil, in order to get satisfactory heat output. Yellow Heat Burner
operates on 100% yellow grease that meets the standard specifications.
k. To maintain the gravity-return for unburned fuel, the furnace/boiler must be elevated
higher than some conventional heating systems. The burner tube invert (lower edge) must
be higher than the maximum level of the fuel in the storage tank. Failure to follow this

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requirement will keep Yellow Heat from operating properly and could be dangerous.
However, a Return Fuel Pump may be added to return unburned fuel to a fuel tank at a
higher elevation. Contact Homestead Inc. for details and please see our Product Catalog.
l. Every fuel storage tank needs a fuel gauge or other level indicator. Strive to keep the fuel
tank more than half full, since our top-down fuel draw system can then avoid the wettest
and dirtiest fuel in the tank, simplifying maintenance requirements.
m. Due to EPA and local regulations, insurance considerations, fire codes and other codes,
Yellow Heat is not to be installed in typical residential locations, such as in a basement.
Homestead Inc. takes no responsibility for improper installations that may cause any loss
or harm if the buyer chooses to ignore this warning. Due to the lack of a UL label, and
other considerations, use of this equipment can potentially invalidate homeowner’s
insurance coverage.
n. Additional restrictions may be placed on waste oil burners by federal, state or local
authorities. Many waste oil burners that burn waste petroleum products require EPA
registration and often State and/or local permitting.
o. This burner must be installed by a professional heating system contractor or
other competent person.
p. Check with local heating codes for additional restrictions.
q. Contact Homestead Inc. for sizing requirements and custom designs.
r. The information presented below, words in italic are items available in our Products
Catalog. Contact Tom at Homestead Inc. with questions on our products at 413 628-4533.