Replacement for Oil Cooker required, North West.

[DHutch]

A friend has a contact who lives on a boat and has a Hamco 2000 oil cooker, which is about 50 years old and needs replacing. It also heats the water

 

They are looking for anything or anyone that could replace it for a newer version?

 

I've said that oil cookers are not that common. However open to advice of a replacement and or suggestions of someone who can do the work. Potentially including converting to diesal/gas. 

 

Thanks

 

Daniel

[StephenA]

Don't Aga/Rayburn do gas oil burner stoves any more?

 

Edited to add :

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174915761068?var=0&&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&siteid=3&campid=5338743057&customid=jkp_Cj0KCQjw18WKBhCUARIsAFiW7Jwla1ec15nCsHZWugQlHU4vzCO7bmou_L_RLx3XnDkxAQfquIbc8kgaAvowEALw_wcB&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw18WKBhCUARIsAFiW7Jwla1ec15nCsHZWugQlHU4vzCO7bmou_L_RLx3XnDkxAQfquIbc8kgaAvowEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Edited September 27, 2021 by StephenA

[David Mack]

Or something like this

 

https://heritagecookers.co.uk/oil-fired-range-cookers/uno-oil-range-cooker/

[Athy]

8 hours ago, StephenA said:

Don't Aga/Rayburn do gas oil burner stoves any more?

 

 

Yes, indeed they do. We have an oil-burning Rayburn 460 here at home, it heats domestic water and central heating radiators as well as being a cooker. As far as i know, Agas are just cookers, though I may be mistaken.

 

[wandering snail]

We've a diesel Sigmar that works like a Rayburn in that it cooks, heats the boat and the hot water but heats up from cold a lot quicker than a Rayburn. Sadly they're no longer available but Dickinson, which are similar, are. Ditchcrawler's got one.

[Alan de Enfield]

10 hours ago, DHutch said:

A friend has a contact who lives on a boat and has a Hamco 2000 oil cooker,

 

By 'oil' do you mean kerosene ?

 

If replacing anyway, and assuming the boat is diesel engine powered, why not take the opportunity to rationalise fuels and go for a diesel fired one ?

[Ex Brummie]

Oil, in heating terms, can be either Kerosene (28 sec redwood) or gas oil (35 sec redwood) (or heavy oil in industrial applications), and most appliances can be set to run on either with little adjustment to the nozzle size and operating pressure, when referring to pressure jet units. Smaller throughputs may need a nozzle preheater to aid ignition. Vapourising burners run cleaner and easier on Kerosene, but Bubbles and Refleks and the like work happily on 35 sec with a little more maintenance. The Hamco is a vapourising  burner and would require a gravity feed of fuel. In some instances this may not be available to a cooker, so if a separate tank is required it would be beneficial to run on Kerosene aslong as there were no supply difficulties.

[DHutch]

On 28/09/2021 at 10:08, Alan de Enfield said:

 

By 'oil' do you mean kerosene ?

 

If replacing anyway, and assuming the boat is diesel engine powered, why not take the opportunity to rationalise fuels and go for a diesel fired one ?

Kerosene, domestic heating oil, yes. Apparently they have to take minimum of 500l at a time. 

 

I believe it now soots up within a few months, and they are struggling to find anyone who can service it. Both elderly. Hence my contact is trying to help them out of a hole.

 

 

Daniel

[Ex Brummie]

Do you mean soot up or carbon up? Vapourising burners  this and it was exacerbated by us following an EU ruling (and the EU don't use kerosene) that reduced the sulphur content by 50% some 10 -12 years ago. Having said that, both Aga and Rayburn both specify a6 month service interval for vapourising burners.

The problem is that the carbon 'drops out of the fuel and solidifies blocking inlet tubes and reducing the oil level in the vapour chambers.

Edited October 5, 2021 by Ex Brummie