From: mark@ehle.homelinux.org
Date: Mon Oct 03 2005 - 04:36:26 PDT
When I say not as clean, I do not mean dirt. I mean water, methanol, lye, and
glycerin; all are present in small amounts in un-washed biodiesel. As I
understand it, diesels don't want any of these chemicals, but a furnace burner
will tolerate them. Particulates are another matter, and I will filter them out
as well as I can.
Yup, you are right, having your furnace die at 10 degrees is not a pleasant
experience. Been there, done that. Also unpleasant is paying the $350-$400 bill
every time the dang oil truck pulls into my yard! An event that happens all too
often at my house in the middle of winter.
Mark
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Quoting Everette <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>:
> Mark, to support my OD habit I work on and sell pressure washers/steam
> cleaners that use same fuel pump as home heating units,. they do not accept
> dirty fuel well at all, be sure your filter system is up to par, I might
> consider adding additional filtering capacity, -- at 10 degrees outside is
> not the time for burner to stop
>
> Everette
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <mark@ehle.homelinux.org>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 5:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Diesel & cooking oil
>
>
> > Also, when lye is mixed with methanol, the resulting chemical, methoxide,
> > is
> > exeedingly caustic and can eat your skin without you knowing it, because
> > it
> > quickly kills nerve endings. Nasty stuff. It' already eched the glass in
> > my
> > blender after just two test batches.
> >
> > A good many biodiesel sites recommend that you build your processor in
> > such a
> > way that you never come into contact with methoxide, including the vapor.
> >
> > I am currently building a 50-gallon biodiesel processor out of an ancient
> > electric water heater to make fuel for my home oil furnace, and maybe for
> > my
> > M35. As I understand it, biodiesel does not have to be as clean for use in
> > a
> > furnace as it does in an engine. My plan is just to make it and store it
> > in my
> > current heating oil tank, along with what the oil company pumps in there.
> > They
> > are supposed to be compatable in any ratio.
> >
> > My only worry is that after I get good at it, the government (spurred on
> > by the
> > petroleum industry) will decide to make used cooking oil a hazardous
> > chemical,
> > and require that all restuarants hire only licensed waste haulers to
> > dispose of
> > it.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > --------------
> > Quoting Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>:
> >
> >> At 5:43 PM -0500 10/2/05, MV wrote:
> >> >Unless I'm mistaken, the only way you can blind=20
> >> >or kill yourself with methanol is to drink it.
> >>
> >> Or breathe the vapors or absorb it through your=20
> >> skin. We're talking pure, methanol here, not a=20
> >> solution of methanol and water.
> >>
> >>
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