From: MV (MV@dc9.tzo.com)
Date: Fri May 05 2006 - 08:45:07 PDT
If you want to get a fuel for heater purposes, the best to get it used
crankcase oil or used hydraulic oil. I work with a shop that does
hydraulic system repairs. They accumulate a 55 gallon drum of old
hydraulic fluid about every 3 weeks. If I don't take it, they pay to
get rid of it. So I take my trailer by there and pickup a drum every
couple of visits. There are a couple of used motor oil burner designs
out there. They work well and you can't beat the price. In between
that source and the crankcase oil I generate, plus a few cords of wood I
get each year, I have plenty of ways to heat my shop for almost nothing
except a little time.
If I could only burn this same stuff in my M51 gasser, then I would be
all set! Propane is starting to look very attractive. And it doesn't
gell or go bad either like the crappy gas we pay through the nose for
now. I think that might be the way to go. This newer gas is nasty
stuff and it goes bad as soon as you look at it funny. The stuff is
quite unstable.
Dave
Ryan Gill wrote:
> At 10:41 PM +0100 5/3/06, Jim Webster wrote:
>
>> I have to admit that I was just skimming this topic until this morning
>> when I was passing the local fish'n'chip shop and just out of
>> curiosity I asked the owner what he did with his old oil... turns out
>> he pays someone to take it away (as usual) and dispose of it. Seems I
>> can have as much as I want as long as I don't charge him...
>
>
> That's the advantage of Biodeisel. Eventually, someone will start paying
> for it, but until then we can pick it up for free. Just don't take it
> out of the tank that the company that's being paid to get it owns.
>
>> Looks like the running costs of that big russian diesel I have been
>> dreaming off have suddenly dropped!
>>
>> I wonder if biodiesel is any good to burn in a heating boiler?
>
>
> Yep. It will. You might have to chance the burner element depending on
> its design and size of orifice, but it's not a huge change from what
> I've read. The other advantage is that you could get a lister cycle
> diesel engine and a generator head and use that as a supplemental power
> source in blackouts. Get really sneaky and you can use the lister cycle
> engine to heat a radiator that's in the circuit for your heating system.
>
>
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