Chuck's the culprit! - was Re: [biofuels-biz] Digest Number 410
LOL, Chuck! Rest easy, somehow I don't think they're going to have you taken out and shot for it. On the other hand, thousands of people have visited your page at our site, which is surely a useful aid to making good fuel. http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_processor4.html Biodiesel processors: Chuck Ranum's biodiesel processor Flax oil's the same as linseed oil, what they make varnish out of. The BD's not as bad as flax oil SVO might have been though. Regards Keith FOR THE RECORD: Homebrew Biodiesel problems in the mid-west: I am the homebrewer who is responsible for TWO failures in ND. One: a good friend, who was so anxious to try BD twisted my arm into letting him have 45 gallons of unwashed BD, which clogged filters on his 6.5 turbo GM, no other problems. It was an early batch while I was still learning. Two: another buddy, a farmer, wanted fuel, even off-road diesel was quite high at the time, so I let him buy 165 gallons of BD for his tractor (making hay for his horses) There were no problems, UNTIL the fuel had sat in the tank for a year. The tractor wouldn't start. The fuel pickup screen was ruined, clogged with a varnish-like material, and the filter was the same. They rebuilt the injector pump, but the rebuilder said he doubted the fuel wrecked it, it just looked worn out. The pump was the original, and the tractor was pushing 25 years-old. I checked my records, and found that the fuel he got the last time, was from a batch made from Flax-seed oil. The test batches had been fine, but after setting for a week or so a varnish formed on the surface that was not soluble in anything I tried. I also had a few teething problems when I started using BD in my diesel van, but didn't report them to anyone, so I doubt they made it into popular myth. I accept full responsibility for these failures, and the other parties don't blame me, understanding that we all got excited and a bit ahead of ourselves. They also understood that teething-problems, as it were, are to be expected when the neophyte starts down a new path. As you all know, since then, many hundreds of gallons have passed through the injectors with no trouble at all. These are the only incidents I am aware of in my part of the country, and have, in no way, set back the BD cause. Chuck (missed my target production for the year, couldn't get enough WVO!) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- ·FREE Health Insurance Quotes-eHealthInsurance.com http://us.click.yahoo.com/1.voSB/RnFFAA/46VHAA/9bTolB/TM -~- Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Chuck's the culprit! - was Re: [biofuels-biz] Digest Number 410
LOL, Chuck! Rest easy, somehow I don't think they're going to have you taken out and shot for it. On the other hand, thousands of people have visited your page at our site, which is surely a useful aid to making good fuel. http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_processor4.html Biodiesel processors: Chuck Ranum's biodiesel processor Flax oil's the same as linseed oil, what they make varnish out of. The BD's not as bad as flax oil SVO might have been though. Regards Keith FOR THE RECORD: Homebrew Biodiesel problems in the mid-west: I am the homebrewer who is responsible for TWO failures in ND. One: a good friend, who was so anxious to try BD twisted my arm into letting him have 45 gallons of unwashed BD, which clogged filters on his 6.5 turbo GM, no other problems. It was an early batch while I was still learning. Two: another buddy, a farmer, wanted fuel, even off-road diesel was quite high at the time, so I let him buy 165 gallons of BD for his tractor (making hay for his horses) There were no problems, UNTIL the fuel had sat in the tank for a year. The tractor wouldn't start. The fuel pickup screen was ruined, clogged with a varnish-like material, and the filter was the same. They rebuilt the injector pump, but the rebuilder said he doubted the fuel wrecked it, it just looked worn out. The pump was the original, and the tractor was pushing 25 years-old. I checked my records, and found that the fuel he got the last time, was from a batch made from Flax-seed oil. The test batches had been fine, but after setting for a week or so a varnish formed on the surface that was not soluble in anything I tried. I also had a few teething problems when I started using BD in my diesel van, but didn't report them to anyone, so I doubt they made it into popular myth. I accept full responsibility for these failures, and the other parties don't blame me, understanding that we all got excited and a bit ahead of ourselves. They also understood that teething-problems, as it were, are to be expected when the neophyte starts down a new path. As you all know, since then, many hundreds of gallons have passed through the injectors with no trouble at all. These are the only incidents I am aware of in my part of the country, and have, in no way, set back the BD cause. Chuck (missed my target production for the year, couldn't get enough WVO!) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- ·FREE Health Insurance Quotes-eHealthInsurance.com http://us.click.yahoo.com/1.voSB/RnFFAA/46VHAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
