[biofuels-biz] Re: [renewable-energy] Vegetable oil as fuel

2002-10-19 Thread Andrew Preston
On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 08:14:39 -0700 Mike Cook wrote: I just caught a blurb on CNN this morning that people in Iraq can FILL the entire gas tank for the equivalent of about 60 US cents - what does that work out to, 3 cents a gallon. Aah! Of course, I understand now. The liberation of the

Re: [biofuels-biz] Dept. Weights Measures decommissioning B100 pumps!

2002-10-19 Thread Michael Allen
Dear SAFF, If you have the volume of 1 kg @ 15C and the volume of 1 kg @ 20C, (that is the 1/densities), then you have the coefficient of volumetric expansion over the range 15 to 20 C. It is simply (1/dens1 -1/dens2)/(20-15) and it is in units of K^(-1) Sadly I fear that this is just a

[biofuel] An Ominous New Era

2002-10-19 Thread motie_d
From someone who understands what we are up against! The increased pollution caused by a greater number of older vehicles that is mentioned toward the end of this story, has just concluded another phase. Truck manufacturers who couldn't keep up with the huge demand before the new Regs took

[biofuel] Racor question

2002-10-19 Thread Claude Wheelbarger
Hello all Once upon a time I had a racor filter assembly that I could disassemble, clean and reassemble to filter my next drum of WVO, in the 3 years and 2 moves since I last used it I cannot find it, nor can I find anything close on many of the pages that list Racor filters. I see many that

[biofuel] Re: [renewable-energy] Vegetable oil as fuel

2002-10-19 Thread Andrew Preston
On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 08:14:39 -0700 Mike Cook wrote: I just caught a blurb on CNN this morning that people in Iraq can FILL the entire gas tank for the equivalent of about 60 US cents - what does that work out to, 3 cents a gallon. Aah! Of course, I understand now. The liberation of the

Re: [biofuel] Racor question

2002-10-19 Thread craig reece
Claude, You're looking for the LFS series, and they're techcally bypass *oil* filters - and thus in a different catalog/different section of the Racor webpage from the fuel filters. Craig Claude Wheelbarger wrote: Hello all Once upon a time I had a racor filter assembly that I could

[biofuel] Re: Kerosene heater on Veg oil?

2002-10-19 Thread coachgeo3
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], coachgeo3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ok ok. its prob. been covered, but will a kerosene heater run on veg oil or a veg oil diesel blend? TTT can anyone enlighten me? I will be running a diesel camper in the future with about 40 gals of veg oil on board and I

Re: [biofuel] Re: Kerosene heater on Veg oil?

2002-10-19 Thread studio53
Your best bet is to take an old wick, or spare and try this: 1. soak the wick with a small mixture enough to saturate - 90% kerosene 10% veg oil ... see how that burns. 2. same thing - 80% to 20 % - see how that burns. 3. then 70%, 30% , you get the idea- keep going until it won't burn

Re: [biofuel] Re: Kerosene heater on Veg oil?

2002-10-19 Thread studio53
Disclaimer: Don't set yourself or anything else on fire. Don't do this if you are not mechanically inclined. Don't do this in your house or camper. BE CAREFUL. Jesse Parris | studio53 | graphics / web design | stamford, ct | 203.324.4371 www.jesseparris.com/ - Original Message -

[biofuel] Re: Kerosene heater on Veg oil?

2002-10-19 Thread coachgeo3
Wicks? My bad. I heard their was issues with wicks I did not know a kerosine heater used a wick. Is their another type of kero or diesel fired heater that would work better? --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], studio53 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Disclaimer: Don't set yourself or anything else on fire.

[biofuel] OT : anyone know of this problem??

2002-10-19 Thread Curtis Sakima
Does anyone on this list use Juno as there ISP?? If so, has anyone experience problems with not being able to log into the server?? Like authenticating your username and password ... and then dropping the connection... Has anyone heard of/read as to what the problem is?? If so ... please