the centrifuge sounds like a great idea. I am lucky enough to have a source of clean oil; a place that makes corn chips. I filter my oil directly through a 20" filter i got from Tek Supply for about $20 with replacement filters at about $3. they come in versions down to 5 microns. i use an electric pump plumbed to the filter that runs on 110v so it's fairly clean and easy. i used a hydraulic pump from a junkyard, with a belt to a scrounged motor. another excellent catalog is northern hardware supply, who has a 110v pump with a gas station dispensing handle for about $160. I suspect that if you prefiltered with a t-shirt or something, a large filter would last awhile, and the filters apper to be made of cotton, which would make dandy kindling. tek supply is at 1-800-tek supply northern hardware is in the 800 directory; i don't have a catalog handy. good luck, anton
>Hi a solution to your problem might be to use a type of centrifuge machine. >This is basicly a spinning bottle or flask. All the heavy solids should fall >to the bottom of the bottle then you take the left over oil from the top. >One could make a simple centrifuge out of an old washing machine motor and a >plastic drum. >I hope this will help. > >> Has anyone out there got any good ideas on an effective method for >> filtering used cooking fat. I run my car on straight heated fat but I >> regularly clog up my fuel filter. I currently get my fat from fast >> food outlets, then sieve it, and filter it twice through cloth. This >> is a slow messy process but still leaves too many solids in the fuel. >> It is not a pleasant job changing the filter, not cheap and the used >> filters are an environmental hazard in themselves. >> Thanks, Andrew. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
