I know of not one reason to heat the cooking oil to 150F to aid the reaction. At 140F, the methanol starts evaporating; 120F is fine.
I got my thermometer from a store that sells kitchen items or a temperature gauge for a car for larger applications. I got a small one with a dial on top. It will help you when you convert your car to run on straight cooking oil. Greg ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Appal Energy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:55:13 -0400 ><html><body> ><tt> >> as for a burner how would one of those<BR> >> camping stoves that runs on liquid fuel work?? where<BR> >> can i buy a thermometer that will read the 150 or so<BR> >> degrees that is needed for the chemical reaction to<BR> >> occur??<BR> >..........................<BR> ><BR> >I would suggest an electric skillet, filled one 1 inch with veg oil (water<BR> >evaporates too readily), a metal 5 gallon paint bucket with lid. Wrap the<BR> >bucke with R-19 insullation, using 2" clear box tape to secure it well. Lay<BR> >a square of R-19 insulation on top of the lid and you have a pretty<BR> >efficient heat source for shadetree use.<BR> ><BR> >AS FOR OPEN FLAME HEAT SOURCES.....<BR> ><BR> >Such a heat source would border, if not exceed the limits of sanity. You >are<BR> >asking for an instantaneous or nearly instantaneous disaster.<BR> ><BR> >YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT HIT YOU. Or if you eventually do, you will regret<BR> >it the rest of your life.<BR> ><BR> >!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ALCOHOL VAPOR IS EXTREMELY<BR> >COMBUSTIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR> ><BR> >Only perform such a foolish trick if your intent is to thin the gene pool<BR> >and there are no other persons within 100 yards.<BR> ><BR> >Todd<BR> >Appal Energy<BR> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]<BR> ><BR> ></tt> > ><br> > ><!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> > ><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> ><tr bgcolor=#FFFFCC> ><td align=center><font size="-1" color=#003399><b>Yahoo! Groups >Sponsor</b></font></td> ></tr> ><tr bgcolor=#FFFFFF> ><td width=470><a >href="http://rd.yahoo.com/M=190462.1393721.2979173.2/D=egroupmail/S=1700083269:N/A=551015/?http://www.debticated.com"; > target="_top"><img width=468 height=60 >src="http://us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a/am/ameridebtt/debicatedbanner2.gif"; >alt="www.debticated.com" border=0></a></td> ></tr> ><tr><td><img alt="" width=1 height=1 >src="http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=190462.1393721.2979173.2/D=egroupmail/S=1700083269:N/A=551015/rand=127971664";></td></tr> ></table> > ><!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> > > ><br> ><tt> >Biofuel at Journey to Forever:<BR> ><a >href="http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html";>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html</a><BR> >Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. <BR> >To unsubscribe, send an email to:<BR> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]</tt> ><br> > ><br> ><tt>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the <a >href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/";>Yahoo! Terms of Service</a>.</tt> ></br> > ></body></html> > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html 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/
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