excellent !! thanks dale. must try this out, looks like a winner. dick. ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 10:47 PM Subject: [biofuel] Re: making filters
Lessee, bags... I bought the felt at Walmart and sewed them up. Maybe 10 cents each. If you don't sew, then maybe buy some knit tubing from Home Depot. They sell it in rolls in the plumbing section, for stretching over septic field lines. A $15 roll should last several generations. No idea about the microns. I mostly filter out french fries, fish parts, etc. But selection of fabric would determine the particle size. The felt from Walmart filters out everything visible, and leaves the oil pretty and clear. An additional outer bag or two of finer weave would probably pick up a few more particles, though. I pull the oil through the filter using vacuum. So the maximum pressure I use is about 15 psi. I think all the PVC components are rated about 125 psi at room temperature. Less at higher temps. Haven't measured the flow. I use a pair in parallel, just in case one clogs. The pair has no trouble filtering 10 gpm of room temperature peanut oil. Dale --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Dick Carlstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > pray dale, any particular specs on the felt filter bag ? price range ? down to how many microns will it filter ? operating pressure ? thru flow ? > > sorry for the barrage of questions, just trying to get the broad picture. > > tks. cheers, dick. 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/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Small business owners... Tell us what you think! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vO1FAB/txzCAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
