>>>>>>> Message: 3 Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 16:21:48 -0000 From: "dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: home heating
to the person who wants to burn biod. or WVO, check out OMNI by Econo Heal Inc. they have a commercial grade boiler to burn SAE 10 -90 with no modifications and no external air compressor. they lower viscosity with pre heating. www.econoheat.com >>>>>>> Cool... it's nice to know that somebody is trying to serve that market... BUT I find it a bit fishy that they don't post prices. If ya have to ask, ya can't afford it? BTW, the current unit *is* a boiler, which may or may not be interchangeable with "furnace", which is what I mistakenly (always!) called the darn thing. I don't know if that makes a difference in the possibility of using WVO. >>>>>>> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], studio53 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can't "set" a home heating oil furnace to burn more oil. You could change the nozzle size,i.e., a .8 to a 1.5, which means instead of burning 8/10th of a gallon, it burns 1.5 gallons, but nozzle sizes are set by the manufacturer of the furnace based on the size of the chamber. It is very unlikely a maintenance technician would alter this because it would be a liability. >>>>>>> Hmmm, I'll have to check on that... I believe one of the things they claim to do (and charge us for!) is "calibration" or something to that effect. Is it possible that they mean something else with that term? >>>>>>> Message: 9 Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 02:55:21 +0900 From: EREN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (by way of Keith Addison) Subject: EREN Network News -- 10/9/02 <snip> EIA Expects Heating Bills to Increase Up to $300 This Winter <snip> The Northeast will be hit the hardest, as those using heating oil are forecast to face a 45 percent increase in heating bills. <snip> >>>>>>> now you know why I ask about vegoil in the boiler... the last time fuel oil costs spiked (3 yrs ago?), the oil bills a couple of months topped *$500*! (and that was with the thermostat set below 60F!) >>>>>>> Message: 18 Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 10:01:29 -0500 From: rgord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: home heating BigK fuels in Toronto says with BD no mods are req'd. Check out their site - I e-mailed them and got prompt response, good faq on site as well -I'll have to check current prices it was at $0.45/litre http://www.bigkfuels.com/ >>>>>>> Darn.... too bad I'm not close enough to do business with them! I found it interesting that they will provide a tank. I never considered the notion of the tank belonging to somebody else... could an oil co. confiscate your tank if you took your business elsewhere?! >>>>>>> Message: 21 Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 14:08:39 -0700 (PDT) From: mother <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re: home heating since posting this question, i've gotten some more feedback (from a very reputable source) i'll share.. question posed was if buring biodiesel in standard oil furnace, if there were any modifications the needed to be made to furnace: "...the furnace should do fine. if burning 100% biodiesel shaft seals on furnace pump may need attention after a while..." this, because BD is more lika solvent, so little rubber washers'll eventually get eaten through ... but, as far as the furnace itself, oil you buy from the "heating company" is called "#2 heating oil", which is just diesel feul with a different name (and different taxes... which is why you never *see* a farmer syphon heating oil outta his furnance into his tractor, but you know he does!)... so if you hava source of good BD (no hushpuppy chips) and are willing to keep an eye on rubber parts on your furnace pump for corrosion, you should be good - i'm gonna giveitatry this year, will report back rj >>>>>>> Sounds just like the rubber seal problems in engines... good to hear that they don't anticipate any exotic problems from furnaces/boilers. Wonder how much of a hassle it would be to do a pre-emptive replacement of the endangered rubber parts? Well, most of the info so far seems to point to BD only unless you have a unit specially designed to handle vegoil. :^( My first batch of BD has to be 250 gallons?! EEK! (kidding... I'm not THAT crazy!) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Sell a Home with Ease! http://us.click.yahoo.com/SrPZMC/kTmEAA/MVfIAA/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/
