Hello Mark >Dear Keith > >I don't always respond thats true but I do read. >The mixing is limited to 5 minutes because thats >all the blender will take before it smells of >burning plastic.
So switch it off for 5 minutes to let it cool down a bit then mix for another 5 minutes, and so on, for at least half an hour. >I agree that the mixing time is >short and it is conducted at room temperature >only for the moment. If you heat the oil separately first in a saucepan to 55 deg C/130 deg F it will stay hot for quite a long time during the blender mix - though the lower temp of the methanol will cool it down a bit. But still much better than RT. >I do have, however, a hot >plate with a magnetic stirrer coming along within >the next few days. The first sample was only >washed once. So agreed, there are improvements to >be made. Indeed. Still it seems you're doing okay to have got separation at all in these conditions. Gear up a bit and follow the instructions at the links I gave you and you'll be fine: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html Make your own biodiesel: Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_bubblewash.html Bubble washing: Journey to Forever I do rather think you should have told us all this in the first place though before asking what had gone wrong with your wash. (Nothing, as it turns out.) Best Keith >Regards > >Mark ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/aM1XQD/od7FAA/uetFAA/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/
