Hallo Tom, I am not the one to ask about rubber and biodiesel. It is my impression that the two get along fine although they have a bad reputation to the contrary but I don't know that as fact. I just put the rubber bit in there in case someone had concerns about biodiesel and rubber coming into contact because in my fuel oil burner they don't and I don't believe they do in any others. Todd or some of the others can tell you definitively. Just consider me a half blind old fart hobbling around muttering to himself trying to make sense of things. ;o)
Happy Happy, Gustl Friday, 01 April, 2005, 16:53:08, you wrote: TI> Greetings Gustl, TI> I was under the impression from my reading that viton rubber would be ok in TI> contact with biodiesel. If I«m wrong about this someone please say so. All TI> metal is definitely better as I imagine even viton will degrade in a 5 or 10 TI> year time span just due to the heat. As far as the burner is concerned I TI> think if it can run diesel heating oil it should be fine with Bio D. Unless TI> it«s really cold the Bio D should flow even better. Anyone else have TI> comments? TI> Tom Irwin TI> -----Original Message----- TI> From: Gustl Steiner-Zehender TI> To: Biofuel TI> Sent: 1/04/05 9:00 TI> Subject: [Biofuel] Biofuel and Oil Burning Furnaces TI> Hallo Folks, TI> We have run out of wood and I am not fit to cut and split it at this TI> time so we had to use our fuel oil furnace which needed more attention TI> than I was qualified to give it. TI> I spoke to Erv, the repairman, about the problems with diesel Nr. 1 TI> and Nr. 2 and then asked him about biofuel and the furnace. He told TI> me there were no rubber parts at all that would touch the biofuel and TI> that the only thing which would need to be changed for it to work TI> would possibly be the nozzle. TI> I have seen this topic several times on the list but don't remember TI> the details of the discussion. Thought this might be of some use to TI> someone. I know I will be heating with biofuel this winter. TI> Happy Happy, TI> Gustl -- Je mehr wir haben, desto mehr fordert Gott von uns. ******** We can't change the winds but we can adjust our sails. ******** The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. C. S. Lewis, "The Screwtape Letters" ******** Es gibt Wahrheiten, die so sehr auf der Stra§e liegen, da§ sie gerade deshalb von der gewšhnlichen Welt nicht gesehen oder wenigstens nicht erkannt werden. ******** Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music. George Carlin ******** The best portion of a good man's life - His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. William Wordsworth _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
