Dear Mr. Dunn: certainly you are not the only one that can make good use of such tables or calculations. Hope some body can share info... Yours truly, Mr. F.J. Burgos
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Dunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 2:21 PM Subject: [Biofuel] TEFC Electric Motor Sizing > Hi all, > > Still gathering my parts for my processor. I found a 1 inch clear > water pump that I'm going to use only for transferring the oil. I > don't know if anyone has a Habitat for Humanity store near them but, > they always have a bunch of motors and pumps at the one near me. > > Unfortunately, I can't find any used TEFC motors. I've resigned to > buying a new TEFC motor for my stir processor. I'm going to be using > a 55 gallon drum as my reactor. Looking at some of Todd Swearingen's > diagrams and others, I think I should be able to get away with a 1/4 > HP motor. A 1/3 HP motor is available locally but, I don't want to > waste any energy or money. Anyone have any guidelines on motor sizes > based on processing capacity? > > Take care, > Ken > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/