Hi Mark, How big is your processor? I made my first 15 litre processor using a stainless kettle element, bought from a local electical store for just £4.50. It is still working fine after a year. I am now using a 150 litre processor that is heated by hot water from a home made gas boiler. The long term plan is to convert the boiler to run on a mixture of glycerol and bio heating oil, but I am not there yet. If you need help sourcing stuff locally, I will help wherever I can Regards Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark` Cookson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Help with Processor
> keith > > Thanks for that, you can get stainless immersion heater[element] but they > are a fortune to buy brand new. I thought any list members may know of > other > alternatives? [ or supplys in the UK] > > Mark > > >>From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Help with Processor >>Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:51:09 +0900 >> >> >Hi to every one, >> >I am trying to build a processor but having difficulty in finding a >>heater >> >element that is not made of copper? I am in the UK, I have been told, in >> >Holland they make a brass emersion heater element but I can not find a >> >supplier here in the UK. >> >Any suggestions anybody? >> > >> >Mark >> >>Hi Mark >> >>Brass won't do either, neither will bronze, lead, tin and zinc. >>Aluminium doesn't react with biodiesel but it does react with lye so >>you can't use it in a processor. Stainless steel is best. Stainless >>steel immersion heaters definitely exist, surely obtainable in all >>countries. Seek and ye shall find. >> >>HTH, good luck. >> >>Keith >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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/ >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows LiveT Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! > http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > 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/
