The 5 gallon D2 test photos will be up tomorrow.

 

Subscribing and a :bump:

 

nastyness...

thanks!

 

I might add that the D2 sample did not really have anything to show. In fact, it was difficult to take the picture because the rotor was shiny.

 

As i suspected from such a small sample. Run down and buy 300 gal. and CF that :hehe:

 

very nice test :thumb:

 

Nice. that is some nasty stuff. And to think there are people using a sock filter on WMO and running it in the motor. All the gritty junk is getting to the injectors. Not cool.

 

So how much is a CF and where do i get one?

 

Check this out
Store | Absolute Centrifuge
Look at the rotor/bowl/mounting plate combo


Then read up on the fastcoat CF design. Relatively inexpensive and EFFECTIVE.

One by one it seems many are switching to gravity CF's of some kind. I think it is great to see it so that alternative fuel can be done safely.


Jake, Consider a two tank DIY WVO system, and get rid of the WMO program. We greasers cant keep up burning enough VO to balance out your WMO carbon footprint! LOL

 

even better i saw a thread somewhere where a guy was using a rope as a filter... imagien that! he used its wicking ability to do the fitlering, said it took like a week to fitler 20 gallons or something like that. that dude was nuts.

 

I use the basic one from leon at wvodesigns. I think they are about $1000

 

Thanks for spending the time to do that :thumb:

Here is one that a lot of guys use
Simple Centrifuge ...putting a centrifuge in every garage!

 

Holy crap those are expensive.

 

Not really when you think about the big picture. Think about how much money you will be saving running free or almost free fuel. I've only been doing this steadily for a little over 3 months and I've already paid for the close to $1000 I have in my setup without the CF. I'm hoping to have a CF in another month or so and I figure that will take about another 3 months to pay for itself and then I'm home free

 

I was just BS'in with the GF's dad. We have concluded that if the level of interest in WVO in the current diesel price spike equals the amount of interest in summer of 2008, we are going to add two more overhead tanks, and run the centriuge non stop 24/7. It should produce 1340 gallons/week +/-. All it would be a is adding two more settling tanks with 2" valves in the bottom and away we go!


.......Oh, and a bunch more totes!:hehe:

 

Wow, 1340 gal a week.... whatcha gonna do with all that? Better yet, where ya gettin it?

 

I don't have any connections for WVO. I've tried all the restaurants around here and they all have a company take it.

 

You are right about that, because if they didn't, there would be an ocean of oil outside the back door of nearly every foodservice operation.

At present, most companies (in my market) are charging for disposal or are having it removed at "no charge". Offer the operators a buck a jug and explain what you want to do and go from there. All greasers start small!

 

I might have to hit them up again.

 

Stay with the search. Dont give up. GOOD LUCK!:icon_ford:

 

I need to clarify a bit. If we scale up the CF operation, I would not be collecting all of that oil. I usually collect 250 gallons or so per week. We have a couple others individuals that collect 50-200 gallons every ten days or so. These guys collect their oil and bring it over. We off load them and reload them at the same time with clean oil. For this service we keep 25%.

With that being said, if two or three more people approach us and we start cleaning oil for them the volumes could be significant enough to warrent expanding the operation. The net for us would or could be 500-600 gallons per week total. I have way more VO than I can burn in the VW's and the PSD's. More heating with the oil is the next step. At the moment, some of the heating in the shop is done with a corn stove.

 

Dang that's a heck of an operation. Sounds like a good deal for everyone involved :thumb:

 

********? socialist states of america? c'mon guys. We're here to talk veg oil, not reactionary politics.

 

Thats cool Charlie. The floor is yours- let er' buck! Whats on your mind?
:dunno:

 

i need to do this just to store fuel incase "IT" happens

 

OK, Mike, you're on. Let's talk veg. New thread coming!

 

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