i don't know about hybrids but I was thinking more about what people do in the way they use their oil like how they clean it or set up their conversions or some new discoverys in making biodiesels or something different like that.

I just thinking it would be good to hear about something new and interesting than the same old " where do i get oil" sort of basic questions.

I also have become jaded at the new members who want to be spoonfed the answers and have been recommending that they use the search function, where the question is "run of the mill".

Good to see you back Dave, I am enjoying reading your posts now.

Regards,
Tony

that is good tony. maybe one day i will enjoy reading yours too. many times when i look at the today posts i see your name on 10 conversations or more all in a line on the list because you are the only person that bothers to answer every new question anybody asks no matter how dumb so if you are tired of it even though you must like answering questions so much then everyone else must be real fed up which is why they don't bother doing what you do.
it would be nice to have some info on more advanced and new things people could try to help them, than nearly all the posts answering newbie questions that are already here and keep coming all the time. i know that makes a lot of the more experienced people board and I think it would be best to have something to keep them more interested so they are here to help the newer ones when they learn a bit more but maybe it dosen't matter if this forum won't be here anymore anyway.

Dave,
One of the reasons I answer so many newbie questions is that all newbie posts (esp those with links to other sites) are Moderated so that no one sees them before a moderator checks them out.
As a Moderator, I have to open each of them I see and decide if it is spam or it the post is for real. I delete the SPAM and allow the real ones. While there, I like to help the newbie as far as I feel up to doing, hence my preference for posting about the search facility.

these things happen behind the scenes and most members of the forum are blissfully unaware of this additional work, just to keep spam off the forum.

Sometimes we make mistakes or the spammer has disguised his intention, so we do appreciate Forum Members reporting posts which are inappropriate or plainly SPAM.

I also hope that you will eventually appreciate some of the posts I make.

Regards,
Tony

tony one good thing about this site is that there is very little spam and the people looking after this are doing a good job in that. replying to the posts that every one else cant be bothered with is good for the newbies you are there as well.
what i am hearing from different people who have been doing veg things for a while is that all the same basic questions get boring and i think it would be good if their was more here for them to keep learning with rather than nearly everything being for the new people. i guess that is just the way it goes.

Dave,
There are a couple of things WARFA are working on and I can tell you of one.

Helton have donated one of their double coil heat exchangers for temperature performance testing (along the lines of the tests I did on the 20 plate FPHE) and the results will be provided to them and most likely here when I can get them done. Lots of demands on my time at the moment, despite being on 1 weeks holiday.

The other is still in infancy so far and it may not come to anything.

Does anyone have any ideas on new techniques, filtering, conversion, collection, etc?

Tony

I was thinking perhaps some "new directions" should be considered, like trying to get mercs to go on "one tanks" rather than 2 tanks, as the 2 tank systems seem to be well sorted. My gut feeling is the 2 main problems are to get the oil to light (veggie oil being harder to light) and fuel startvation due to veggie not going through the filter well.
My 2 cents anyway.

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Chris.
1990 landcruiser 80, 1HD-T two tank, copper pipe HE+ 20 plate FPHE, toyota solenoids and filters. 1978 300D, elsbett one tank system.

Hi everyone,

has anyone thought of trying to dewater their wvo with those water absorb crystals used for the garden?

It would be intresting to see if they absorb oil or just water. I've been wanting to try for some time but just have not got around to it.

First, I was going to test them in a glass of wvo to see if they melt or absorb the oil.

Second, I was going to use a small closed container filled with the crystals. The wvo would enter at bottom and exit at top. A bit like a salt filter.

The wvo would pass through the filter and the crystals would absorb any water?

God bless froggo.

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SVO/WVO Converted 18/01/08

Although I'm new I feel because of all the good(mainly) advice offered one can learn very quickly from the experts & those with initiative to make their own fuel. There is a site (you might even know of that is very big in technical knowledge - Biodiesel and svo forum. and biodiesel.infopop.cc/eve/forums. look out a guy going by the name of
dkenny (his username) he seems the ultimate boffin & has been doing it a long time. I hope all of you don't mind me saying this but I think even the experienced ones amongst you will find the site of interest. It's a small world due to the internet and anyone can join their forum.

Donkey's years ago nearly all Grundfoss heating circulators impellars were stainless & lasted indefinately I've got one that's not been touched on my heating system for over 28 years now & still runs efficiently & quietly. The plastic impellars though seem entirely sub standard compared with the old stainless design-'they don't want them to last too long now do they) The plastic impellars sheer off the shaft and are simply not strong enough for what we need them for. I made a good pump out of two that were in bits but the stator Motor is quite a big output (light commercial) 40/80 & the impellar & rotor is from a smaller pump that I nearly threw ages ago. I had to grind a bit off the bottom of the stainless impellar but it's a hell of a pump now & circulates my processing oil/mteoxide (KOH) & even sucks the cold oil into my processor thro a swing type check valve.. Reggards Mick