Originally Posted by Dave Jones

While your motives are obviously very well intended, the setup and method of manufacture you are showing is Highly dangerous and poses enormous health and saftey risks to anyone using a similar setup. The setup you are showing is really in many ways a perfect example of How NOT to make Biodiesel.

You appear to be doing your reaction in an open top drum with nothing more than a gauze filter screen over the top to prevent splashes. This would allow a lot of vapors into the small shed where you are working and create a significant hazard to your health from both breathing in the Meth vapors and from a buildup of vapors flashing over from a spark and creating a fire or explosion.

I would suggest you should review your processing setup with a view to operator safety as meth fumes are highly dangerous and could cause an explosion if left to build up in an enclosed area. It would also be resonsible to take your page down until you can re-do it in a fashion that would illustrate to begginners the proper precautions that need to be taken and showing safer equipment being used.

I also notice you are just pouring the methoxide into the reaction drum out of another drum and the chance of splashes is significant. Other than some small gloves, you do not seem to be wearing any appropriate saftey clothing nor anything that could stop the methoxide getting on your skin on your face and arms. Methoxide is highly dangerous and is said to destroy nerve endings and cause skin burns without the victim being aware of what has happened.
No doubt as you slosh the methoxide into your reaction drum, significant vapors would be given off and the likely splashes would end up on the floor which could lead to significant explosive vapor concerntration.

While your desire to " Give Back" is admirable, It would be wise to illustrate a safer and more responsible way of making Biodiesel and to add proper warnings of the dangers the chemicals pose to would be bio makers especially in the manner you are illustrating it's manufacture here.

While experienced people may know of these dangers, the target audience of your page would probably not and may cause themselves significant injury or damage and loss of property if they created a similar setup to what you are showing.
I'm sure you would agree that setting a good example as far as saftey goes is of paramount importance to all Biodiesel home brewers.

As for your link to the JF website, it is widely believed that particular site has more misinformation in it than anything of value. There are several methods and procedures depiceted there that are universally agreed are completely wrong and following them will almost gaurantee a failure to produce good biodiesel.
Perhaps you may like to investigate these claims and consider if you think linking to that particular site is in the best interests of the people you are kindly trying to assist or if there are not other sites that may offer better quality information.

Your pub looks fantastic! I would love to be able to visit it one day. It certainly appears to have a great atmosphere and the decor is very welcoming.

Originally Posted by yorta2

Well Dave, the site obviously works for you but, as the others have said, it doesn't work for me.

Originally Posted by BMW 330d 100% Bio

Hello

I thought that I would add a page to my website detailing my WVO process as a way of giving something back to the various communities and forums where I have acquired my information on how to make Biodiesel.

Now I know that there are folks out there with extremely professional setups who have thrown loads of money at their project and those still happy to make 20 lts at a time in a bucket, so there is something here for the "Garden Shed Brigade"

A huge thanks to all who have helped me run "Cleaner, Greener and a whole heap Cheaper!!" 19p pl versus £1.25 pl!!!

Run Your car on Old Fryer Oil!!

Originally Posted by Dave Jones

While your motives are obviously very well intended, the setup and method of manufacture you are showing is Highly dangerous and poses enormous health and saftey risks to anyone using a similar setup. The setup you are showing is really in many ways a perfect example of How NOT to make Biodiesel. (Thanks Dave)

You appear to be doing your reaction in an open top drum with nothing more than a gauze filter screen over the top to prevent splashes. This would allow a lot of vapors into the small shed where you are working and create a significant hazard to your health from both breathing in the Meth vapors and from a buildup of vapors flashing over from a spark and creating a fire or explosion.
(I am fully aware of the vapours and are nowhere near the shed during reaction, furthermore there is no risk of a spark from any of my equipment. )

I would suggest you should review your processing setup with a view to operator safety as meth fumes are highly dangerous and could cause an explosion if left to build up in an enclosed area. (Area not enclosed as the door is wide open!) It would also be resonsible to take your page down until you can re-do it in a fashion that would illustrate to begginners the proper precautions that need to be taken and showing safer equipment being used.

I also notice you are just pouring the methoxide into the reaction drum out of another drum and the chance of splashes is significant. (The risk from splashing is minimal when you are careful! But I do concede on the gloves and clothing) Other than some small gloves, you do not seem to be wearing any appropriate saftey clothing nor anything that could stop the methoxide getting on your skin on your face and arms. Methoxide is highly dangerous and is said to destroy nerve endings and cause skin burns without the victim being aware of what has happened.
No doubt as you slosh the methoxide into your reaction drum, significant vapors would be given off and the likely splashes would end up on the floor which could lead to significant explosive vapor concerntration.

While your desire to " Give Back" is admirable, It would be wise to illustrate a safer and more responsible way of making Biodiesel and to add proper warnings of the dangers the chemicals pose to would be bio makers especially in the manner you are illustrating it's manufacture here.

While experienced people may know of these dangers, the target audience of your page would probably not and may cause themselves significant injury or damage and loss of property if they created a similar setup to what you are showing.
I'm sure you would agree that setting a good example as far as saftey goes is of paramount importance to all Biodiesel home brewers.

As for your link to the JF website, it is widely believed that particular site has more misinformation in it than anything of value. There are several methods and procedures depiceted there that are universally agreed are completely wrong and following them will almost gaurantee a failure to produce good biodiesel.
Perhaps you may like to investigate these claims and consider if you think linking to that particular site is in the best interests of the people you are kindly trying to assist or if there are not other sites that may offer better quality information. (Link removed)

I have not put this page up to be agravating to other Bio dieselers around the globe but to show that I produce extremely good Biodiesel (even more so now that I have incorparated my eco2pure dry wash system) for very little outlay.


Your pub looks fantastic! I would love to be able to visit it one day. It certainly appears to have a great atmosphere and the decor is very welcoming.