... um,, "I don't believe you"... just kidding.. You are aware that radiators are designed to handle water/ glycol mixtures at 180F and 10psi? Soft solder is...
Hi Stuart, It was in the thread entitled "Heating Element Failure WAS Re: [biodieselbasics] Tank heater questions" <I quote :> I guess you were using soft...
I m not able to find the message relating to the picture of a pressure cooker for methanol recovery. This will not work due to the fact that methanol will...
Another thing I've experimented with for cool-down is to use a larger volume of water as a heat sink. I set up my wash tank to act in that capacity, and it was...
I'd like to know who you've been talking to, Graydon, because I'd like to contact them and ask some questions. I've always been open on this list about my work...
Somebody did make that statement, but we haven't experienced this. We have about 30 hours on one condenser and haven't observed any failures at all. We think...
The guy at the plumbing supply house I just spoke with on Saturday says he's also HVAC certified. He's the one who told me about the rheostat made for...
Thanks, Al. We hadn't tried this technique yet. Our condensers are 4' counterflow condensers made of 1/2" copper. The jacket through which the counterflow...
I see that the link I gave does not seem to work (at least for me :( ). If you Google for The B100-WH Recovery Condenser that will get you there. Al...
For additional information on mileage boosting got to: http://www.lubedev.com/smartgas/ I would recommend trying only one at a time to see how it effects the...
Not exactly technically accurate - but cute . . . http://www.threadless.com/product/313/Flower_Power <http://www.threadless.com/product/313/Flower_Power#top>...
Hello Al, I was not aware that methanol attacks aluminium. Caustic soda certainly does. I am aware of several people who use pressure cookers as the pot for ...
I think you mean a variac, not a rheostat. A variac is a simple auto-transformer and changes the voltage on the heating element by changing the winding ratio....
After deading post decided to join in hopes of finding others in the N E Mississippi (Tupelo) area that might share interest in processing bio. If so contact...
I agree , my uncle used to have a pressure cooker still. I tasted some of his moonshine......smooooth! I was expecting something like an everclear bite, no...
Speaking of methanol stills: What are folks' thoughts about reasonably priced sources of copper tubing? (7/16 inch OD) There are several local sources, but...
This variac looks just like the device I use to control my air pump. I thought it was a rheostat. Now the question is...does this variac waste all the extra...
Tom, as you undoubtedly know, we need to apply a constant source of BTUs when we distill methanol. Even though you've described that the relays will shut the...
I'm not sure it has to be even that complicated, Terry. I've been in touch with someone who recovers methanol all the time. He uses a vacuum pump attached to a...
A variac does not waste watts like a rheostat (which is just a big-a** variable resistor, aka potentiometer). Think of a variac as an adjustable transformer....
Hello Maud, Hahaha,I'm not necessarily speaking of you,you're too easy a target,I'm sure there's a good few. I am merely a theoretician and experimenter,hardly...
Lye,either sodium or potassium hydroxide quickly dissolves aluminum, precipitating a white powder, which is aluminum hydroxide, used in antiperspirants. Terry ...
I am doing my first batch now! I started it Monday night. After work Tue. I put in 4 gal of meth. 715 grams of KOH. the KOH mixed very good no trouble at all....
If that guy wanted to be on the list I imagine he would be. A lot of people "get theirs" and then they're gone from the group. I'm like you in believing in...
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