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Biodiesel For Lamps and Freezers?
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| Ulysses 2005-11-05, 6:21 pm |
| Is biodiesel any good as a kerosene substitute for absorption refrigerators
and freezers and kerosene lamps?
I read somewhere that kerosene is pretty much the same thing as Diesel #1.
Is biodiesel closer to #1 or #2? What's the difference? All I could find
was that #1 had some kind of additives (or less additives, forgot which) for
colder climates.
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| bradsbulkmail@comcast.net 2005-11-07, 1:21 pm |
| Given that you can keep the biodiesel warm enough (>~40 degrees F?) it
should work. As I understand it #1 diesel *is* kerosene (also used as
jet fuel). One nice side benefit of biodiesel is that it doesn't smell
like kerosene :-).
On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 13:20:34 -0800, "Ulysses"
<therealulysses@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Is biodiesel any good as a kerosene substitute for absorption refrigerators
>and freezers and kerosene lamps?
>
>I read somewhere that kerosene is pretty much the same thing as Diesel #1.
>Is biodiesel closer to #1 or #2? What's the difference? All I could find
>was that #1 had some kind of additives (or less additives, forgot which) for
>colder climates.
>
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| In article <f71vm1p2i0al440g611abl9cktdnie9sp9@4ax.com>,
bradsbulkmail@comcast.net wrote:
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> Given that you can keep the biodiesel warm enough (>~40 degrees F?) it
> should work. As I understand it #1 diesel *is* kerosene (also used as
> jet fuel). One nice side benefit of biodiesel is that it doesn't smell
> like kerosene :-).
>
> On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 13:20:34 -0800, "Ulysses"
> <therealulysses@yahoo.com> wrote:
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#1 Diesel, Kerosene, Jet50A, are all names used for basically, similar
grades of fuel. The big differences are in the amount of filtering
done before delivery, (Jet50A) and the slight variations in formlulation
and blending at the Batch Plant. (Diesel #1, Kerosene) All the above
produce similar BTU's when burned, and have very similar Jell Points
and other spec's.
Me
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