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Bio-diesel for home heating
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| Reg Booth 2005-09-13, 2:24 pm |
| Just a question from a newbie to the group. I see some discussion on
bio-diesel in the group and it causes me to think -Why cannot bio
diesel be used for home heating oil?
- Any thoughts from the group?
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| Solar Flare 2005-09-13, 2:24 pm |
| If your home ever cools off it turns into solid lard and you cannot use it
to warm up the house. Now you have to bring in the military with their flame
throwers to get it started again.
LOL
"Reg Booth" <Reg.booth@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Just a question from a newbie to the group. I see some discussion on
> bio-diesel in the group and it causes me to think -Why cannot bio
> diesel be used for home heating oil?
> - Any thoughts from the group?
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| Anthony Matonak 2005-09-13, 2:24 pm |
| Reg Booth wrote:
> Just a question from a newbie to the group. I see some discussion on
> bio-diesel in the group and it causes me to think -Why cannot bio
> diesel be used for home heating oil?
> - Any thoughts from the group?
It can be used for home heating.
Anthony
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| Steve Spence 2005-09-13, 2:24 pm |
| Biodiesel does not turn into solid lard.
Steve Spence
Dir., Green Trust, http://www.green-trust.org
Contributing Editor, http://www.off-grid.net
http://www.rebelwolf.com/essn.html
Solar Flare wrote:
> If your home ever cools off it turns into solid lard and you cannot use it
> to warm up the house. Now you have to bring in the military with their flame
> throwers to get it started again.
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> LOL
> "Reg Booth" <Reg.booth@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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| Steve Spence 2005-09-13, 2:24 pm |
| It can and is. Commonly mixed at 50% qwith home heating oil. B100 may
degrade pump seals, and cause leaking.
Steve Spence
Dir., Green Trust, http://www.green-trust.org
Contributing Editor, http://www.off-grid.net
http://www.rebelwolf.com/essn.html
Reg Booth wrote:
> Just a question from a newbie to the group. I see some discussion on
> bio-diesel in the group and it causes me to think -Why cannot bio
> diesel be used for home heating oil?
> - Any thoughts from the group?
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| Richard P. 2005-09-13, 2:24 pm |
| Home Power Magazine #97 (October/November 2003) issue has a good article on
heating your home with bio-diesel.
"Reg Booth" wrote in message
> Why cannot bio diesel be used for home heating oil?
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| Richard P. 2005-09-13, 2:24 pm |
| Whoops... also forgot to add: if you go to the Home Power Mag website, they
have a downloadable document of a 2001 (USA) government-sponsored report on
the use of biodiesel and heating oil blends for home heating.
http://www.homepower.com/magazine/d...st_articles.cfm
Scroll down to "Biodiesel Blends in Space Heating Equipment".
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| Derek Broughton 2005-09-13, 2:24 pm |
| Steve Spence wrote:
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> Solar Flare wrote:
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> Biodiesel does not turn into solid lard.
<#$%^ top-posters />
It's a good thing it doesn't too, because for homes in Nova Scotia insurance
companies won't let you put your oil tank indoors, due to their fear of
clean-up costs if it leaks. It doesn't make much sense to me, since
there's a hugely greater chance of a leak from a tank exposed to weather
and vandals, and the cleanup costs are still extreme, but that's insurance
companies for you.
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derek
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| A. Nonymoose 2005-09-13, 2:25 pm |
| On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 23:13:31 GMT, Reg Booth <Reg.booth@ns.sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>Just a question from a newbie to the group. I see some discussion on
>bio-diesel in the group and it causes me to think -Why cannot bio
>diesel be used for home heating oil?
It can be, and it is. You can run a 10%Bio + 90% Fuel oil mix without any
harm to your system (there is a company in Maine that's delivering that
now), and many claim you can do a 20/80 mixture safely.
Beyond that, you take a risk of a leak, as a certain seal (I don't know
which, I'm recalling this lecture where this guy had done it, and installed
systems for others). degrading.
You can replace the seal with a seal made of another material, the only 2
problems being that a) the new type of seal is hard to find (although
cheap), and b), having it installed is fairly expensive.
OTOH, the lecturer mentioned several clients that went 100% bio, with no
mods to their system, and after 5 years, still no problems. YMMV, and the
lecturer did NOT recommend this.
In short, bio can be used to replace #2 Fuel Oil.
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| Richard P. 2005-09-22, 1:21 am |
| Ok.. i'm stumped. I've seen many abbreviations but never "YMMV". What the
heck does that mean..? :-)
"A. Nonymoose" wrote
> OTOH, the lecturer mentioned several clients that went 100% bio, with no
> mods to their system, and after 5 years, still no problems. YMMV,
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| YMMV = "Your Mileage May Vary"
It means you may get a different result.
"Richard P." <not@home.ca> wrote in message
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> Ok.. i'm stumped. I've seen many abbreviations but never "YMMV". What
the
> heck does that mean..? :-)
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| bsr3997@my-deja.com 2005-09-22, 2:21 am |
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Richard P. wrote:[color=darkred]
> Ok.. i'm stumped. I've seen many abbreviations but never "YMMV". What the
> heck does that mean..? :-)
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> "A. Nonymoose" wrote
Your Mileage May Vary
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| SteveF 2005-09-22, 6:21 am |
| Your Mileage May Vary. As in, you might not get the same results I got.
Steve.
"Richard P." <not@home.ca> wrote in message
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> Ok.. i'm stumped. I've seen many abbreviations but never "YMMV". What
> the heck does that mean..? :-)
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