[Biofuel] Power Consumption of Lighting Timers

2009-05-13 Thread Ken Dunn
Hi all, I hope the cross-post is OK. I'm looking at adding a photo-sensitive lighting timer for my lamp post light. However, I'm having a hard time finding the energy consumption of the timer itself. Our lamp post light is already on a photo sensor and we use a CFL bulb. Ideally, the timer

[Biofuel] WVO Sludge Disposal - Cross posted

2008-05-14 Thread Ken Dunn
What are you doing with your WVO sludge? I know this topics been discussed in the past but, it seems only to a limited degree. I have two needs - the first is long term - how am I going to handle the sludge from my regular use? I use WVO in my car and in my boiler. The second concern is more

Re: [Biofuel] Official: organic really is better

2007-10-31 Thread Ken Dunn
Interestingly, I can't find a single reference to hese findings in a single reputable U.S. source. I have recently seen media coverage that directly contradicts this study, though. I'm very curious if we (here in the U.S.) ever see any coverage on the topic. Given the ridiculous USDA organic

[Biofuel] Interesting Spin

2007-10-26 Thread Ken Dunn
I'm sure glad that I can go straight to the source and get beyond this sort of garbage. http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/211388 ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel

[Biofuel] Methanol Suppliers

2006-12-27 Thread Ken Dunn
Hi all, I need a better supply of methanol. My local supplier is charging $5.75/gallon. AND, I have to call ahead so they can re-package it. Can anyone point me to a better source in south central Pennsylvania? Or, I suppose, I'd be willing to have it shipped but, I'd prefer to buy as

Re: [Biofuel] Fw: Allah or Jesus?

2006-11-15 Thread Ken Dunn
On 11/15/06, Jesse Frayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip People who are scared and vulnerable are the tools of those who might not be virtuous. Yet there are virtuous religious people. snip Personally, I think this statement covers the discussions very accurately. In general, people are

Re: [Biofuel] I need some advice

2006-11-06 Thread Ken Dunn
On 11/6/06, Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The obvious answer is that if you make fuel you will be able to put it in the car to go buy the parts you need to finish the reactor! ;) Yeah, I think I'll just start into making some fuel. I'm going to use these initials trial to heat the

[Biofuel] I need some advice

2006-11-03 Thread Ken Dunn
I have stumbled on about 200 gallons of WVO in the ~5 gallon containers that it came in. That part is great! I'll be picking it up this weekend. Now, the tricky part - in the spring I broke my ankle while skateboarding. That put an immediate halt to my processor development. Its probably 80%

[Biofuel] Ethanol and my car.

2006-10-05 Thread Ken Dunn
Hi all, Been a while since I posted (I broke my ankle skateboarding and I had been sidelined for a while). I've been playing catch-up ever since. Any way, since I've been back on my feet I've been working on my camper (77 VW Bus) to get it ready for winter and keep it from falling to bits.

[Biofuel] Atleast someone is willing to make a commitment

2006-06-01 Thread Ken Dunn
From the local paper. http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/22918 New Holland goes biodiesel By Patrick Burns, Intelligencer Journal Staff Intelligencer Journal Published: May 24, 2006 8:20 AM EST LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Farm equipment maker New Holland announced Tuesday that it is the first U.S.

Re: [Biofuel] Atleast someone is willing to make a commitment

2006-06-01 Thread Ken Dunn
On 6/1/06, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: B20 is a big step I admit, but how about B100? I agree but, one big step is better than lying in the fetal position. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] BETTER MIXING BETTER BIODIESEL LESS ENERGY

2006-05-18 Thread Ken Dunn
What's the ebay item number for the information? chuckle ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [Biofuel] Thoughts on the Bush Admninistation

2006-04-20 Thread Ken Dunn
On 4/19/06, Bobby Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Bush Administration is not trying to kill you. Sounds like a little paranoia. Interesting...They used the death of 3000 Americans in New York as justification to send another 3000 to die in Irag. Not trying to kill who?

Re: [Biofuel] Bin Laden citing US polls about withdrawing from Iraq

2006-01-20 Thread Ken Dunn
On 1/20/06, Michael Redler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One sentence stood out among the others: The province of Ontario has authorized the use of sharia law in civil arbitrations, if both parties consent. That's pretty scary stuff. I reminds me of towns in the US trying to push religion in

Re: [Biofuel] Quick Britelyt Petromax report

2005-12-19 Thread Ken Dunn
Mike, I'm sure this is not an exciting discovery for you but, it is relieving to me. Keep us posted. Thanks, Ken On 12/19/05, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Finally warmed up enough to try the PetroMax stove again. It flat out would not light on plain BD, even when I heated the ring

Re: [Biofuel] Preheating heat source - BriteLyt?

2005-12-06 Thread Ken Dunn
Please, let us know how it does, Mike. Take care, On 12/5/05, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just got a Britelyt today. Haven't been able to get it to light on BD but I think it may be due to the fuel being too cold. Will report back if I get it going. Ken Dunn wrote: What

Re: [Biofuel] Preheating heat source - BriteLyt? Petromax

2005-12-06 Thread Ken Dunn
stoves but they are very expensive and designed to be as light weight as possible. The guy at the camping store said the thinner distillates works best. We'll see, Mike Ken Dunn wrote: Please, let us know how it does, Mike. Take care, On 12/5/05, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Biofuel] Preheating heat source - BriteLyt? Petromax

2005-12-06 Thread Ken Dunn
out the jet rather than vapor and then the liquid just burns with an awful sooty yellow flame. With naptha (white gas) starting is a snap. With kerosene it takes careful preparation, a wind screen and enough sterno. With BD it takes a torch! Joe Ken Dunn wrote: Just selfishly

Re: [Biofuel] New question on oil seed crops and ley farming

2005-12-05 Thread Ken Dunn
On 11/30/05, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings Ken That was a real pleasure to read, thankyou. You're quite welcome. Your food shed, that's great! Footprints and food sheds. I wish I had coined the term but, my best buddy uses the phrase regularly and I'm pretty sure that he

Re: [Biofuel] New question on oil seed crops and ley farming

2005-12-02 Thread Ken Dunn
On 11/30/05, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings Ken That was a real pleasure to read, thankyou. You're quite welcome. Your food shed, that's great! Footprints and food sheds. I wish I had coined the term but, my best buddy uses the phrase regularly and I'm pretty sure that he

Re: [Biofuel] New question on oil seed crops and ley farming

2005-11-28 Thread Ken Dunn
On 11/28/05, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not all vegetarians avoid meat because of animal rights issues. Why do they avoid it then? Best Keith Are you itchin' for a fight? ;^) Well, I trust that based on our long discussion a few months ago, that you know why I avoided meat

Re: [Biofuel] New question on oil seed crops and ley farming

2005-11-27 Thread Ken Dunn
On 11/27/05, dermot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a common argument put forward against vegetarianism. This argument says that if it is shown sometime in the future that plants feel pain then vegetarians will have to give up eating plants. Not all vegetarians avoid meat because of animal

[Biofuel] Oil Mixing Valve

2005-11-02 Thread Ken Dunn
I'm trying to find a mixing valve to run inline between to storage tanks: one for petro heating oil and one for bioheating oil. The purpose would be to allow for a controlled setting that I can test burning bioheating oil without committing my primary storage tank to the test. I could also run

Re: [Biofuel] Oil Mixing Valve

2005-11-02 Thread Ken Dunn
Buck said: thisss buck,, if u addd a T betweenn your exicssting valv and the burner, u can then add your bio tank with itss vlavle in the serviceee, use either tnank themn, or shut them both off, or addd T and vavlee and union,, then bio tank with its dedidcated vavlve, then u can remove

Re: [Biofuel] If this isn't aggression...

2005-10-31 Thread Ken Dunn
On 10/31/05, Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now if you and all the others like you (and I know there must be a lot of them) could just get together and grab the mic and shout it to the rest who are basically sleeping something might really happen. If only it were that easy, Joe. There

Re: [Biofuel] Still looking for a cheap TEFC motor

2005-10-29 Thread Ken Dunn
$24.99 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Dunn Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 6:28 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Still looking for a cheap TEFC motor On 10/26/05, Derick Giorchino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [Biofuel] diesennn engine to a gasolians car,

2005-10-29 Thread Ken Dunn
Hi Buck, Out of curiosity, where are you from? What are your experiences with automobiles? Take care, Ken On 10/29/05, Buck Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sorrry i dledeted the messagee beafore i realized i wanted to post sorry,,, for the personn wanting toput a dieslel enginee in a

Re: [Biofuel] Also starting out

2005-10-29 Thread Ken Dunn
On 10/29/05, Ken Provost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many US citizens would not think twice about skipping the permit, if they had some reason to believe they wouldn't get caught. I have to say that here as of late, you are correct about that...unfortunately. Overall, it does us no benefit,

Re: [Biofuel] diesennn engine to a gasolians car,

2005-10-29 Thread Ken Dunn
Hey Buck, I'm very sorry to hear about your stroke. It sounds like you must have been pretty active. Don't give up though. That's a lot of experience that you have behind you. I must say that frankly, I don't know you but I'm proud of your perseverance still the same. How do you hold up

Re: [Biofuel] diesennn engine to a gasolians car,

2005-10-29 Thread Ken Dunn
On 10/29/05, Gary Moro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just like Ken, I don't know you either Buck. However reading your message has put a big smile on my face with admiration for your life full of experience and your determination to push on regardless. Thanks for putting the spark back in my

[Biofuel] Coalescing Filter for de-watering

2005-10-28 Thread Ken Dunn
Has anyone tried using a coalescing filter to de-water feedstock? A local WVO user that I stumbled across is using one to de-water his oil. I've seen claims of coalescing filters removing water down to 10ppm. That could potentially be a significant energy savings. From the operational

Re: [Biofuel] Still looking for a cheap TEFC motor

2005-10-27 Thread Ken Dunn
On 10/26/05, Derick Giorchino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a router speed controller in harbor freight when it on sale that is most of the time it is inexpensive and works quite well It doesn't look like Harbor Freight is offer that item right now. I see that some other sites are

Re: [Biofuel] Still looking for a cheap TEFC motor

2005-10-27 Thread Ken Dunn
Keith said: Frankly, Ken, I'm not that interested in whether it could or not. Improvise, sure, go ahead, best of good luck and all, but motors are common enough aren't they? Why not just use a motor? Well, while motors are common enough buying the motor off the shelf instead of the pump will

Re: [Biofuel] Still looking for a cheap TEFC motor

2005-10-27 Thread Ken Dunn
Keith said: I think free motors should be common enough too, lots of things you can salvage a motor from, some might be TEFC. What gets junked that uses TEFC motors but it's not usually the motor failing that gets it junked? I've been considering the exact same question. I haven't come up

[Biofuel] Still looking for a cheap TEFC motor

2005-10-26 Thread Ken Dunn
I was looking back through to archives tonight to see if I could maybe stumble across a source for cheap TEFC motors and I found one of the many references to the clear water pumps available through Harbor Freight and Northern Tool and such. Upon checking out Harbor Freight, I noticed that they

Re: [Biofuel] Still looking for a cheap TEFC motor

2005-10-26 Thread Ken Dunn
and the r.p.m. would give you one hell of a vortex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Dunn Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:42 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: [Biofuel] Still looking for a cheap TEFC motor I

Re: [Biofuel] Still looking for a cheap TEFC motor

2005-10-26 Thread Ken Dunn
PROTECTED] wrote: I'm going to just admit right now that I have no clue what a TEFC motor is, but... I do have an assortment of various old tool and appliance motors here at the house that I could probably come up with a way to part with. Would one of those work? -Kurt On 10/25/05, Ken

Re: [Biofuel] Still looking for a cheap TEFC motor

2005-10-26 Thread Ken Dunn
I had a moment of clarity and called a local electric motor repair shop. It would seem that they might have something that someone decided not to pay to bill for. It would also seem that they might be willing to move it cheap to recoup expenses. Lo and behold, they have a 1/2 hp TEFC motor

Re: [Biofuel] Still looking for a cheap TEFC motor

2005-10-26 Thread Ken Dunn
On 10/26/05, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Totally Enclosed Fan Cooled - TEFC. If you follow link on my original post, the pump displayed has a motor attached to looks generally like a TEFC motor. I don't know that it is though. Yes it is. More info here:

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Vegetable oil for machining coolant

2005-10-20 Thread Ken Dunn
Forget about the libricant, I want to know how to build one! I can only think of a few simple projects for this thing off-hand but, I could definitely come up with a few more. Take care, Ken ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] TEFC Electric Motor Sizing

2005-10-16 Thread Ken Dunn
I should have added, they are capacitor start motors. On 10/16/05, Ken Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've done some research since yesterday, it appears that there aren't many TEFC motors below 1/4 hp - not affordable ones anyway. I found a 1/4 hp Grizzly TEFC motors on Amazon.com and you

Re: [Biofuel] TEFC Electric Motor Sizing

2005-10-16 Thread Ken Dunn
truly, Mr. F.J. Burgos - Original Message - From: Ken Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 2:21 PM Subject: [Biofuel] TEFC Electric Motor Sizing Hi all, Still gathering my parts for my processor. I found a 1 inch clear

[Biofuel] Suggestions for a homemade lid

2005-10-16 Thread Ken Dunn
So, I have this stainless steel container that's probably in the 10-15 gallon range. Seems a shame to not make some use of it except that I didn't get a lid with it and my pal doesn't it either. The inner diameter is 15 inches. The outer diameter is 15 9/16 and the height is 25 1/2 inches. I

Re: [Biofuel] Suggestions for a homemade lid

2005-10-16 Thread Ken Dunn
is probably alcoholic,and you want to minimise evaporationn may I suggest a sturdy PE container with fitting lid. Tha SS could be put to another use. My 2c worth. Manickh */Ken Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED]/* wrote: So, I have this stainless steel container that's probably in the 10-15

Re: [Biofuel] Suggestions for a homemade lid

2005-10-16 Thread Ken Dunn
Should have said An air tight lid...: On 10/17/05, Ken Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, its definitely Stainless. I have worked for years with both. I tight lid is what I'm lookng for. I can certainly make a air tight lid. I just don't want to over do it. Take care, Ken On 10/16/05

[Biofuel] TEFC Electric Motor Sizing

2005-10-15 Thread Ken Dunn
Hi all, Still gathering my parts for my processor. I found a 1 inch clear water pump that I'm going to use only for transferring the oil. I don't know if anyone has a Habitat for Humanity store near them but, they always have a bunch of motors and pumps at the one near me. Unfortunately, I

Re: [Biofuel] Imagine if we could invent grid tied PV systems

2005-10-14 Thread Ken Dunn
On 10/13/05, Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is not his fault, he is a mirror of the people who voted for him. The law of smallest (read dumbest) common denominator. This make George a genius among the people who voted for him, more than half of the US population. LOL Not to pick

Re: [Biofuel] Grey water heat recovery and low tech Solar collectors????

2005-10-11 Thread Ken Dunn
Jim, did you search the archives? search for solar hot water heater We've been discussing this a fair amount lately, several people posted great recommendations and reference website urls. Take care, Ken On 10/11/05, JJJN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Tom, We are in Eastern Montana, Cold

Re: [Biofuel] 55 Gallon Drum Seal

2005-10-09 Thread Ken Dunn
, I'll let you know. :) doug swanson Ken Dunn wrote: Hi all, I found a source for lots of 55 gallon drums at a low rate however, he doesn't have the seals. Are these available? Anybody know where I could find them. I'm suppose I could make a seal if necessary but, I'd much prefer

Re: [Biofuel] 55 Gallon Drum Seal

2005-10-09 Thread Ken Dunn
Hey Keith, I had been looking at the page that you mentioned as an option. I was thinking that I'd prefer to have an actual seal but, I suppose I'll need to replace it eventually anyway...maybe I'll just use your suggestion and stop being so darned persnickety. If I go that route, I have a

[Biofuel] 55 Gallon Drum Seal

2005-10-08 Thread Ken Dunn
Hi all, I found a source for lots of 55 gallon drums at a low rate however, he doesn't have the seals. Are these available? Anybody know where I could find them. I'm suppose I could make a seal if necessary but, I'd much prefer a real one. I'm not having a lot of luck finding drums with

Re: [Biofuel] atkins

2005-10-06 Thread Ken Dunn
On 10/6/05, Chris lloyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No problem, there was a scientific study done on the Atkins diet in the UK early this year, weight, blood pressure and cholesterol tested every day and food consumption monitored. It seems people on that diet just do not eat as many calories as

Re: [Biofuel] atkins

2005-10-06 Thread Ken Dunn
Arden, Have you incorporated exercise into your lifestyle? I am on a very high carb diet for several reasons. However, I don't eat ANY refined carbs (white flour or white sugar). I also feel wonderful but, I don't think that it has anything to do with my diet. But, if I miss exercise for a

Re: [Biofuel] Still looking

2005-10-06 Thread Ken Dunn
Looking at the archives, it appears that the RC airplane folks use methanol as well. Perhaps you can find some buffs in your area and talk to them also. Take care, Ken On 10/6/05, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look up automobile in Yellow Pages, and find the guys that sell performance parts,

[Biofuel] Quantifying the Price of Packaging/Sending the Message

2005-10-06 Thread Ken Dunn
When talking to friends, family and others regarding the Earth-friendly practices that we can all include in our lifestyles, I always stumble over quantifying the true price of packaging for consumer goods. Its easy enough to calculate the transportation costs of an avacodo from California to

Re: [Biofuel] solar heat exchanger

2005-10-04 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/28/05, Tom Scheel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've proposed a system that combines heat exchange and storage, thus giving you efficiency of design. The storage tank and the draindown tank can be the same tank, thus removing a maintainance/failure item (glycol - which likes to leak, is less

Re: [Biofuel] Double wall heat exchange - Solar Hot Water Heater

2005-09-27 Thread Ken Dunn
Kjell, I will certainly give this a try for my own purposes, it seems simple enough. But, I can operate a TIG and have access to one. Unfortunately, a TIG welder and the associated experience are not widely spread. I do want to keep this project as Appropriate as possible. So, I'm trying to

Re: [Biofuel] Double wall heat exchange - Solar Hot Water Heater

2005-09-27 Thread Ken Dunn
Mike, the bending is not the problem so much as bending a tube inside a tube without the inner tube flattening out or kinking. Though, the more I think about it, the inner tube, being smaller than the outter tube will be less likely to kink than the outter purely by smaller diameter and tighter

Re: [Biofuel] Double wall heat exchange - Solar Hot Water Heater

2005-09-27 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/27/05, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm...what if you centered the smaller tube and held it in place with spacers, wax would work, and then filled it with fine grain sand, then bent it? I'm sure it would, I think someone had already mentioned a similar technique. I think I'd

Re: [Biofuel] Double wall heat exchange - Solar Hot Water Heater

2005-09-27 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/27/05, Kjell Löfgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken, why not use straight tubes (if you have the space), one tube length (20 feet?) in one direction and the next tube length running back? You could put your three (four?) tubes into each other both ways and have a U-bend and some

Re: [Biofuel] Double wall heat exchange - Solar Hot Water Heater

2005-09-27 Thread Ken Dunn
there is heat available for the hyrdonic system (not an issue for preheating DHW - your solar storage temp will be almost always be above your groundwater temp). Tom From: Ken Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Double wall heat exchange - Solar Hot Water Heater Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005

Re: [Biofuel] Double wall heat exchange - Solar Hot Water Heater

2005-09-27 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/27/05, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are willing to use a pump instead of a circulator (much higher power draw is the problem, if you are off grid), and take some care in sloping pipes and collectors properly, it is a bit simpler. In addition, you avoid the issue of

Re: [Biofuel] Double wall heat exchange - Solar Hot Water Heater

2005-09-27 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/27/05, Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken, If you can use PVC pipe, your efficiency is very low to start with. Normal PVC starts to soften at 60 degree C and carbon reinforced ones at 95 degree C. The surface temperatures in normal copper based solar panels can be a few hundreds

Re: [Biofuel] Double wall heat exchange - Solar Hot Water Heater

2005-09-27 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/27/05, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Recently (this spring I believe) Home Power Magazine had a series of articles with nice diagrams of all the various solar hot water systems, space heating and DHW, batch heating, closed loop, and open loop systems. I'd recommend searching

Re: [Biofuel] Double wall heat exchange - Solar Hot Water Heater

2005-09-27 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/27/05, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can actually buy C-PVC pipe for hot water piping here. Since the heat exchanger is not going to be operating at over 90C or so, it should work fine, except that it may be very difficult to get 100mm diamter CPVC. Normally anything that

Re: [Biofuel] Double wall heat exchange - Solar Hot Water Heater

2005-09-27 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/27/05, Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is the surface to the sun that is critical, so running C-PVC inside a a large copper tube could work, but why would we like to do that? Plastic is a very bad heat exchanger anyway, compared o copper. C-PVC is usable up to 95 to 99 degree,

Re: [Biofuel] Double wall heat exchange - Solar Hot Water Heater

2005-09-27 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/27/05, David Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't the gray plastic electrical conduit C-PVC? Check with your local electrical shop rather than your home depot. Is that safe for carrying drinking though? If so, that's a good lead. I could always run my potable water through the heat

Re: [Biofuel] Double wall heat exchange - Solar Hot Water Heater

2005-09-27 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/27/05, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, in this case, there is not supposed to be any heat transfer through the PVC, so I wouldn't be worried about that. I agree that metal would be better, it you can find some large diameter metal pipe for cheap. What about just putting a

Re: [Biofuel] Double wall heat exchange - Solar Hot Water Heater

2005-09-27 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/27/05, Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If it is only the housing of 2 heat exchange loops, This is the purpose. I won't be using any plastic-like material to exchange heat. Sorry, if I didn't make that completely evident. why not use a steel drum, with copper tubing for the two

Re: [Biofuel] Double wall heat exchange - Solar Hot Water Heater

2005-09-25 Thread Ken Dunn
Thanks, everyone, for the advice. I went to the PA Energy Fest yesterday and talked to experienced folks there as well. I got some ideas how to incorporate some the concepts mentioned in this thread and also some others. I'm going to experiment on a smaller scale and design my heat exchange

[Biofuel] Double wall heat exchange - Solar Hot Water Heater

2005-09-24 Thread Ken Dunn
Hi all, Sorry for the long subject line but, I thought it may aid in archive searches... Is there a home remedy to creating a double wall heat exchange? I have contemplated buying two sizes of copper tubing, inserting the smaller inside the larger and bending the two simultaneously. I could see

[Biofuel] Sun Twin space heater

2005-09-23 Thread Ken Dunn
Anyone have any experience with this thing? Does it work as described? My wife is interested in it. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to

Re: [Biofuel] Appleseed methanol recovery

2005-09-23 Thread Ken Dunn
S, Look up hose or hydraulic in your area. If you're in the U.S., you'll likely find a hose house near you. The choices that these places offer are generally great. There are atleast three advantages: you'll probably be supporting the local economy, they have access to the catalogs and reference

[Biofuel] Flat Panel Solar Hot Water Collector

2005-09-20 Thread Ken Dunn
Hi all, I'm trying to collect materials to build a solar hot water heater. I have a few questions for the initiated. I have been thinking that my most affordable way to go would be to use abandoned sliding glass doors (double pane of course) for my glazing. I can't imagine that there would be

Re: [Biofuel] Flat Panel Solar Hot Water Collector

2005-09-20 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/20/05, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The bulk of the heat is from radiation from the sun. Good! I think that would make the idea of 3 or 4 serpentines in series efficient. The best collectors are actually vaccuum tubes, to reduce convective losses. This doesn't sound like something

Re: [Biofuel] Flat Panel Solar Hot Water Collector

2005-09-20 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/20/05, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The best collectors are actually vaccuum tubes, to reduce convective losses. This leads me to believe that creating a lower profile box and reducing dead airspace would be very advantageous. Is that correct? Thanks again, Take care, Ken

Re: [Biofuel] Flat Panel Solar Hot Water Collector

2005-09-20 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/20/05, David Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It probably wouldn't make much difference.Windows need an inch or sobetween the panes for best R-value; less is not always better.There'sa point where more wouldn't be better either, and a wide range in between. If there were a way to evacuate even

Re: [Biofuel] Flat Panel Solar Hot Water Collector

2005-09-20 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/20/05, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although alot of the collectors have little vents in the top to let out moisture thatmakes it's way in somehow.Otherwise you get condensation inside theglass in the mornings. What about using silica desiccant gel to stabilize the humidity? Seems

Re: [Biofuel] Flat Panel Solar Hot Water Collector

2005-09-20 Thread Ken Dunn
Also, does anyone know what would be considered a good difference in outlet water temperature? For testing purposes, If I'm using water starting at 70F, what should I strive for? I plan to use an indirect system with non-toxic anti-freeze, so, I shouldn't be working with temps as low as 70F anyway

Re: [Biofuel] Flat Panel Solar Hot Water Collector

2005-09-20 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/20/05, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out the SRCC website to see what different collectorsgenerally come in at. Hmmm - http://www.solar-rating.org/ - Great site! The rest is all good too. It all makes sense after I put some thought into it. Thanks, Take care, Ken

Re: [Biofuel] Flat Panel Solar Hot Water Collector

2005-09-20 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/20/05, des [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A scientific approach to this would be to eliminate the variables thatcan be eliminated, and keep records of those that can't be eliminated.For example, measuring ambient temperatures and comparing those to the temperatures in the collector will let you

Re: [Biofuel] Flat Panel Solar Hot Water Collector

2005-09-20 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/20/05, Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FSEC (Florida Solar Energy Center) has been around for decades. They'reinto a lot more than just solar and have a cornucopia for a library foranyone who finds themself in their area. Excellent! Thanks, Take care, Ken

[Biofuel] Flat Panel Solar Water Heater

2005-09-19 Thread Ken Dunn
Hi all, I'm trying to collect materials to build a solar hot water heater. I have a few questions for the initiated. I have been thinking that my most affordable way to go would be to use abandoned sliding glass doors (double pane of course) for my glazing. I can't imagine that there would be any

Re: [Biofuel] lite blend?

2005-09-16 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/16/05, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or maybe someone has just found a new way to make money of gullible consumers. Seems to me that this were the case, they would tell you to use more. They make more money that way. Kinda like the directions on the detergent box that tell you that

Re: [Biofuel] BD disinfo?

2005-09-13 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/13/05, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The question does tend to come up every now and then, but recently amuch higher proportion than usual are inquiring about biodiesel's allegedly short storage life.So many people just browse around the web like gadflies, they don'tkeep much or any

Re: [Biofuel] BD disinfo?

2005-09-08 Thread Ken Dunn
I can't seem to find it but, I thought that there WAS a recommendation on JtF to store BD for no long than a given time (I won't give the time frame that my memory serves in case I'm wrong) (the same time frame as for storing petro diesel). No?On 9/8/05, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who

Re: [Biofuel] Bioheating Oil

2005-09-06 Thread Ken Dunn
Based on the info on JtF, it looks almost as if bioheating oil hasn't been tested much (probably a false assumption on my part). Anyone here burning it? How could I tell if it will work in my furnace without potentially gumming up the works? If appears to me that the advantages of bioheating oil

Re: [Biofuel] Bioheating Oil

2005-09-06 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/6/05, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's been well-tested in what we say it's been tested in, mainly this:Journey to Forever's forced-air biofuel heater http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me9.html This much I knew, what I'm not sure of is the number of

Re: [Biofuel] Solar Hot Water and Radiant Heat

2005-09-05 Thread Ken Dunn
I know its not much better but, I believe our insert is rated at 40% efficiency. We plan to move to a more efficient catalytic wood burning insert as soon as we can swing the finances. Vermont Castings claims 78% efficiency of one of their models. Kirk wrote: Your insert with a fan is

[Biofuel] Solar Hot Water and Radiant Heat

2005-09-04 Thread Ken Dunn
Hi all, I know that this has been discussed in the past but, a search of the archives turns up discussions from a few years ago (unless my searching was less than adequate). Seems to me that the timing is right to rehash the topic. I have been researching solar hot water and radiant heating

Re: [Biofuel] Solar Hot Water and Radiant Heat

2005-09-04 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/4/05, *robert luis rabello* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you do this, however, you'll want to install grommets in the floor joists. We didn't, so whenever the boiler fires up, the plastic pipes tap against the joists. It sounds like a myriad of golf

Re: [Biofuel] Solar Hot Water and Radiant Heat

2005-09-04 Thread Ken Dunn
On 9/4/05, *Kirk McLoren* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a rule of thumb a dollar of insulation buys more BTUs than a dollar of collector. This is probably true until you pass R50 for the roof/ceiling and R40 for the walls. I couldn't agree more. I'd like

Re: [Biofuel] Flywheel 'batteries'

2005-09-01 Thread Ken Dunn
Could one replace precession forces with inertia? I've never heard the term precession force. On 9/1/05, Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He turned it sideways and the precession forces crashed the bearing. That pump didn't stay in his hand for long.. Joe

Re: [Biofuel] Flywheel 'batteries'

2005-09-01 Thread Ken Dunn
I didn't want to be picky. I just wanted to comprehend. No sense readin' all this unless I'm going to bother understanding it. Joe wrote: Ok how about inertial forces due to gyroscopic precession? ___ Biofuel mailing list

Re: [Biofuel] The Culture Wars and Racism

2005-08-03 Thread Ken Dunn - CountyEarth.com
Michael Redler wrote: Hi everyone, Earlier this week snip and again On Aug 2, 2005, at 12:03 PM, Michael Redler wrote: Joe, you xenophobic moron. snip Michael, I didn't read an aweful lot of the exchange but, I can't imagine that this approach is going to be met with anything but

[Biofuel] Homemade Shredder was: Compost Update

2005-07-18 Thread Ken Dunn
Anyone have any suggestions for a homemade shredder for yard waste. I have used my lawn mower but, the blade gets really beat up. Using the mower can also be quite a struggle if I don't get to it before the rain does. I have a ton of oak leaves and they, alone, take a really long time to break

Re: [Biofuel] Homemade Shredder was: Compost Update

2005-07-18 Thread Ken Dunn
Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Maybe these will help... http://www.motherearthnews.com/library/1984_March_April/Build_a_Common sense_Compost_Shredder Build a Commonsense Compost Shredder : Mother Earth News

Re: Fwd: [Biofuel] give up meat?

2005-07-10 Thread Ken Dunn - CountyEarth.com
bob allen wrote: Howdy Ken et al Ken Dunn - CountyEarth.com wrote: I think you mean beans and grains here. There are several traditional dishes where beans and grains are present. My late fathers favorite- beans and corn bread (he wasn't a vegetarian, but grew up dirt poor where meat

Re: [Biofuel] Pimentel is at it again

2005-07-10 Thread Ken Dunn - CountyEarth.com
Keith said: I suppose you could feed it to pigs if there's some pressing reason not to sell it, but the rational thing to do is to sell it, or you risk cutting the profitability of a major segment of the farm to perhaps below economic levels. It's the sustainability aspects that will

Re: [Biofuel] Pimentel is at it again

2005-07-10 Thread Ken Dunn - CountyEarth.com
Ken Dunn - CountyEarth.com wrote: Why do you object to milk production? Or is it, again, that you're objecting to industrialised milk production? I wouldn't say that I object to milk production at all, I am questioning the sustainability of the practice and also the nutritional value

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