A friend told me about the oil filter that uses toliet paper in the U.S. I don't know where to get one. My friend did not know its name.
Greg ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "John Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: biofuel@egroups.com Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 00:56:51 +0800 >on Thursday, January 04, 2001 10:19 AM >"Andrew Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Wrote Re:Fat filter >>Has anyone out there got any good ideas on an effective method for >>filtering used cooking fat. I run my car on straight heated fat but I >>regularly clog up my fuel filter. I currently get my fat from fast >>food outlets, then sieve it, and filter it twice through cloth. This >>is a slow messy process but still leaves too many solids in the fuel. >>It is not a pleasant job changing the filter, not cheap and the used >>filters are an environmental hazard in themselves. >>Thanks, Andrew. > >Would it be possible to convert a cream separator for this purpose? >they are made to separate fat from water for a start so this gets a >portion of the water out of the WVO. surely it must also be possible >to separate the solids out of the fat after all anything too big wont fit >between the plates then I guess its just a matter of finding out where >the solids come out of the plates ( this must depend on their specific >weight) >and put a divider between the plates above or below this point. >should have a filter that wont block up in use - no messy filters to get rid >of >and gets you real fit winding the handle. > >The other possibility is a filter made out of toilet paper rolls - they are >available in Australia and I can find the name out if you want it. >They are sold as bypass oil filters for cars and trucks and deisel fuel >filters - (Theres a difference in the internal construction so the bypass >filter doesn't lower the oil pressure too much so I guess you'd want >the fuel filter model) >Off hand I think they are about a hundred bucks Au. and then you would >need a pump to push the fat through but of course the filters are pretty >cheap. for this purpose you could get the cheapest toilet paper >you can find. >The filters work by passing the oil lengthways up the roll (sort of between >the sheets) theres a lot of old truck oil filter bodies or such you could >convert >to the same purpose. and the rolls make good fire lighters after use or you >could >throw them in the worm farm or compost. >Regards >John > > > > > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
