Hey thanks everyone for the advice, I'll try the hot water bath idea and hope for the best, just hope I don't get it too hot and evaporate my methanol... I'd really like for my first test batch to come out good. As for my atmospheric pressure, im not sure what it is, but I live in NW FL so i'm pretty darn close to sea level.
as a side note, it's really hard to reply when I have the mailing list set to digest mode lol. Thomas Kelly wrote: > Test batches can be difficult ...... well worth the effort. > Blenders provide excellent agitation, but it is difficult to > maintain the proper temp. > PET bottles allow one to maintain temp better, but agitation may > be inadequate. > > It is important to maintain temp even if you must interupt agitation. > Suggestion: Achieve the temp of 130F, blend for 5 minutes, check temp > If necessary, carefully return the liquid to a > container to be heated. > Return to blender and repeat 2 (3?) more times > > I use a hot water bath for heating the mix. Do you have a pot big > enough to fit the blender pitcher into? The pot would contain hot > (~150F) water. Instead of pouring the hot mix back and forth you could > simply place the pitcher from the blender, with top on, into the hot > water bath to re-establish the 130F, blot dry and buzz it again. > > > Good Luck, > Tom _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
