Re: [Biofuel] Harbor Freight Pump Upgrade needed!
Hi there. you guys might want to try diaphragm air pumps .They work on comp. air all plastic, good for most chemicals and heavy oils.very low maintenece non sparking etc. jules - Original Message - From: ardis streetermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Harbor Freight Pump Upgrade needed! Hi Kevin, My personal advise to you is to get a pump that is truly rated for the work at hand.A gear pump for Graingers is a great pump to use for your process. Yoy will need an electric motor closed design and two pullys,a belt to drive the pump at the correct speed.If the motor is rated at 1800 r.p.m. and the pump is to be driven at 900 r.p.m. you will need one pully 3inches in dia. and the other pully 6inches in dia.with the large pully on the motor and the small pully on the pump, hope this helps!! [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Michael Fleetwood [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have had a capacitor failure on this type of pump it had only done a couple of batches - I got a warranty replacement but wonder if temperature rise from pumping hot oil rather than cold water was a factor - it occurred on a very hot day. Mike in Australia. At 11:14 PM 26/04/2005 -0400, you wrote: Hello, I've been using the Harbor Freight 1 1/2 hp clear water pump in a closed reactor Appleseed setup for some test batches Approximate 37 gal of WVO + 7 gal methoxide =42 g in a 50 gal reactor). The pump is struggling to pump oil-lift to the top of the reactor (Water heater). In fact the pump doesn't even lift the oil 2' from the outlet at this point from a lower valve outlet! I know the pump is not only underrated, but possible not working! (Maybe 4 hours total of run time with this new pump) Note: I need a pump to outlet WVO lift to reactor intake is 5 feet. Clearly I need to upgrade to pump the wvo to the reactor and also to provide better circulating mixing and need to simply upgrade this pump. Todd (Appal Energy) provided a link to: http://www.surpluscenter.com/sort.asp?UID=2005010414190186catname=waterkeyword=WPCA Also: http://www.mcmaster.com/ But does anyone recommend a specific model? Some pumps don't recommend liquid heated above 120F to circulate in pumps! I hope to purchase this unit soon, so I can produce biodiesel again. Thank you, Kevin Shea Beacon, NY ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.3 - Release Date: 25/04/2005 ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuelhttp://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.htmlhttp://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.comhttp://mail.yahoo.com/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuelhttp://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.htmlhttp://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Harbor Freight Pump Upgrade needed!
Got the pump working today! My best educated guess is that the wvo (hopper) intake can't pump oil into the system, unless I also open the ball valve on the reactor bottom tank outtake. So as I'm filling/loading the reactor for the first time from the hopper, I have to compromise some oil from the very vessel I'm trying to fill! A vacuum is forming prior to the pump intake simply due to the fact that there is no vent inline in the 3/4 plumbing when I completely close the reactor tank to fill (vent is located in top reactor only) . I suppose I could include a vent (small air hose) shaft that if back flow to occur could be rerouted to overflow into the hopper tank. I also need to exceed the shaft past the height of the oil level. Thanks for everyone's replies -Kevin Beacon, NY - Original Message - From: Jules Veres [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 7:42 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Harbor Freight Pump Upgrade needed! Hi there. you guys might want to try diaphragm air pumps .They work on comp. air all plastic, good for most chemicals and heavy oils.very low maintenece non sparking etc. jules - Original Message - From: ardis streetermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Harbor Freight Pump Upgrade needed! Hi Kevin, My personal advise to you is to get a pump that is truly rated for the work at hand.A gear pump for Graingers is a great pump to use for your process. Yoy will need an electric motor closed design and two pullys,a belt to drive the pump at the correct speed.If the motor is rated at 1800 r.p.m. and the pump is to be driven at 900 r.p.m. you will need one pully 3inches in dia. and the other pully 6inches in dia.with the large pully on the motor and the small pully on the pump, hope this helps!! [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Michael Fleetwood [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have had a capacitor failure on this type of pump it had only done a couple of batches - I got a warranty replacement but wonder if temperature rise from pumping hot oil rather than cold water was a factor - it occurred on a very hot day. Mike in Australia. At 11:14 PM 26/04/2005 -0400, you wrote: Hello, I've been using the Harbor Freight 1 1/2 hp clear water pump in a closed reactor Appleseed setup for some test batches Approximate 37 gal of WVO + 7 gal methoxide =42 g in a 50 gal reactor). The pump is struggling to pump oil-lift to the top of the reactor (Water heater). In fact the pump doesn't even lift the oil 2' from the outlet at this point from a lower valve outlet! I know the pump is not only underrated, but possible not working! (Maybe 4 hours total of run time with this new pump) Note: I need a pump to outlet WVO lift to reactor intake is 5 feet. Clearly I need to upgrade to pump the wvo to the reactor and also to provide better circulating mixing and need to simply upgrade this pump. Todd (Appal Energy) provided a link to: http://www.surpluscenter.com/sort.asp?UID=2005010414190186catname=waterke yword=WPCA Also: http://www.mcmaster.com/ But does anyone recommend a specific model? Some pumps don't recommend liquid heated above 120F to circulate in pumps! I hope to purchase this unit soon, so I can produce biodiesel again. Thank you, Kevin Shea Beacon, NY ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.3 - Release Date: 25/04/2005 ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuelhttp://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.htmlhttp://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.comhttp://mail.yahoo.com/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuelhttp://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http
Re: [Biofuel] Harbor Freight Pump Upgrade needed!
longer reaction times for that volume with that pump. Best wishes Keith Got the pump working today! My best educated guess is that the wvo (hopper) intake can't pump oil into the system, unless I also open the ball valve on the reactor bottom tank outtake. So as I'm filling/loading the reactor for the first time from the hopper, I have to compromise some oil from the very vessel I'm trying to fill! A vacuum is forming prior to the pump intake simply due to the fact that there is no vent inline in the 3/4 plumbing when I completely close the reactor tank to fill (vent is located in top reactor only) . I suppose I could include a vent (small air hose) shaft that if back flow to occur could be rerouted to overflow into the hopper tank. I also need to exceed the shaft past the height of the oil level. Thanks for everyone's replies -Kevin Beacon, NY - Original Message - From: Jules Veres [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 7:42 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Harbor Freight Pump Upgrade needed! Hi there. you guys might want to try diaphragm air pumps .They work on comp. air all plastic, good for most chemicals and heavy oils.very low maintenece non sparking etc. jules - Original Message - From: ardis streetermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Harbor Freight Pump Upgrade needed! Hi Kevin, My personal advise to you is to get a pump that is truly rated for the work at hand.A gear pump for Graingers is a great pump to use for your process. Yoy will need an electric motor closed design and two pullys,a belt to drive the pump at the correct speed.If the motor is rated at 1800 r.p.m. and the pump is to be driven at 900 r.p.m. you will need one pully 3inches in dia. and the other pully 6inches in dia.with the large pully on the motor and the small pully on the pump, hope this helps!! [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Michael Fleetwood [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have had a capacitor failure on this type of pump it had only done a couple of batches - I got a warranty replacement but wonder if temperature rise from pumping hot oil rather than cold water was a factor - it occurred on a very hot day. Mike in Australia. At 11:14 PM 26/04/2005 -0400, you wrote: Hello, I've been using the Harbor Freight 1 1/2 hp clear water pump in a closed reactor Appleseed setup for some test batches Approximate 37 gal of WVO + 7 gal methoxide =42 g in a 50 gal reactor). The pump is struggling to pump oil-lift to the top of the reactor (Water heater). In fact the pump doesn't even lift the oil 2' from the outlet at this point from a lower valve outlet! I know the pump is not only underrated, but possible not working! (Maybe 4 hours total of run time with this new pump) Note: I need a pump to outlet WVO lift to reactor intake is 5 feet. Clearly I need to upgrade to pump the wvo to the reactor and also to provide better circulating mixing and need to simply upgrade this pump. Todd (Appal Energy) provided a link to: http://www.surpluscenter.com/sort.asp?UID=2005010414190186catname=waterke yword=WPCA Also: http://www.mcmaster.com/ But does anyone recommend a specific model? Some pumps don't recommend liquid heated above 120F to circulate in pumps! I hope to purchase this unit soon, so I can produce biodiesel again. Thank you, Kevin Shea Beacon, NY ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Harbor Freight Pump Upgrade needed!
Hi All, Sorry about my error on which size pully goes where. The large pully should go on the pump and the small pully on the motor.Just make sure you know the r.p.m. of the motor an then size the pullys accordingly.Good Luck!!Duff Streeter --- ROY Washbish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Won't this pulley arrangement cause the pump to run twice (or so) the speed of the motor? Do I have thoughts right? ~BEST~ Roy ardis streeter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Kevin, My personal advise to you is to get a pump that is truly rated for the work at hand.A gear pump for Graingers is a great pump to use for your process. Yoy will need an electric motor closed design and two pullys,a belt to drive the pump at the correct speed.If the motor is rated at 1800 r.p.m. and the pump is to be driven at 900 r.p.m. you will need one pully 3inches in dia. and the other pully 6inches in dia.with the large pully on the motor and the small pully on the pump, hope this helps!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Michael Fleetwood wrote: Hi I have had a capacitor failure on this type of pump it had only done a couple of batches - I got a warranty replacement but wonder if temperature rise from pumping hot oil rather than cold water was a factor - it occurred on a very hot day. Mike in Australia. At 11:14 PM 26/04/2005 -0400, you wrote: Hello, I've been using the Harbor Freight 1 1/2 hp clear water pump in a closed reactor Appleseed setup for some test batches Approximate 37 gal of WVO + 7 gal methoxide =42 g in a 50 gal reactor). The pump is struggling to pump oil-lift to the top of the reactor (Water heater). In fact the pump doesn't even lift the oil 2' from the outlet at this point from a lower valve outlet! I know the pump is not only underrated, but possible not working! (Maybe 4 hours total of run time with this new pump) Note: I need a pump to outlet WVO lift to reactor intake is 5 feet. Clearly I need to upgrade to pump the wvo to the reactor and also to provide better circulating mixing and need to simply upgrade this pump. Todd (Appal Energy) provided a link to: http://www.surpluscenter.com/sort.asp?UID=2005010414190186catname=waterkeyword=WPCA Also: http://www.mcmaster.com/ But does anyone recommend a specific model? Some pumps don't recommend liquid heated above 120F to circulate in pumps! I hope to purchase this unit soon, so I can produce biodiesel again. Thank you, Kevin Shea Beacon, NY ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.3 - Release Date: 25/04/2005 ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Roy Washbish Certified Health Coach A HOME BUSINESS PRODUCTS THAT WORK PRODUCTS BUSINESS HTTP://WWW.TRIVITA.COM/11393920 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Harbor Freight Pump Upgrade needed!
Hi Keith, It's 1 downsized to 3/4 I think so, sounds like it's faulty. A 1 Harbor Freight clear water pump can easily lift hot oil 2ft. By the way, is it working at 1 or did you plumb it down to 3/4? We pointed out some time ago that these pumps are not powerful enough to mix that volume of oil effectively in the given time (one hour), among other problems with those reactors, and hence the poor results, Yes, I remember following the the posts about increasing the mix times or looking into another pump. However, I already had purchased the pump, so I was going to use it for however long until it dies and then upgrade it. The two batches I used it last October got excellant mix. However it really struggled to get going to curculate that I thought I needed redesign to increase the outlet feed lenght from the reactor to the inlet of the pump (Hence better gravity prime feed). So I brought the processor out of storage and reposition the pump. This added about another 1' of lift. I turned the pump on to pump wvo from my preheat hopper/filter tank to feed into the reactor...It just trickled up the lift tube into the reactor! Every once in a while you would get a good ploping going, but it would go back to a I think I can ... I think I can mode! It's a nice setup, just wimpy pump (or defective). Thanks, Kevin ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
[Biofuel] Harbor Freight Pump Upgrade needed!
Hello, I've been using the Harbor Freight 1 1/2 hp clear water pump in a closed reactor Appleseed setup for some test batches Approximate 37 gal of WVO + 7 gal methoxide =42 g in a 50 gal reactor). The pump is struggling to pump oil-lift to the top of the reactor (Water heater). In fact the pump doesn't even lift the oil 2' from the outlet at this point from a lower valve outlet! I know the pump is not only underrated, but possible not working! (Maybe 4 hours total of run time with this new pump) Note: I need a pump to outlet WVO lift to reactor intake is 5 feet. Clearly I need to upgrade to pump the wvo to the reactor and also to provide better circulating mixing and need to simply upgrade this pump. Todd (Appal Energy) provided a link to: http://www.surpluscenter.com/sort.asp?UID=2005010414190186catname=waterkeyword=WPCA Also: http://www.mcmaster.com/ But does anyone recommend a specific model? Some pumps don't recommend liquid heated above 120F to circulate in pumps! I hope to purchase this unit soon, so I can produce biodiesel again. Thank you, Kevin Shea Beacon, NY ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Harbor Freight Pump Upgrade needed!
I have had a capacitor failure on this type of pump it had only done a couple of batches - I got a warranty replacement but wonder if temperature rise from pumping hot oil rather than cold water was a factor - it occurred on a very hot day. Mike in Australia. At 11:14 PM 26/04/2005 -0400, you wrote: Hello, I've been using the Harbor Freight 1 1/2 hp clear water pump in a closed reactor Appleseed setup for some test batches Approximate 37 gal of WVO + 7 gal methoxide =42 g in a 50 gal reactor). The pump is struggling to pump oil-lift to the top of the reactor (Water heater). In fact the pump doesn't even lift the oil 2' from the outlet at this point from a lower valve outlet! I know the pump is not only underrated, but possible not working! (Maybe 4 hours total of run time with this new pump) Note: I need a pump to outlet WVO lift to reactor intake is 5 feet. Clearly I need to upgrade to pump the wvo to the reactor and also to provide better circulating mixing and need to simply upgrade this pump. Todd (Appal Energy) provided a link to: http://www.surpluscenter.com/sort.asp?UID=2005010414190186catname=waterkeyword=WPCA Also: http://www.mcmaster.com/ But does anyone recommend a specific model? Some pumps don't recommend liquid heated above 120F to circulate in pumps! I hope to purchase this unit soon, so I can produce biodiesel again. Thank you, Kevin Shea Beacon, NY ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.3 - Release Date: 25/04/2005 ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Harbor Freight Pump Upgrade needed!
Hello, I've been using the Harbor Freight 1 1/2 hp clear water pump in a closed reactor Appleseed setup Good luck! for some test batches Approximate 37 gal of WVO + 7 gal methoxide =42 g in a 50 gal reactor). The pump is struggling to pump oil-lift to the top of the reactor (Water heater). In fact the pump doesn't even lift the oil 2' from the outlet at this point from a lower valve outlet! I know the pump is not only underrated, but possible not working! I think so, sounds like it's faulty. A 1 Harbor Freight clear water pump can easily lift hot oil 2ft. By the way, is it working at 1 or did you plumb it down to 3/4? (Maybe 4 hours total of run time with this new pump) Note: I need a pump to outlet WVO lift to reactor intake is 5 feet. I don't know, but I think it had be able to do that too. These pumps were recommended by the people who who promote these reactors, and I've see quite a few photographs of them fitted and in use, so if they weren't even lifting it to the top I guess they'd have noticed. We pointed out some time ago that these pumps are not powerful enough to mix that volume of oil effectively in the given time (one hour), among other problems with those reactors, and hence the poor results, but it was half a year later before the Appleseed people starting hinting that maybe the pump wasn't strong enough. I'd say 25 gallons is the limit for the 1 clear water pump, unless you want to live with much longer processing times. But it should surely be able to lift the oil five feet. Clearly I need to upgrade to pump the wvo to the reactor and also to provide better circulating mixing and need to simply upgrade this pump. Yes, for that size reactor. Todd (Appal Energy) provided a link to: http://www.surpluscenter.com/sort.asp?UID=2005010414190186catname=wa terkeyword=WPCA Also: http://www.mcmaster.com/ But does anyone recommend a specific model? Some pumps don't recommend liquid heated above 120F to circulate in pumps! I hope to purchase this unit soon, so I can produce biodiesel again. We've used a 1 Harbor Freight clear water pump for 72-litre batches (19 gal) for 18 months now, it's done hundreds of batches without any problems at all. Nice pump, hot oil no problem. I managed to drop the whole thing, pump down, when we moved house and the plastic casing on top broke. I patched it up with epoxy and it's fine, no damage to the pump itself. Best wishes Keith Thank you, Kevin Shea Beacon, NY ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Harbor Freight Pump Upgrade needed!
Hi Kevin, My personal advise to you is to get a pump that is truly rated for the work at hand.A gear pump for Graingers is a great pump to use for your process. Yoy will need an electric motor closed design and two pullys,a belt to drive the pump at the correct speed.If the motor is rated at 1800 r.p.m. and the pump is to be driven at 900 r.p.m. you will need one pully 3inches in dia. and the other pully 6inches in dia.with the large pully on the motor and the small pully on the pump, hope this helps!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Michael Fleetwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have had a capacitor failure on this type of pump it had only done a couple of batches - I got a warranty replacement but wonder if temperature rise from pumping hot oil rather than cold water was a factor - it occurred on a very hot day. Mike in Australia. At 11:14 PM 26/04/2005 -0400, you wrote: Hello, I've been using the Harbor Freight 1 1/2 hp clear water pump in a closed reactor Appleseed setup for some test batches Approximate 37 gal of WVO + 7 gal methoxide =42 g in a 50 gal reactor). The pump is struggling to pump oil-lift to the top of the reactor (Water heater). In fact the pump doesn't even lift the oil 2' from the outlet at this point from a lower valve outlet! I know the pump is not only underrated, but possible not working! (Maybe 4 hours total of run time with this new pump) Note: I need a pump to outlet WVO lift to reactor intake is 5 feet. Clearly I need to upgrade to pump the wvo to the reactor and also to provide better circulating mixing and need to simply upgrade this pump. Todd (Appal Energy) provided a link to: http://www.surpluscenter.com/sort.asp?UID=2005010414190186catname=waterkeyword=WPCA Also: http://www.mcmaster.com/ But does anyone recommend a specific model? Some pumps don't recommend liquid heated above 120F to circulate in pumps! I hope to purchase this unit soon, so I can produce biodiesel again. Thank you, Kevin Shea Beacon, NY ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.3 - Release Date: 25/04/2005 ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] Harbor Freight Pump Upgrade needed!
Won't this pulley arrangement cause the pump to run twice (or so) the speed of the motor? Do I have thoughts right? ~BEST~ Roy ardis streeter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Kevin, My personal advise to you is to get a pump that is truly rated for the work at hand.A gear pump for Graingers is a great pump to use for your process. Yoy will need an electric motor closed design and two pullys,a belt to drive the pump at the correct speed.If the motor is rated at 1800 r.p.m. and the pump is to be driven at 900 r.p.m. you will need one pully 3inches in dia. and the other pully 6inches in dia.with the large pully on the motor and the small pully on the pump, hope this helps!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Michael Fleetwood wrote: Hi I have had a capacitor failure on this type of pump it had only done a couple of batches - I got a warranty replacement but wonder if temperature rise from pumping hot oil rather than cold water was a factor - it occurred on a very hot day. Mike in Australia. At 11:14 PM 26/04/2005 -0400, you wrote: Hello, I've been using the Harbor Freight 1 1/2 hp clear water pump in a closed reactor Appleseed setup for some test batches Approximate 37 gal of WVO + 7 gal methoxide =42 g in a 50 gal reactor). The pump is struggling to pump oil-lift to the top of the reactor (Water heater). In fact the pump doesn't even lift the oil 2' from the outlet at this point from a lower valve outlet! I know the pump is not only underrated, but possible not working! (Maybe 4 hours total of run time with this new pump) Note: I need a pump to outlet WVO lift to reactor intake is 5 feet. Clearly I need to upgrade to pump the wvo to the reactor and also to provide better circulating mixing and need to simply upgrade this pump. Todd (Appal Energy) provided a link to: http://www.surpluscenter.com/sort.asp?UID=2005010414190186catname=waterkeyword=WPCA Also: http://www.mcmaster.com/ But does anyone recommend a specific model? Some pumps don't recommend liquid heated above 120F to circulate in pumps! I hope to purchase this unit soon, so I can produce biodiesel again. Thank you, Kevin Shea Beacon, NY ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.3 - Release Date: 25/04/2005 ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Roy Washbish Certified Health Coach A HOME BUSINESS PRODUCTS THAT WORK PRODUCTS BUSINESS HTTP://WWW.TRIVITA.COM/11393920 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
