Re: [Biofuel] Water heater

2005-08-31 Thread Mike Weaver
What's usually wrong with them? AntiFossil wrote: Marty, and all, I have to respectfully disagree with Bob C. on this one. The days of freebies are still very much alive! It might just be an issue of where you seek your freebies : ) Since approx. March of this year, I have been able

Re: [Biofuel] Water heater

2005-08-31 Thread Garth Kim Travis
Greetings, One can get just about anything for free, if you ask nicely. I have 3000 square feet of tile that was mine for hauling it home. Most of my walls and shelving units are made from scrounged wood, mine for the hauling. In Huntsville Texas, there is a man that started a company

Re: [Biofuel] Water heater

2005-08-31 Thread Bob Clark
, etc. :-) That would save me a lot of money on my project in progress :-) Thanks, Bob C. -Original Message- From: Garth Kim Travis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Aug 31, 2005 9:08 AM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Water heater Greetings, One can get just about

Re: [Biofuel] Water heater

2005-08-31 Thread Brian Rodgers
This sounds too cool. Are you saying you are using old NG Electric water heaters for... what? Stills? Oil fired boilers? Bio-Diesel batch heaters? I love this group! I need pictures, plans schematics. Pretty please! Oh I can't wait. I think I will go down to the dump and grab one or two and

Re: [Biofuel] Water heater

2005-08-31 Thread Bob Clark
iofuel] Water heater Marty, and all,I have to respectfully disagree with Bob C. on this one. The days of freebies are still very much alive! It might just be an issue of where you seek your freebies : )Since approx. March of this year, I have been able to get 18 used water heaters. My only cost ha

Re: [Biofuel] Water heater

2005-08-31 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Brian Quite a lot of people use water heaters to make these waste oil heaters that Bob just mentioned: Hope that helps a little, and I'm sure there are others on this list with a lot more experience using water heaters then I. I got my original ideas and plans from a Mother Earth News

Re: [Biofuel] Water heater

2005-08-31 Thread Brian Rodgers
Thank you Keith I will start reading right now. http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me4.html Amazing to say the least. I love to see that waste oil burning space heater glowing. Boy howdy! Our situation is a bit different in that we need to burn waste wood products.

Re: [Biofuel] Water heater

2005-08-30 Thread Bob Clark
Marty Phee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will a water heater ware out/rust out? Say if you start from a new heater. How long can you expect it to last? Marty, and all I am currently using six water heaters that have been in service for a little over five years. (One has actually been

Re: [Biofuel] Water heater

2005-08-30 Thread Mike Weaver
5-15 years, then they start leaking. Bob Clark wrote: Marty Phee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will a water heater ware out/rust out? Say if you start from a new heater. How long can you expect it to last? Marty, and all I am currently using six water heaters that have been in service for a

Re: [Biofuel] Water heater

2005-08-30 Thread Mike Weaver
Sorry, that's false. It should have read: A water heater will not leak unless you are on vacation. Mike Weaver wrote: 5-15 years, then they start leaking. Bob Clark wrote: Marty Phee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will a water heater ware out/rust out? Say if you start from a new heater.

Re: [Biofuel] Water heater

2005-08-30 Thread Marty Phee
Thanks for the info. My friend and I are going to do this. I'd like to start with a proven design and go from there and he has grand plans of how to do everything. I really don't have room to do it and he does so I need to give him leeway in the design. Bob Clark wrote: Marty Phee [EMAIL

Re: [Biofuel] Water heater

2005-08-30 Thread AntiFossil
Marty, and all, I have to respectfully disagree with Bob C. on this one. The days of freebies are still very much alive! It might just be an issue of where you seek your freebies : ) Since approx. March of this year, I have been able to get 18 used water heaters. My only cost has been the time,

[Biofuel] Water heater

2005-08-29 Thread Marty Phee
Will a water heater ware out/rust out? Say if you start from a new heater. How long can you expect it to last? ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at

[biofuel] Water Heater Warning

2004-07-19 Thread bioveging
Good day; Having just finished installing the electricals on my reactor (water heater) this weekend I thought I would pass along a potential risk when converting these to 120V from their 240V original. I don't know about most but the one I got had a square flanged heating element and the 120V

Re: [biofuel] Water Heater Warning

2004-07-19 Thread Martin Klingensmith
bioveging wrote: Good day; Having just finished installing the electricals on my reactor (water heater) this weekend I thought I would pass along a potential risk when converting these to 120V from their 240V original. I don't know about most but the one I got had a square flanged