Thanks for your perspective, Hakan. In this part of the U.S., we only have to place our footings and water lines a meter deep to avoid problems.
You're right, I was really thinking about the heaters for the fuel system in a car, as I live in a city and park on the street where running an extension cord across the sidewalk to the car could be dangerous for pedestrians (and result in many stolen extension cords). Not only that, but my goal for this car is to find ways to minimize my impact on the earth while still being able (in a city with very poor, unreliable public transportation) to travel quickly to help my parents (who are in their 80s and live about 12 km away). Maud St. Louis, MO >Maud, > >In Europe, most tanks and fuel lines are dig down more than a meters depth >in the earth, for security reasons. This means also that the oil >temperature is the same as the constant earth temperature for the location >and therefore independent of season. Northern Sweden is 3,000 km north of >Barcelona (Boston in US) and the earth temperature 4 to 6 degree Celsius, >in Spain 10 to 14. It is also therefore that tanks and pipes should only >have thermal insulation and additional protection on top of them, if the >depth is less than a meter. Heating them for normal heating oil or maybe >for biodiesel, will be very expensive in a constant temperature layer and >probably not necessary (or necessary all year around). > >If the tanks and fuel lines are above earth, it is an other question. > >Hakan > > >At 01:25 PM 10/2/2003, you wrote: >>Can block, tank, or fuel line heaters be made to work off a solar panel? >> >>Maud >>St. Louis, MO >> >> > >Hi Doug, >> >>This subject comes up pretty often, the last time Keith >>responded with this >> >>web-site: >> >>Mother's Waste Oil Heater: >> >><http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/methanol_motherearth/me4.ht >> ml>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/methanol_motherearth/me4.html >> >>Where are you in cold Canada? >> >>Jesse >> > >> >Wrong link Jesse: >> > >> ><http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me4.html >> >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me4.html >> >Mother Earth: Waste Oil Heater >> > >> >Did you TYPE that?? Good grief, I hope not - copy and paste stuff >> >like urls and email addresses. >> > >> >Anyway, that was what I proposed when Alex said his garage would get >> >too cold to make biodiesel - that'll warm up his garage. Doug's >> >worried about using the biodiesel, the cold will gel it. >> > >> >Adding 20-30% kerosene is one solution, using fuel line heaters, >> >block heaters, tank heaters is another. >> > >> >Best >> > >> >Keith >> > >> > >> > >> >>From: "DougL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >> >>Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:23:31 -0600 >> >>To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> >> >>Subject: [biofuel] cold weather >> >> >> >> >> >>I am making biodiesel up here in cold Canada. The temparatures >>are starting > > >>to get close to freezing and are only getting colder. If possible I would > > >>love to run 100% BD year round. What are some of you doing with the > > >>biodiesel to prevent it from gelling in the cold weather? > > >>Doug Loewen > > > > > > > > > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >> ><http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html>http://journeytoforever.org/bio >> fuel.html >> > >> >Biofuels list archives: >> ><http://archive.nnytech.net/>http://archive.nnytech.net/ >> > >> >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. >> >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to >> <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Biofuels list archives: >http://archive.nnytech.net/ > >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
