Say Mike, If you have an extra water heater, I am in Minnesota and might be able to easily get it if there was one available!!
fred On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 10:34:17 -0600, Anti-Fossil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > AntiFossil > Mike Krafka > Minnesota USA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dana Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 10:35 PM > Subject: [Biofuel] Re: New method for the production of home made bio-diesel > > <snip> > > > I am building the Appleseed reactor and so far I have spent about $200 on > > lab gear (glass ware, pH meter, scale, etc.), and three steel 55 gal > drums. > > Still looking for a suitable 50-60 gal water heater for which I will most > > likely spend $50 - $100 from a local used plumbing shop. > > To bad we don't live closer to one another as I have assembled quite a > selection of extremely tenderly used electric water heaters. I currently > have 2 that were installed, tested, and promptly removed due to leaking > regulator valves. Now I'm no plumber, but wouldn't it make more sense to > replace the water heater for that particular job, certainly, but back at the > shop, trash the bad regulator and install a good one, rather than trash the > whole water heater because of a leaking regulator? Anyway, I imagine the > cost of shipping would negate any cost benefits my tanks might have offered > in the first place. Perhaps a few suggestions. Instead of plumbers, try > small hardware stores that offer installation services. That's were I am > having my best luck. Another tip from a pro is to gather your intel first! > Before you go into these places to ask, drive around behind their place of > business, or beside them. Look for what it is you are after, water heaters. > 99% of the time they will leave used water heaters, and old washers and > dryers, sitting outside in relatively easy places for their "damn, we had to > pay these guys" junk men, to come and pick them up, usually once or twice a > month, depending on the stores activity level. These places have to pay > somewhere around $20 to $30 each to dispose of these units, though that fact > will rarely stop them from trying to earn a buck or two if you let them. > That part is completely up to you. As for me, I am taking so many water > heaters now that one hardware store owner approached me Wednesday of last > week (2-2-05) asking if I would sign an agreement! LOL Uhm, thanks, but no > thanks. I did my best not to laugh, though I'm not sure how successful I > was. My point is good used tanks are out there, and I would hate like hell > for anyone to have to pay for something that is already headed for either > the dump, or the scrapyard. > > Oh ya, and if you have never torn apart a water heater, you don't know what > real stress relief is !!! It's great fun! > > > AntiFossil > Mike Krafka > Minnesota USA > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
