".........said the spider to the fly." : ) AntiFossil
On Apr 2, 2005 6:32 AM, Gustl Steiner-Zehender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hallo Tom, > > I am not the one to ask about rubber and biodiesel. It is my > impression that the two get along fine although they have a bad > reputation to the contrary but I don't know that as fact. I just put > the rubber bit in there in case someone had concerns about biodiesel > and rubber coming into contact because in my fuel oil burner they > don't and I don't believe they do in any others. Todd or some of the > others can tell you definitively. Just consider me a half blind old > fart hobbling around muttering to himself trying to make sense of > things. ;o) > > Happy Happy, > > Gustl > > Friday, 01 April, 2005, 16:53:08, you wrote: > > TI> Greetings Gustl, > > TI> I was under the impression from my reading that viton rubber would be > ok in > TI> contact with biodiesel. If I«m wrong about this someone please say so. > All > TI> metal is definitely better as I imagine even viton will degrade in a 5 > or 10 > TI> year time span just due to the heat. As far as the burner is concerned > I > TI> think if it can run diesel heating oil it should be fine with Bio D. > Unless > TI> it«s really cold the Bio D should flow even better. Anyone else have > TI> comments? > > TI> Tom Irwin > > TI> -----Original Message----- > TI> From: Gustl Steiner-Zehender > TI> To: Biofuel > TI> Sent: 1/04/05 9:00 > TI> Subject: [Biofuel] Biofuel and Oil Burning Furnaces > > TI> Hallo Folks, > > TI> We have run out of wood and I am not fit to cut and split it at this > TI> time so we had to use our fuel oil furnace which needed more attention > TI> than I was qualified to give it. > > TI> I spoke to Erv, the repairman, about the problems with diesel Nr. 1 > TI> and Nr. 2 and then asked him about biofuel and the furnace. He told > TI> me there were no rubber parts at all that would touch the biofuel and > TI> that the only thing which would need to be changed for it to work > TI> would possibly be the nozzle. > > TI> I have seen this topic several times on the list but don't remember > TI> the details of the discussion. Thought this might be of some use to > TI> someone. I know I will be heating with biofuel this winter. > > TI> Happy Happy, > > TI> Gustl > > > -- > Je mehr wir haben, desto mehr fordert Gott von uns. > ******** > We can't change the winds but we can adjust our sails. > ******** > The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, > soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, > without signposts. > C. S. Lewis, "The Screwtape Letters" > ******** > Es gibt Wahrheiten, die so sehr auf der Stra§e liegen, > da§ sie gerade deshalb von der gewšhnlichen Welt nicht > gesehen oder wenigstens nicht erkannt werden. > ******** > Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't > hear the music. > George Carlin > ******** > The best portion of a good man's life - > His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. > William Wordsworth > > _______________________________________________ > 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 <http://Infoarchive.net> (searchable): > 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/
