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DO NOT ask *any* questions about anythng but "gun-style" furnaces - Becket Riello and so on. If you ask about BD in a Kerosun or anything not strictly related to furnaces, they'll rip you head off. Good luck! Zeke Yewdall wrote: >I believe that there are number of people on this list who have used >biodiesel in furnaces designed for heating oil. Might be something in >the archives from people who have done this. > >On 10/3/05, Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Stop. Don't. Been there, done that. BD won't climb a wick. I got a >>Kerosun with a wick running on about 40/60 BD/kero but it wasn't worth >>the hassle. A gun or nozzle style works much better, or google OM-22. >>It runs well on *good quality* BD cut with a little HHO1. It will run >>but coke up on crummy BD or HHO2. >>Might want to get the cleaning video. >> >>Ping me off list if you want gory details! >> >>-Mike >> >>Paul S Cantrell wrote: >> >> >> >>>I have a cental heating system in our house that burns natural gas. >>>The unit sits in a closet in about the dead center of the house. >>>I live near Charleston, SC USA about 40 miles from the coast, so it >>>gets cold for a few weeks or a couple of months depending on your >>>definition of cold. Anyway heating season is about November to March >>>and natural gas prices are through the roof. >>> >>>Does anyone have this setup and use BD or byproduct or bioheating oil >>>to supplement/reduce natural gas/electric heating? If so, how do you >>>do it? Or, what would be the best way to do it? >>> >>>I was thinking of getting one or two of the 'kerosene' space heaters >>>and using BD in them, so I could lower the thermostat. >>> >>>-- >>>Thanks, >>>PC >>> >>>He's the kind of a guy who lights up a room just by flicking a switch >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Biofuel mailing list >>>Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>>http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >>> >>>Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >>>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >>> >>>Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >>>http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>Biofuel mailing list >>Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >> >>Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >> >>Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >>http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >> >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/