I so want to go. Unfortunately I'm in Charlotte, and have a CharLUG meeting tonight. You planning to drive west any time soon?
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:57:24 -0500, Tobias Crawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jim, > > I used the kit from greasecar.com, but now that I have done the > conversion, I would probably do my next one from parts. > > I'm collecting the oil into 5 gallon oil jugs using a 12 volt pump. I > pull the jugs from restaraunt dumpsters. I then leave it in the jugs > for a week or two to let the water and large chunks settle out before > filtering. > > I believe the mileage is comparable to what my car gets on diesel, > which is 46-50 MPG. Since it is a dual fuel system it is hard to gauge > how much I am actually using. > > A great resource on Biodiesel/alt. fuels is Piedmont Biofuels > Cooperative (http://biofuels.coop). The three founders all teach > alternative energy courses at Central Carolina Community College in > Pittsboro (http://www.ccc.edu). In fact, starting in January they will > be teaching a Diesel Mechanics course which they hope to focus on > veggie oil conversions. > > > > Tobias > > On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:23:48 -0500, Jim Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tobias, > > I'd love to see it, but have family commitments on Thursday...on the > > subject though... > > > > Did you use one of the prepackaged kits for your conversion, or is it a > > custom job? > > What kind of setup do you have for storing the oil you get from > > restaurants? > > What kind of mileage is it getting? > > Are there any local clubs dedicated to biodiesel/svo/alternative fuels? > > > > Thanks, > > jim > > > > -- > Tobias O. Crawley / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Arrogance is quoting yourself." - Tobias O. Crawley > "Ignorance is quoting others." - Aaron T. Dixon > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- Bob Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] (read/delete weakly...) http://www.carolinux.com Bringing Linux to the Carolinas... IRC://freenode/charlug There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
