veggy oil as heating source

70spoiler · #1 (**permalink**) 12-03-2005, 09:55 AM

just lost my battle with the town over my out door woodboiler and now i am trying to convert it to run on veggie oil. i want to start making my own bio diesel so i will be killing two bird with one stone. i would like to run veggy oil thru a fuel oil gun and use my wood boiler as a fire box. has anyone tried this. i cant be the first one.jack k

ztartop · #2 (**permalink**) 12-03-2005, 05:34 PM

If you want to make furnace oil from fryer oil there are several vendors on the web that sell the equipment. You can also obtain equipment to burn used engine oil but it requires filtration and a oil heater to reduce the viscosity enough to be injected by the burner. A significant issue with fry oil is temperature-below 45 degrees there is some problem with the stuff gelling so check it out on one the web sites.

fabmandelux · #3 (**permalink**) 12-03-2005, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by 70spoiler

just lost my battle with the town over my out door woodboiler and now i am trying to convert it to run on veggie oil. i want to start making my own bio diesel so i will be killing two bird with one stone. i would like to run veggy oil thru a fuel oil gun and use my wood boiler as a fire box. has anyone tried this. i cant be the first one.jack k

Hi jack, Sorry to hear about your loss, I know how it feels. Lost $140,000 in a fight with a local "small town"............. But that was about 6 years ago and life goes on..........anyway. I belong to a forum for just what you need!!

Try this!! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/altfuelfurnace/ Great bunch of guy's and TONS of info from people that have been doing this for years! Myself I use Biodiesel because it cost less money to convert. Good luck! If you have any questions just ask.FABMANDELUX

70spoiler · #4 (**permalink**) 12-04-2005, 01:07 PM

i will be joining. as soon asmy memebership is aproved