possible wvo problems

[its GED]

i dont have them yet, but i thought i should check.


i have been offered about 150L of wvo per month.

this is from a second hand kitchen appliance center, and each drum has cooked 5 loads of spuds.

traceys brother works there and its how they test the fryers ect before they are sold on.

nothing else is cooked in the oil, just spuds cut into wedges.

what do i need to do, how do i filter, should i give it a miss and will the musso be ok on it.

i`m still running 100%svo and since i fixed the fuel pump i have no problems at all.

is there anything else i should be doing with the svo?

sorry for the questions, but the novelty of this still hasnt worn off.

Cheers

Ged

[XrHiNo]

should be ok if it's only been used to cook spuds, could be moisture content in there but the fuel filter doubles as a water separator, you will need to drain it more often (when the light comes on)
Problems with wvo are usually caused by animal SPAM which turns to lard and clogs everything up.

[its GED]

i dont have a drain thingy on the bottom.

do you mean empty it?

[The Smiths]

I say rip his arm off for it.

Will need filtering



If you didn't use it it would sell for 40p/L++ on ebay

[its GED]

fantastic news, its freeeeeeeeee!

ok, now to start looking at home filtration kits.

[its GED]

i have established that the water content will be very small, and there will be no animal fats present, so i`m making a home filtration system to remove the particles.


now, the plan was to mount one of these


http://www.oilybits.com/pumps/self-priming-nbr-...lpm/prod_181.html

onto a board, and connect two lengths of hose.

one into the "dirty" oil, the other into a container fitted with this.



http://www.oilybits.com/filters/bag-filters/pol...ags/prod_700.html

just one question, at what rate will the wvo pass through one of these filters?

is it like pouring through a funnel, or sort of a drip by drip affair?

cheers

Ged

[XrHiNo]

Starts off ok but as the filter gets blocked it slows right down, the best way is to ditch the pump and let gravity do the work overnight.

[its GED]

but how would i regulate gravity for the best rate of flow?

trying to do this as cheap as possible.

[XrHiNo]

The filter will regulate the flow.... If you want to do it for free cut the sleeve out of an old shirt, tie a knot in one end and cable tie the other end over the kneck of the drum. Lie the drum on its side on a table with a bucket or another drum with a funnel in underneath.

[its GED]

hmmmm, i was trying to keep it as contained as possible.

cheers mate, but the filters arnt that dear anyways

[XrHiNo]

You just want to buy a shiny new pump

[its GED]

they came back with a flow rate of 600lpm when new.

[Nathaniel]

45 gall drum, top cut off, bit of plywood over the top with some big holes cut in it so those filter bags sit in the holes via their inbuilt top ring, then fill the bags up with waste oil and leave.

The more bags you have, the more oil you can dump in at once and leave overnight.

[bertie_bas205]

Dude we use 10 micron filters out here... any use??? Sock type, bout a foot long....



B

[its GED]

thanks nat, good idea.


bert, i need one micron. but thanks anyways pal

[parrotveasey81]

when i used to filter my old wvo i used 50 micron then a 25 then a 10 then a 5 then the final one was a 1 micron and would take best part of 1 weekend to filter 200l's of oil,i was looking on the oilybits site at these
http://www.oilybits.com/filters/elements-housin...sel/prod_279.html
to use with a elc pump as it was quicker and cleaner and you would only need to pop back into the shed every hour to cheack on it not every 10mins to fill the bags back up

[its GED]

had the oil been dirty, i would of done the same process myself mate, but seeing as i know the "history" of the oil, it should be fine.

[terence]

large drum three taps on the side
top middle and bottom

throw oil in leave for a few months use from the top

everything you dont want gravity will pull out

if you heat it first it will happened very rapidly

glycerine from bio process willl also attract all the water and convieniently drop to the bottom for you

simples...