[Shop-talk] Bio diesel question.

[eric at megageek.com]

I guess my question is, will I hurt anything if I drain (filtered) used 
cooking oil into my heat oil tank?

This is mostly for a 'clean' way to dispose of the oil, and if I save a 
few pennies (and don't hurt the burner) that's a bonus.

So it is sounding like this is a possible way to go then, correct?

Eric P
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational 
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph 
Waldo Emerson 




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BioDiesel is not simply burning used cooking oil - it is processed into 
a form usable in a conventional diesel engine. The process of 
converting used cooking oil into BioDiesel makes it cost more than 
conventional diesel. It is probably a Good Thing environmentally but 
not from a strictly economical viewpoint. I believe there are ways to 
convert a diesel engine to run on used cooking oil but that wasn't your 
question... 

I would assume that you could 'dispose' of a few gallons of used 
cooking oil by diluting it in a few hundred gallons of fuel oil. But it 
doesn't seem like that was your question either... 

What was your question...?

Oh - saving some money. I doubt that a few gallons of used cooking oil 
in your home heating system is going to save any money unless it is 
very expensive to otherwise dispose of it. 

Eric Russell
Mebane, NC


Quoting eric at megageek.com:
> I know lots of people burn used cooking oil in diesel vehicles. 
>
> And since my oil heat is basically diesel fuel, my question is... 
>
> Can I burn used cooking oil in my home heating oil tank?  If so, what do 
I
> need to do with first?