Made my first batch of BioD, ran up and down the road about twenty miles, nothing bad happened. I can't really tell any difference in performance. I estimate about 300-400 dollars in equipment and I think I can do up to 35 gallons, this batch was only 18, can't get enough WVO. Anybody else cooking in Virginia?
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WoooHOOOooo first tank of homemade BioD
- Thread starter Drago
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Made my first batch of BioD, ran up and down the road about twenty miles, nothing bad happened. I can't really tell any difference in performance. I estimate about 300-400 dollars in equipment and I think I can do up to 35 gallons, this batch was only 18, can't get enough WVO. Anybody else cooking in Virginia?
- Staff
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Cool. Any photos of your setup? Is it an appleseed?
- Staff
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Cool. Did you test it for acidity?
uh.....no.:???: I thought all that salt water washing was suppose to take care of that. after all that Lye how could it be acidic? I did a http://make-biodiesel.org/Quality-Testing/the-3-27-conversion-test.html and that looked good.
http://make-biodiesel.org/Quality-Testing/titrating-wvo.html I did first thing and was confident from other batches I got it right.
- Staff
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The titration was what I was referring to. The acidity of the WVO that you were using. It tells you how much lye to add to neutralize it. Looks like your on the right path to success. You could always get an independent test of the end result as well. :thumbsup: