To: fingerlakespermaculture AT lists.ibiblio.org, Sustainability in Tompkins County <sustainable_tompkins-l AT list.cornell.edu>
Subject: biodiesel in an oil furnace?
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:32:17 -0500
hey folks,
we have an old oil furnace and we'd like to try running it on
biodiesel. does anyone have any experience doing this? from what i've
read online it's best to do some kind of oil/biodiesel mixture but
that if the furnace is converted in some way we could get away with
minimal or even no oil at all. any tips would be much appreciated and
we could potentially pay or barter with someone to do a conversion...
we're having a wood pellet stove installed, but we want to continue
using the furnace as a back-up source of heat, especially if we are
traveling and need to keep the pipes from bursting in the winter.