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Waste Oil Heater => Waste Oil Filtering => Topic started by: surplus 6 on April 15, 2013, 03:45:14 am
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would this be any good for inline filtering of used motor oil
http://www.oilybits.com/filters/elements-complete-with-housings/3/8-inch-particulate-filters/prod_47.html
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forgot to say gravity fed, drip feed
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6,
Are you thinking of using that filter inline between your day tank/bucket and the burner?
If it was me I would screen/filter my waste oil before I put it in the day tank. I would think that after awhile of putting unfilter in the tank it would end up with a lot of sediment in the bottom of the tank.
I would also use one of these to screen the oil as I poured it into the day tank and it's washable.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-5-x-5-Gallon-75-600-Micron-Bucket-EZ-strainer-Filter-Biodiesel-WVO-Pail-/281070284759?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4171182fd7#ht_1899wt_679
I would also install a water separater inline from the tank to the burner.
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I was thinking of screening/filtering oil before or as it went in the bucket, this was going to be a belt and braces type extra filter, or do drip feed systems not need any extra filtering after the initial filter into bucket? never thought about the water trap, thanks.
Tony
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http://www.oilybits.com/filters/elements-complete-with-housings/3/8-inch-water-trap-filters/prod_724.html
from the same site, water trap and filter in one, happy days