p38arover
29th October 2012, 09:04 AM
I'm going to build a oil-burning shed heater based on Roger Sanders' design Roger Sanders' Waste Oil Heater (http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me11.html) and would like to fit a water separator / strainer on the waste oil supply line.
I was looking the CAV/Lucas/Delphi style filters but they seem to be all around the 5-15 micron size.
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4610673938399669&pid=15.1
I suspect these would soon clog with waste oil passing through them. Sanders, in his design, uses a US-made 100 micron stainless steel washable filter/strainer in a COMBU housing.
I was wondering if any of you gurus know of such a strainer to fit the CAV housing or is it really unnecessary. The oil flow is controlled by an adjustable needle valve so I don't want it clogging.
I was looking the CAV/Lucas/Delphi style filters but they seem to be all around the 5-15 micron size.
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4610673938399669&pid=15.1
I suspect these would soon clog with waste oil passing through them. Sanders, in his design, uses a US-made 100 micron stainless steel washable filter/strainer in a COMBU housing.
I was wondering if any of you gurus know of such a strainer to fit the CAV housing or is it really unnecessary. The oil flow is controlled by an adjustable needle valve so I don't want it clogging.