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Right I had a brief stint with WVO last year and was probably using it completely wrong and not filtering it down enough and certainly didn't realise that I should have been boiling the water out of it :doh:doh, I was literally just filtering it through a bedsheet and whacking it straight in the tank
I've now invested in a couple of 2000w Immersion Heaters from Hong Kong on the bay and also ordered a 1 Micron Filter bag from eBay, I managed to source a few blue drums from a unit not far from where I work for free and have made the platforms from bricks from a factory that has been knocked down locally and fetched a water butt tap from B&Q last night and fitted it which cost me £3.98
You'll also see in the pictures below that I stole a refrigerator thermostat from a fridge that had gone kaput at my old place of work and I then wired that up to a mains plug and extended the temperature sensor
All in the setup has probably cost me £15, the sock is re-usable, and the immersion heaters only need to be on for a few hours which with a bit of maths from makeitfit should cost no more than 70p an hour for the two
Then all I have to worry about is getting a steady supply of WVO from local restaurants that hasn't been contaminated with sh*t like I've seen in some places, I manage to pick up about 30 litres every two weeks from the work canteen however I'm always on the lookout for other places but seems everyone already has the restaurants by me cornered or I get the line "we're contracted in for re-cycling

Comments and any ideas you have are welcome if you feel my setup can be improved :thumb2
I've now invested in a couple of 2000w Immersion Heaters from Hong Kong on the bay and also ordered a 1 Micron Filter bag from eBay, I managed to source a few blue drums from a unit not far from where I work for free and have made the platforms from bricks from a factory that has been knocked down locally and fetched a water butt tap from B&Q last night and fitted it which cost me £3.98

You'll also see in the pictures below that I stole a refrigerator thermostat from a fridge that had gone kaput at my old place of work and I then wired that up to a mains plug and extended the temperature sensor
All in the setup has probably cost me £15, the sock is re-usable, and the immersion heaters only need to be on for a few hours which with a bit of maths from makeitfit should cost no more than 70p an hour for the two


Then all I have to worry about is getting a steady supply of WVO from local restaurants that hasn't been contaminated with sh*t like I've seen in some places, I manage to pick up about 30 litres every two weeks from the work canteen however I'm always on the lookout for other places but seems everyone already has the restaurants by me cornered or I get the line "we're contracted in for re-cycling
Comments and any ideas you have are welcome if you feel my setup can be improved :thumb2
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