Monthly Archives: October 2012

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I've been looking for a quality suction screen for years.  I have tried a number of plastic and metal contraptions and haven't been happy with anything.  This puppy had some nice specs, so I thought I'd give 'er a try.  It is very stout, but unfortunately it won't fit into a cubie as it's 3" wide.   I need the ability draw oil from a cubie.  These are also too tall(6") for cubies or shallow containers.  What this screen did work well for was drawing oil from my large holding tank and into my centrifuge tank.  I would use that for this purpose, but mount on a 90* elbow so cylinder is horizontal.    I would like these to be slightly shorter, so you can skim the good oil from the top of a holding vessel.

For behind restaurant collection, I would recommend these, but choose a model with larger size holes.  Heavy fats and PHO will clog this too quickly.  Different style wvo suction strainers are availa

This red coating on my tank and fuel cap can only be one thing...Algae!  I've been running veg for 5 years and have never contracted an algae bloom in my fuel system before.  Damn.  I should have used protection.  I shouldn't have been sharing nozzles with my friends.    I showed my fellow co-op members and they told me their fuel tanks have looked like that for years.  My friend Steve actually has an appreciation for his now living ecosystem in his fuel tank.   Eh, he he.    I'm not so thrilled.   Apparently this algae can be killed by stuff called Biocide?  The quandary is that once killed,  the algae will clog filters, tank screens et