WVO filtering & DeWater setup v2.0

The video is of my filtering & dewatering setup v2.0. As stated in the video my initial filtering set up had 2 tanks but after doing "batch" processing I realized that I did not need both tanks.


Disclaimer: This is only my take on the SVO filtering/dewatering thing. Do your research and make your own conclusion. I could be totally wrong about this stuff.

Reason for changing to one tank/barrel:

• My oil will eventually settle in the cubee if left long enough. Ambient heat will speed things up
• Other than storage & settling the 1st barrel is only used when dewatering. Dewatwering 2 tanks takes twice as much energy and is overkill.
• Keeping oil in cubees lessens chances of condensation forming and reintroducing water into filtered oil while stored.
• new location eliminates chance of rainwater contamination and allows for convenient fill up of car while filtering oil
• Living in SoCal there is less chance of spillage in cubees than the barrel due to chance of earthquakes.
• Saves my arm by not having to manually pump oil from 1st tank to second
  

How does it work:

• Oil settles in cubees for a minimum of 2 weeks. Since I don't use that much oil it tends to be much longer longer.
• After settling, oil is poured through a 10/5 micron double sock filter.
• Once barrel is filled it is slowly heated to approx 100º for 4 days using a pipe heater.
  
• After 4 days of heating it is pumped through a Permacool 2 micron canister filter using a 12v pump from Northern Tool. One could use whatever pump you choose.
  
• Oil is processed as a batch and barrel is virtually empty when not in use. Clean oil is stored inside in cubees or pumped directly into car
  

Testing for water:

This is based on the FryBrid crackle test.

• After 3/4 days of heating oil fill up a empty cubee rinse with warm oil to remove any remaining sediment and fill halfway with clean warm oil & shake vigorously. Dump rinse oil into sediment container for resettling
  
• preheat frypan to 320ºf
• using a syringe or paperclip gather and drop a small drop of oil onto the hot frypan
• Using a magnifying glass quickly examine the droplet for bubbles and/or the sound of crackling.
• There should be none or very little. Please see the frybrid page for what is acceptable
  

MISC

• Barrel is elevated to allow for easier draining of sludge when required
• Influenced by ecojetta's single tank solution

Pictured right is the draw tube that goes in the bulge hole. I added the "j" pattern. Bottom of tube is approx. 7" off bottom of barrel.


Pictured right is the filter element that I removed due to straining of 12v pump. ecojetta uses the same element but uses a 120v pump. I kept the canister in line because I had already installed it. It is empty now