I bought a 55 gal drum of kerosene the other day and wonder if I could mix all the oil into the drum at once, or would the oil settle over time.
Any chemists out there?
Thanks,
- Bill
04-18-2003 Over year old.
sincity Veteran Location: Pasco, WA
Not a chemist, but I personally would mix it in 5-10 gallon lots, depending on how much oil you have to add. This would just be piece of mind to me, not to say you couldn't do it all at once.
Shawn
04-19-2003 Over year old.
Helijet Heliman Location: B.C. Canada
Bill
Be very careful. Unless you plan on burning a lot of fuel in a short time it is not recommended to purchase such large quantities of fuel. The chances of contamination ( ie H20, bacterial build up ) are very high. I would recommend that you contain the amount in smaller 5 gallon sealed containers so as to prevent cross contamination and bacterial build up. A number of turbine manufacturers learned the hard way about long term 55 gallon drum storage ( ie GWM, RAM )
with friends like his..........and after watching the video, I rather doubt he will be sitting on that 55 gallon drum very long at all!
I would follow suggestion about 5 gallon containers......mix in turbine oil as you refill the cans.
One nice thing (among others) about living in the desert.....no humidity to speak of.......hence I doubt your cashe will sour before being torched. Go raise some hell, Bill.......
James
04-19-2003 Over year old.
DStJohn Senior Heliman Location: Ft. Collins, CO
Turbine Party!!Maybe we should all head down to Tuscon and help Bill out! I would HATE to see good kerosene go to waste
Hey Bill how about it?? Let's have a BYOTO (Bring your own turbine oil!!) party at your place
Dan St.John East Coast Scale Helicopters Vario Field Rep
GREAT IDEA !Sure.....I like that idea......I'll pick up a case from Rick.......maybe get Bill to leave the spray equipment out and we can have canopy painting lessons as well???
04-22-2003 Over year old.
jrice45516 Heliman Location: SoCal
bacteria?Can anyone provide an authoritative source which confirms that kerosene will support the growth of bacteria? or any other life form for that matter? Just curious.
Dances With Woofs
04-22-2003 Over year old.
Doug Elite Veteran Location: Naples Florida....
Ask anyone that works with it day in day out. The bacteria grows in the water/Kerosene interface. additives like Biobar (Borax additive) will keep it under control but are corrosive. adding Leaded gasoline will stop it as well but thats no good for your turbine. If you do use a drum don't move it around, put it in a drum holder and put a tap on it and just use it.
