Since I can not edit my original post, I decided to use more virtual paper and am cutting pasting and updating in this new thread, with all new pics and details!!
After a lot of trial and error, and plenty sticky goey messes, i have come up with what i hope to be a fairly pain free filtering/settling setup. Below are some links to pics and an explanation
THIS is the setup as it sits complete. the bottom barrel on the left is my "dirty" barrel filling my heating barrel using my air hose and PVC pickup. The top rear TANK is a 175 gallon final product tank that I scored from a carwash for free. The middle, "blue barrel" is my heated oil and settling tank, with a valve about 1/3 the way up from the bottom. I installed a replacement hot water heater element, wired to a thermostat at the top. I made sure to place the element below the level of the valve, so that it is never "dry". There is a little more to what appears to be a white bucket sitting on top of the bottom barrel. The bottom barrel is my prefiltered oil, from there it is pumped by a SUMP PUMP That I picked up used from a local industrial supply outlet. It has a float switch so it comes on automatically, and shuts off when done. From the sump pump the heated prefiltered oil is then pumped through a DONALDSON P555823 fuel filter that I picked up at my local Peterbuilt shop for 7.69. It is the same filter that I have mounted in the ENGINE COMPARTMENT on my truck.
Finally the magic inside the white BUCKET, and with FILTER REMOVED . I have a piece of 5/16 allthread going through the bottom of the bucket into the lid of the barrel, with a nut and washer on each side holding the bucket and barrel together. The dots on the outside are metal roofing screws with rubber washers that help secure the bucket to the lid. The dots on the inside are holes that go through the LID into the barrel where the PREFILTERED OIL passes.
TOP OF FILTER. This is an air filter for a 92 Dodge cummins, that I get from Autozone as STP SA6629 and goes for 14.99. Schucks has them in the fram CA6629, and will proce match the zone. this filter has a metal top with a rubber/metal washer, and a sponge foam bottom. I am ususally able to filter between 60-90 gallons per filter.
BOTTOM OF FILTER
FILTERING IN PROGRESS
FINISHED PRODUCT. This is from the donaldson and into the 175 tank. The donaldson is good for about 200 gallons.
I simply dump the oil in the top 30 gallons at a time, let it heat and settle for a few days, then open the valve into the bucket, where it is then pumped through the donaldson and into the 175gl holding tank. I then place the 30 GALLON plastic jugs under the valve to transfer to the truck. I am so far very happy with the ease and lack of mess. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif
After a lot of trial and error, and plenty sticky goey messes, i have come up with what i hope to be a fairly pain free filtering/settling setup. Below are some links to pics and an explanation
THIS is the setup as it sits complete. the bottom barrel on the left is my "dirty" barrel filling my heating barrel using my air hose and PVC pickup. The top rear TANK is a 175 gallon final product tank that I scored from a carwash for free. The middle, "blue barrel" is my heated oil and settling tank, with a valve about 1/3 the way up from the bottom. I installed a replacement hot water heater element, wired to a thermostat at the top. I made sure to place the element below the level of the valve, so that it is never "dry". There is a little more to what appears to be a white bucket sitting on top of the bottom barrel. The bottom barrel is my prefiltered oil, from there it is pumped by a SUMP PUMP That I picked up used from a local industrial supply outlet. It has a float switch so it comes on automatically, and shuts off when done. From the sump pump the heated prefiltered oil is then pumped through a DONALDSON P555823 fuel filter that I picked up at my local Peterbuilt shop for 7.69. It is the same filter that I have mounted in the ENGINE COMPARTMENT on my truck.
Finally the magic inside the white BUCKET, and with FILTER REMOVED . I have a piece of 5/16 allthread going through the bottom of the bucket into the lid of the barrel, with a nut and washer on each side holding the bucket and barrel together. The dots on the outside are metal roofing screws with rubber washers that help secure the bucket to the lid. The dots on the inside are holes that go through the LID into the barrel where the PREFILTERED OIL passes.
TOP OF FILTER. This is an air filter for a 92 Dodge cummins, that I get from Autozone as STP SA6629 and goes for 14.99. Schucks has them in the fram CA6629, and will proce match the zone. this filter has a metal top with a rubber/metal washer, and a sponge foam bottom. I am ususally able to filter between 60-90 gallons per filter.
BOTTOM OF FILTER
FILTERING IN PROGRESS
FINISHED PRODUCT. This is from the donaldson and into the 175 tank. The donaldson is good for about 200 gallons.
I simply dump the oil in the top 30 gallons at a time, let it heat and settle for a few days, then open the valve into the bucket, where it is then pumped through the donaldson and into the 175gl holding tank. I then place the 30 GALLON plastic jugs under the valve to transfer to the truck. I am so far very happy with the ease and lack of mess. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif