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Biodiesel => Biodiesel equipment => Topic started by: willbuild on April 07, 2014, 09:06:51 PM

Title: gl build
Post by: willbuild on April 07, 2014, 09:06:51 PM

Have just started building my second gl processor. my first gl had a non return valve on the line that injects the metoxide that i removed to help draw in chemicals. I noticed that in the diagram on the wiki page, no valve is shown. is it needed?
my first had the venturi mounted at the top horizontally, this one is vertical

Title: Re: gl build
Post by: Julian on April 07, 2014, 09:11:52 PM

General wisdom now is that the NRV is not needed.

As for the venturi being vertical or horizontal ... just stop poking the hornets nest!

Title: Re: gl build
Post by: willbuild on April 07, 2014, 09:23:15 PM

I think you just poked it. watch this space :)

Title: Re: gl build
Post by: Chug on April 07, 2014, 10:02:17 PM

Non return valve is not needed and my venturi is horizontal.

Title: Re: gl build
Post by: Head Womble on April 07, 2014, 10:11:59 PM

Non return valve is not needed and my venturi is vertical.

Title: Re: gl build
Post by: Tony on April 07, 2014, 10:23:00 PM

Venturi alignment unimportant so long as output flow sticks the the sides of the output cone :)

Title: Re: gl build
Post by: Mickindashed on April 08, 2014, 08:16:13 PM

Mine works fine without a non return valve. As for the Venturi, I started off with it mounted horizontally and it didn't suck very well. It worked much better when I moved it to a vertical position.