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   Vaughn to kanon11@gmail.com   
   Re: One man experimental humanure biogas   
   04 Jul 13 08:13:10   
   
   From: vaughnsimon@gmail.com   
      
   On 7/4/2013 4:17 AM, kanon11@gmail.com wrote:   
   > Hi all, I'm planning to make a biogas digester to connect to my mobile   
   home's sewage out port.   
      
   What you are describing doesn't sound much different from a septic tank.   
     For a travel trailer with only my father living in it, I once made a   
   septic system from a single buried 55-gallon drum and about 20 feet of   
   drain line (sandy soil).  The system worked fine for the couple years   
   that it was needed.  (He ultimately found a new wife who owned a condo,   
   and so moved out of my yard.)   
      
   That was done in a different time when local officials were far more   
   casual about such things, so don't take the above as a suggestion.  It's   
   likely illegal these days and possibly a very bad idea depending on your   
   soil type and groundwater situation.   
      
   As for digesting solids, you will be surprised how efficiently a septic   
   system reduces them.  I have been living in this house for some 30   
   years, yet we have never pumped the septic tank!   
      
   You might hunt around for a more appropriate group that can give you   
   more input.  Perhaps gardeners or even survivalists.   
      
   As for the fuel cell idea; for a thousand reasons, forget it.   
      
   Vaughn   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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