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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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