Eisboch wrote:
Getting back to the subject ....

I'll let ya'll in on my master plan. I am not conserving diesel fuel. I am
hoarding it.
Between both boats, I've got close to 1000 gallons of diesel. I am going
to wait a couple of more years, then sell it by the gallon on E-bay and make
a fortune.

Eisboch




On a serious note - does diesel go bad like untreated gas?

"Dan" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
Getting back to the subject ....

I'll let ya'll in on my master plan. I am not conserving diesel fuel. I
am hoarding it.
Between both boats, I've got close to 1000 gallons of diesel. I am
going to wait a couple of more years, then sell it by the gallon on E-bay
and make a fortune.

Eisboch


On a serious note - does diesel go bad like untreated gas?

I've been told no. You *do* have to treat it with a biocide, particularly
in warm climates, to avoid having little "critters" growing in it. I left
my boat unused in Florida for almost two years with full fuel tanks. Before
bringing it back north I had the fuel polished as a precaution (a process
of running the fuel through a set of filters to remove critter growth).
Turns out it was not necessary ... the regular Racor filters would have
handled the small amount of crap in the fuel without becoming clogged.

Otherwise, it does not "go bad".

Eisboch

On May 17, 9:41 pm, "RCE" wrote:
"Dan" wrote in message

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Eisboch wrote:
Getting back to the subject ....

I'll let ya'll in on my master plan. I am not conserving diesel fuel. I
am hoarding it.
Between both boats, I've got close to 1000 gallons of diesel. I am
going to wait a couple of more years, then sell it by the gallon on E-bay
and make a fortune.

Eisboch

On a serious note - does diesel go bad like untreated gas?

I've been told no. You *do* have to treat it with a biocide, particularly
in warm climates, to avoid having little "critters" growing in it. I left
my boat unused in Florida for almost two years with full fuel tanks. Before
bringing it back north I had the fuel polished as a precaution (a process
of running the fuel through a set of filters to remove critter growth).
Turns out it was not necessary ... the regular Racor filters would have
handled the small amount of crap in the fuel without becoming clogged.

Otherwise, it does not "go bad".

Eisboch

I have had a couple of folks who run fuel docks tell me at different
times over the years that there really isn't a need to add biocide to
fuel sold for pleasure boating.

They claim that the fuel dock treats the fuel with biocide when it is
delivered from the refinery, and that this biocide transfers into the
fuel tanks of the boats taking on diesel.

I'm not going to say either way. An ounce of prevention, etc, you
know. However, in both cases the fuel dock operators successfully
persuaded me *not* to buy some biocide from them, so it's less likely
that they were spinning yarns than if they were trying to convince me
to spend more money.

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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On May 17, 9:41 pm, "RCE" wrote:
"Dan" wrote in message

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Eisboch wrote:
Getting back to the subject ....

I'll let ya'll in on my master plan. I am not conserving diesel fuel.
I
am hoarding it.
Between both boats, I've got close to 1000 gallons of diesel. I am
going to wait a couple of more years, then sell it by the gallon on
E-bay
and make a fortune.

Eisboch

On a serious note - does diesel go bad like untreated gas?

I've been told no. You *do* have to treat it with a biocide,
particularly
in warm climates, to avoid having little "critters" growing in it. I
left
my boat unused in Florida for almost two years with full fuel tanks.
Before
bringing it back north I had the fuel polished as a precaution (a
process
of running the fuel through a set of filters to remove critter growth).
Turns out it was not necessary ... the regular Racor filters would have
handled the small amount of crap in the fuel without becoming clogged.

Otherwise, it does not "go bad".

Eisboch

I have had a couple of folks who run fuel docks tell me at different
times over the years that there really isn't a need to add biocide to
fuel sold for pleasure boating.

They claim that the fuel dock treats the fuel with biocide when it is
delivered from the refinery, and that this biocide transfers into the
fuel tanks of the boats taking on diesel.

I'm not going to say either way. An ounce of prevention, etc, you
know. However, in both cases the fuel dock operators successfully
persuaded me *not* to buy some biocide from them, so it's less likely
that they were spinning yarns than if they were trying to convince me
to spend more money.


I've been told the same thing. For long term storage though, I figured
treating it again wouldn't hurt because it's cheap insurance. The fuel
was fine after the storage in Florida, so I've done the same up here.

Speaking of "up here". I am back on the boat and the weather is more like
Feb-March rather than May. Rainy and COLD!

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Speaking of "up here". I am back on the boat and the weather is more
like Feb-March rather than May. Rainy and COLD!

Eisboch


Know what you mean. Almost froze while walking my dog out at York Dedoubt at
the entrance to the harbour.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/york/index_e.asp

"Don White" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Speaking of "up here". I am back on the boat and the weather is more
like Feb-March rather than May. Rainy and COLD!

Eisboch


Know what you mean. Almost froze while walking my dog out at York Dedoubt
at the entrance to the harbour.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/york/index_e.asp


Has warmed up here. A nice 70's day. At least the wind has died down. Got
up this morning to take down the old pool solar panels, and cart off to the
dump. Nice to not have to worry about the wind blowing them down the street
as I removed them. New solar panel time.

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Don White" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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snip...
Speaking of "up here". I am back on the boat and the weather is more
like Feb-March rather than May. Rainy and COLD!

Eisboch


Know what you mean. Almost froze while walking my dog out at York Dedoubt
at the entrance to the harbour.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/york/index_e.asp


Has warmed up here. A nice 70's day. At least the wind has died down.

Mid 60's here and sunny. Mid 70's and sunny tomorrow. I should be able to
get the boat in the water tomorrow.

On Fri, 18 May 2007 19:52:00 +0000, Calif Bill wrote:


Has warmed up here. A nice 70's day. At least the wind has died down.
Got up this morning to take down the old pool solar panels, and cart off
to the dump. Nice to not have to worry about the wind blowing them down
the street as I removed them. New solar panel time.

Just curious, how many years did you get out of the old ones? What's the
reason for the new ones? Solar power has never made much of an inroad
around here (NJ). I always assumed our cloud cover was to blame. The
few panels I see here, look to be for domestic hot water heat. I can't
say I've ever seen any for pool heating, except for those floating pool
cover things.