Thanks again. I have my two 1000-litre tanks leveled in my spot, just waiting on my uniseals to arrive on the 30th. Heading out to paint them in a few minutes, your videos are my morning breaky routine before I head out to the yard to play
Hey brah, Learning so much from your vids. I've got 5 acres here on Kaua'i. No animals, other than those damn chickens, but plenty of vegetation. Going to talk to the rancher across the road to see if I can get some cow poop from his field. Will keep you posted. One question. Can I put my fish waste into my unit? It make great fertilizer for my garden. Thanks
@@ModernOffGridDIY I knew just from the landscape you had to be on Da Bigga. (My fishing brah from Hilo. I don't understand half what he says, and it sounds like "Da Bigga" when he says, I think, "Da Big Island". Had to break. Had some pigs in the back yard. Couldn't get a clear shot. They'll be back, and I'll fill my smoker. So, I got 5 acres. Front 1.25 I got 4 structures with 5 units plus my 30x60 cabinet shop. Got solar on all 4 buildings, which does a good job, but I'm since I have 3 units on same water heaters, I'm paying $400 a month to Hawaii Gas for propane. Other 2 units, a 2 br and my very comfortable studio i live in, are on a electric water heater. Coop electric for my "house" with solar is ave $40 per month. I'm ok with that,since I charge my renter a flat $150 for electric to cover solar install costs. I didn't overdo it to screw the Coop, or to make $ off of it. The other 2 buildings with 3 residential and 1 building with my shop, are covered with solar. Some months I sell, some I buy a little, and some I break even. Its that $400 for gas that chaps my ass, since I watched you vids. I spent 30 yrs in oil & gas industry all over the world, before moving to Kaua'i. Its not even REAL NATURAL GAS. Its "synthetic gas" as a friend who worked for them for 40 yrs tells me. For an O/G guy like me, its like telling me that soy crap burgers are the same as Parker Ranch grass fed beef burgers. So, that's my story, I'm sticking to it, and I'm going to lower my fake HI GAS gas bill. Btw, I'm limited since 3 out of my 4 structures are in the 100 yr flood plane, due to the creek that splits the property (which i think a forgot to mention earlier). Thus the 1.25/3.75 approx split. So, if you've read this far, just a few more things. 1. You're correct, IBC are not conducive for this. First time a saw one used, I knew it, just from my O/G experience. They're not made for the combination of hydro/gas pressure. Their too thin AND the top is not the correct configuration. 2. HOWEVER, if you're set on using IBC, my suggestion is to do multiple coats of resin epoxy on the inside, and outside. This will strengthen the carrier. Roll or spray in thin layers and be patient between layers. Use wood strips to fill in any voids between the metal exoskeleton and the tank. This will give rigidity to the entire structure. The simple fact is IBCs are not pressure vessels. They're holding tanks, which is one of the reasons why you experienced blowouts. Thank the Mighty Deity that you worship you didn't have a total vessel failure. Now that would have been an epic "poop storm", so to speak. 3. You were correct to put your gas collectors at the highest points on the IBC. However, the top of the IBC is not a correct configuration. The CORRECT configuration of the top on a gas collector is a dome. A circular dome, to be absolutely correct, so that all produced gas goes to one point, and flows out, without putting any stress on the pressure vessel. Now, other than the whole IBC thing, you were incorrect about putting your collection tubes all the way on the bottom, albeit with holes at the top. You were asking for clogs. Unless you're trying to collect petroleum based condensate to make jet fuel, your collection tubes should stop at just under the top of your collect are, i.e. Dome. That way, gas flow smoothly out of the vessel and doesn't collect in non-productive areas. 4. Top slurry sludge. You had a problem with this. Easy fix is agitation. Agitation will slowly continuously mix the slurry in the fermentation tank and will keep those solids from forming on the top. There are numerous to handle this. One is a Graco air driven agitator, which will add about $800 to your build, but it will relieve all the headaches of a top slurry sludge. For options, look at the dairy/cheese making industry for a slow moving agitator. The solution doesn't have to be on the top, as long as its submerged. Just something to keep a gentle flowing motion inside the tank. Think of it this way...it needs to go the speed of your paddle on a nice quiet canoe ride, before she says "Yes, we'll have sex as soon as we get back to the bank". On that, Mahalo and Aloha.
Hope you have a anti-siphon connector on the garden hose. They are required here in my city so as to not contaminate the water supply. Interested in seeing this whole process works. Plenty of pastures around my area.
