New build. Hybrid reflux/pot and thumper.
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New build. Hybrid reflux/pot and thumper.
I can't wait to make a test run. Should make some nice pure distilled water..
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still_stirrin
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Re: New build. Hybrid reflux/pot and thumper.
Your thumper is tiny. It won't take long until it's full and spitting into the product condenser. At least it isn't made with a Mason jar.
Is the reflux coil located in the stainless tube that attaches to the top of your boiler? Is there any column below it for which the distillate can reflux back through? I don't understand what I'm looking at, sorry.
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Is the reflux coil located in the stainless tube that attaches to the top of your boiler? Is there any column below it for which the distillate can reflux back through? I don't understand what I'm looking at, sorry.
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My LM/VM & Potstill: My build thread
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My 5-grain Bourbon recipe: Special K
My Cadco hotplate modification thread: Hotplate Build
My stock pot gin still: stock pot potstill
My 5-grain Bourbon recipe: Special K
Re: New build. Hybrid reflux/pot and thumper.
That's a little personalstill_stirrin wrote:Your thumper is tiny.
Seriously, recommended size for a thumper is at least 1/3 to 1/2 size of your boiler.
If you can't be a good example, at least be a terrible warning
Re: New build. Hybrid reflux/pot and thumper.
Yes I am aware it's a tiny thumper. I know it's not to small because I've been running the same one on a keg boiler, I just repeated the design. At most I would only gain 1/3 to 1/4 of the liquid volume in the thumper. The reflux condenser has 2.5 feet for packing the colum. Even if I need a bigger one it's a tri clamp to make the mod.