Brewhaus CM still -- Adding a worm?

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Brewhaus CM still -- Adding a worm?

Postby RumRaider » Mon Apr 09, 2012 4:25 pm

Hi all,
I'm using a brewhaus CM 8 gal still with a 12" liebig condenser. I want to add a copper worm after the liebig for further product condensing. I've got no welding skill or tools and i'm not going to send it back to Brewhaus to change it to a 24 or 36" liebig.
My thoughts are to use the rubber distillate output tube that came with the still and, instead of running it straight to a collection jar, run it to a copper worm in a bucket. I could make the worm just a bit less in diameter than the bucket and could easily get 5 coils in there. Throw some ice in the bucket and viola -- extended product condenser!
The other advantage would be that I could put a false bottom 8 inches from the bottom of the bucket so that the copper line exits the bucket at ~8 inches above the floor. Then i could place the collection jar under the exiting copper line and have a nice steady collection point instead of trying to balance the current output tube in a mason jar.
Is there anything wrong with having 2 different product condensers back to back like this? Would this improve the process the way a bigger liebig would?
Anybody else bothered by trying to balance that tube in a mason jar and have a solution?
Thanks
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Re: Brewhaus CM still -- Adding a worm?

Postby Coaster » Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:31 pm

@ RumRaider,

Suggest reviewing Forum Member’s Prairiepiss ‘CM Still Output Improvement Mods Mile High / Brewhaus PSII’ Forum thread ->

http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=25732

Specifically note the comments addressing extending product output to reach your collection jar ->

“Ok one more last thing. To extend your product output to reach your collection jar. Please use a safe material to do so. I would like to detour you from any synthetics. A piece of soft copper tube can be fitted over the end and clamped on. Then it can be bent to reach what ever you want it to. Or you can get a stainless tube and a compression fitting to extend it out. Just please stay away from the plastic hose that everyone seams to think they can use.”

Also suggest review the below reference Forum posting concerning using Ice ->

http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=25511&p=6944244#p6944244

Perhaps this Brewhaus item will be of interest to you ->

http://www.brewhaus.com/Stainless-Steel-Condenser-Long-P1025C96.aspx

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Re: Brewhaus CM still -- Adding a worm?

Postby blind drunk » Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:28 pm

Specifically note the comments addressing extending product output to reach your collection jar ->

“Ok one more last thing. To extend your product output to reach your collection jar. Please use a safe material to do so. I would like to detour you from any synthetics. A piece of soft copper tube can be fitted over the end and clamped on. Then it can be bent to reach what ever you want it to. Or you can get a stainless tube and a compression fitting to extend it out. Just please stay away from the plastic hose that everyone seams to think they can use.”


Exactly what I did with my brew house column. I bypass the lie big altogether. Works good.
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