Home Distiller

Ok constructive critic. First yes, you need the ground, it is the most important thing for safety. A cover is needed for short circuits maybe you touching or the pup licking it get the idea. Next you mention nothing about a controller. You will have flooding without one. That would be with any stil...

I made a 15 gal. cereal ferment a while back in my temperature controlled cabinet in my garage......... had to go out of town for a few day's for work, when I returned and opened the shop door the CO2 smell was very very strong...... after that I vented the blow off tubes outside..... point is I thi...

I can tell you from personal expeiriance you are likely to never be able to achieve 100% reflux....... because the vapor speed will be too fast through the .5 inch for that short liebig to knock it all down.........I completely understand the desire to make what you can with what material you have.....

Thats basically a CM still you got there...........

Thanks for the reply its helped me very much. Just get it heated then turn it down so that what comes out of the copper pipe is just a fast drip or slow run? Am I rite sorry for all the q's. Also if I chose to use gas this would just be the same rules. You want a small twisted stream........bout pe...

JYD.............. Am I mistaken, I am pretty sure Tater said this thread is for the OP and those that are interested in this process and those that are expierementing with this process........... ant NOT for the discussion of any possible safety issue's.........or do the rules simply not apply to yo...

Sure it's normal if you didnt do the required cleaning runs first..........just curious does the little black debris look like that little black o-ring?

I am not a pressure cooker expert, But I think most I have seen remove the jiggly pressure valve and connect there..........

You are 100% correct PP......... depends on the context in which it is used............

Nobody ever said that every drop of moonshine ever produced was as good as it was touted to be... :thumbdown: We strive to make better spirits than the commercial distilleries and the sloppy greedy moonshine making rednecks out in the woods... :thumbup: Ummm......Some of yous Yankees need to use th...

IMO If you are a Brandy lover you will do what is necessary to make a superior product than you can buy.......same goes for whiskey,Rum.Gin etc.... If you are not a fan of a certain style I doubt you will have the inclination to put in the necessary time/effort to make a end product that will change...

IMHO..... the alcometer is a very important tool regardless if a novice or old pro...... the parrot just makes it very easy to check alc%... Doubt you will find any plans........ as long as the body of the parrot allows free movement of the alcometer, and your alc enters near bottom and exits top yo...

I f I had to try and mock up with out a triclamp I would use either a split ring clamp or a victaulic clamp........with the interior of the clamp wrapped in teflon tape..........

The pot needs to match the ohm value that the particular psr-25 is rated for.........

I am assuming you want to run the still in your garage? If so is the A/C sub panel a single breaker panel/ or is there Spaces for additional breakers?

IMHO....... prolly the best all around solder is stay brite #8.........Low flow temp. 535* stronger bond than silver brazing....and will bond just about any ferrous or non ferrous material.......

Down side it aint cheap!

I run on propane for now........ but I believe you can acheive better control running electric with a decent controller I think Gas is fine so long as you have the right sized burner that allows good adjustability to a low flame.......but me thinks electric prolly better, I am in the middle of gathe...

I run on propane for now........ but I believe you can acheive better control running electric with a decent controller I think Gas is fine so long as you have the right sized burner that allows good adjustability to a low flame.......but me thinks electric prolly better, I am in the middle of gathe...

It is lead free......and thats what matters, it does not contain silver but that is not necessary for copper to copper and is unnecessary as far as safety is concerned...........

Your good........

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or you could just make a 5 gallon wash, and just rack off as much as you need to your boiler as you need it............

if your buckets lid is not air tight a air lock aint gonna work anyway........If you ask 25 users here you are likely to get 25 different answers on how they do it......................I do not use the store bought airlocks, I simply drilled a hole in my fermenter lid screwed a barbed fitting in att...

I think in a hobby size mash just use a recipe that gets the pot. alc you want without going too high and stressing the yeast.......
I think micro dist. employ that tactic with very large washes to avoid the initial heat of the yeast working... then add after things have calmed down a bit....

Think he might be talking about insulating the whole rig with rock wool to retain the heat............

Also...... you asked earlier in the thread about doing it on the cheap... you could just put a regular SS hose clamp on the pipe and either cut the insulation back on the ground wire and put it in between the pipe and clamp or put the hose clamp on the pipe put a ring connector on the wire and insta...

The pic of the first ground clamp will work...... you really need to use 12 AWG wire....... the stores around you don't have wire you can buy cut to length? 12 Ga SO cord would be good..... you could aslo buy a 12GA extension cord and cut to your length

Use the ring terminals and shrink tubing.... then take a 4-6" piece of bicycle innertube slide over the wire and element secure to the nut/shoulder of the element with zip tye or hose clamp..... secure other end of inner tube to wire with zip ties....... Very easy.....cheap redneck engineering....

Wally wrote:Is there a cheaper jerry-rigged way to do this? I don't have access to all those tools in that guide

Are you Asking about a cheap way to cover the electrical connections?

perhaps I should have asked what type/model cooler you have......... If it is one of the cheap office/home water coolers no that will not work.......

But if it is a commercial/school grade cooler like I was thinking then I do beleive it will work with a few modifications.......

Couple things..... Depending on how large your water tank/ barrell is it could work great....... Rip all the unneccesary cabinetry off of it..... you will need to replace the thermostat.... I would get a thermostat with a long bulb and have it sense the water temp about halfway up the barrell.... Ma...

I'm gonna say you need to raise the condenser.... what kind of metering valve are you using to control water flow? seems like the cold finger is working almost too well.................
I am sure one of the members that are much smarter than me will chime in soon..........