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Quick progress report. The element controller is working fine without the meter and the boiler indeed boils water. I'll have to time a measured volume just fer grins, but it's plenty fast. I put the torch to a blob of what would have been solder on the condenser/evaporator and the stuff just sat the...

OK -- The rest of the pics. This is out of focus, but you get the point. Not much explanation needed on the rest... http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac198/mctavish7370/Full%20size/049_zpsc239ec0c.jpg~original http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac198/mctavish7370/Full%20size/053_zpsaa8cf365.jpg~ori...

Hi Guys, The pictures are taken and I'll post a few now. Especially the now famous evaporator/condenser. Speaking of which, I in fact don't know the difference, but here's what we have. http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac198/mctavish7370/073_zps719581f7.jpg I plan to use this to cool the reflux co...

Thanks for the comments, evilpea. Had they been based upon correct assumptions, perhaps they would have been helpful. The pictures which I will post will clarify the situation and then you can make genuinely useful comments that will at least be based on fact. Meanwhile, here's a little clarificatio...

Hi all. I have been following this site and forum for a long time and have finally decided to give it a try. It seems that no matter how much one reads, the questions keep coming, and most often the answers are here if you are willing to spend the time to find them. I love to tinker, and therefore p...

You did a fine job on this. Pretty. It should produce a good percentage EtOH with a column that long. You might consider suspending it from the ceiling or some such during your runs. Wouldn't want it to get loose !! Good luck with it.

Cheers,
McT.