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the CSST looks like and probably has flare fittings on it. you can get a simple fix for the flare to npt by using a w/o/g valve, commonly used on gas appliances for the input connection. often the appliance has a flare fitting and of course the pipe coming to appliance is NPT. i literally just bough...

heh heh heh. the experiment ended badly. i wired them series and had no problems, full output on the ssr was using 3.8a at 240v....but was not enough heat for the application. sooo....being a curious fool i wired parallel and ran them 5a....yay! lots of heat....8a wooo! smokin' hot.... 10A and it wa...

Well you guys still know what yer talking about. Rechecked the spec and they are 450w at 120v, so using the math above it looks like I can run just under 4 Amos at 240 for a total of 900 w and not blow anything up

they are the same insofar as the manufacturing will allow. and the resistance values are the same according to my fluke.

any idea of how much gain i can put into them before the factory smoke comes out? i'm thinking about 7.5A at 240vac?

Anybody smart enough to do the math? as an adventure in electricity, i'm looking to use 2 120VAC elements, but use my 200vac controller to run them. my brain sez run them in series...but someone here actually knows tha math and it's not me. SO: 2 x1500 watt elements. they measure 35 ohms. in paralle...

hi welcome in. we don't really care for a lot of u-tube videos here, they have some ideas that are, how would you say? less than informative? we have recently bashed around the reasons a PID is a poor choice for a heat controller and how that, and some other ideas by george may cause more problems t...

i buy into a bit of this. couple beer i feel kinda pissed, but i can drink whiskey til the cows come home and keep my feet under me.

did the same making Tater's Kahlua a few years back. had the hot coffee on the (gas) stove and dumped in a litre of high proof....bad effin mistake that day too. Never gave it a second thought since the coffee was just "hot" not boiling, but lemme tell ya, it was sure as shit boiling after that booz...

sounds like you are well on your way, congrats. follow all that advice^^^ and you'll be fine.

What now? my 2 bits worth is sip on what you got and take pride in it while you work up an AG batch.

try a new pack of yeast.

i'm no scientist but i *think* it's because stainless is a poor conductor of heat, so you really got to move the mash past it to keep the temperature equal in the mash, otherwise the stuff in contact with the jacket boils too fast, while the rest of the mash is cooler- only at the foaming heat stage.

if this happens early on... i use a steam jacket. if it is not agitated fast enough i have seen the mash foam up. the symptom sounds the same: early onset of a bit of high proof booze then all goes quiet when the foam covers the mash, the column cools and temp drops with no output. then enough heats...

I think Jimbo said it best. I'm a cheap bastard that likes nice things.

so if you are going to make a small fortune in the distilling bus....start with a big one. you never said what country you are in, but assuming north america, https://countrymaltgroup.com/ is probably one of the largest malted grain suppliers. try https://www.glaciertanks.com/ for tanks and such htt...

welcome in, i'm from the city of mushrooms myself.

hope you enjoy the place.

I lurv me some ALBERTA BEEF

rye is always a bit syrupy in my shack. my best advice is indirect heat, however you can do that.

i've used them. makes a very nice finish. the advice about removing the outside is good too. i cut the staves about 9"to 12" long and then shave the outside with the tablesaw. sometimes if i'm looking for extra color and smoke i build a little fire with a pile of them, light them up and let them bur...

shadylane wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 26, 2020 1:46 am

If it's -40c outside
I'd store my liquor right next to my shotglass

amen brother.

welcome in . Hope you enjoy the forums

Thankfully here in the frozen north you can see the shit that'll kill ya dead from a long ways off. if you're smart, through the lens of a rifle scope since most of them taste pretty good too. People think the bears are the dangerous ones and it is wise to give them a wide berth but honestly you hav...

maybe this will help...you can add ph up after the yeast is working. however in my experience it doesn't do shit to fix a stalled ferment. your problem is likely elsewhere. you did this successfully last year, without raising ph...so what is different this year? i've never seen yeast take a ferment ...

Lotsa new people from SA...what's up with that? did i read somewhere they were makin' likker hard to get?

hope you enjoy the forum.

welcome in, hope you enjoy the forum

function is the important factor. the rest is just accoutrements. I like the spill tray. good idea!

welcome in. hope you enjoy the place

most canadian factory ryes are said to be as little as 5-15% rye...leaving wheat, barley or corn for filler. since wheat is the most neutral, i'd suppose it's used liberally. plus it's cheap as guts here. prolly even cheaper than corn here based on supply.

So sorry for your loss. My dawgs are everything to me too.

If you use a vacuum to pull air through your still you won't be introducing moisture and oil from your compressor Well, I have proper filtration and desiccator. But you are very right to point that out as otherwise you can put oil in there. Mine isn't breathing grade or anything but it is clean. I ...

Any recommendations for drying it after use? Just leave it open? Use rags? i use heat and compressed air. in absence of that, a hot air gun or hair dryer i guess. wipe out first will speed that up. i'm in Canada where it apparently rains for two months and snows for the rest of the year, so if you ...

the blue is oxidation you did not clean out and/or compounded by raising the PH to too alkaline. yes you can re-run it the copper oxides are too heavy to come through a second distillation. i have had spirits lab tested from this condition and show no trace of copper after the second distillation. t...