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True, I also use a lot of Teflon tape on the threads, but this was totally unexpected. Like I said, probably a fluke and might never happen again, or at least I hope not.

Shoot AC, heck if I know. The element guard kit is China, Camco claims to be US, but my guess, China...sad but it is what it is. 3 other elements doing just fine, my guess, manufacturing flaw, i.e. bad casting when they did the base. But for what it's worth, I am still going to use their elements. D...

Is what I thought, got my money's worth out of that one

Have been using the Camco 02965 ULWD ripple elements for almost 8 years and just had my first failure. The base of the element developed a crack and caused it to fail. 20221119_142911.jpg 20221119_143046.jpg Never would have guessed this could be something that could fail..LOL, new one is on order.

Not sure about if it will work or not but in the past flooding and channeling have been issues that in my opinion makes vertical better, or you will certainly encourage channeling which defeats the benefit of the packaging.

They do a 13 mm. MOQ is 5m3 5 cubic metres . Is that something that SD is willing to take on ? Might as well just go the whole hog n buy the 5m3 Larry......at the rate that Hoochy buys n builds stills hes gonna need it all eventually anyway. :lol: :lolno: Yup, you got me on that one Salty

If it works out I will be interested in enough to fill my 8 sections of 4" glass to replace my 6mm ceramic rings, they work fine but add a lot of weight to the column.

Yup I am curious to see what you find out about price and availability as well Larry, do let us know what you find out

Hoocchy

I don't care if you distill in the porch, on the porch or under the damn porch, you alway have a way to provide sound advise and answers true to real life experience.

Who cares if your porch is a freaking mess! BTW clean up your porch dude..ROFLMAO.....

Yes time sometimes is the one thing that is set and just can't seem to get enough LOL...
Don't sweat it. I have been working on my newest set up for 3 months now. If I am lucky, I will get to run it before the end of October.

I would read up on your state laws. Some do not consider it a still unless it is assembled and capable of running, others consider the worm or product condenser the big no-no. When it comes down to it, it is only a bunch of metal parts. Take it apart and keep it. Sorry to hear about your marriage wo...

Wow Steve, I am very impressed. You have taken the time to read, research and come up with the answers to get your project done. I own a buttload of stills, some purchased, some made by myself and I get the most satisfaction out of the ones I built. My hat is off to you sir. Job well done, now if we...

I should have been more specific. The KDF filter I use is the KDF85-GAC, it has activated carbon as well. "Our FI-KDF85 filter cartridges have superior taste and odor reduction capabilities. There are two types of media in these types of filters: the KDF media in this cartridge specializes in t...

I use my deep well water and filter with a KDF85 filter and it does really well with iron concentration.

112 mm tees works out to 4.4" same as I have. Plenty of room and yes the pro-caps do have a very wide operating range but I would rather go with a trusted supplier like LWTS. Can not speak or recommend on the knockoffs because I have no hands on experience with them. A lot of documented researc...

I have been able to stack 8 glass sections full of ceramic rings with no issues at all.

Imho as your making neutral, the larger number of caps with more (smaller?) slots would be better. 400 quid for the upgrade, tell em they're dreaming. Your not looking at a 16 plate Glasser are you? If so skip it, not enough plate height (especially if you decide on pro caps, they are pretty bulky ...

Infusing on rum after making a decent white is another option

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Save it and check it out later on.

All googd GCB3, but as far as live oak, I tried it on my smoker, and ruined a big batch of mackerel, and it left a real harsh bitter, tannic nasty taste, so maybe experiment with small batches. My be it does well in likker and not so good in smoker. I'll be sticking to apple, cherry and hickory for ...

Tell me, what's a good beer? Tell me, what's a good scotch? Tell me, what's a good whisky? Tell me, what's a good bourbon? The answer to all is the one I LIKE, OR YOU LIKE. Rum is a complicated product, just like beer, scotch or whisky, or bourbon. Start here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum"...

My mash rookie condenser i got from 700G looks just like that bushy. It fills from bottom also. Best way to purge air out IMHO

You can fill from top also.
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I rather not.

I fill all my condenser wether is a PC or a RC from bottom with needle valve on top to regulate flow on output side.
Works just fine.

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That is why I am thinking of making a Liebig of a 15 mm iron inner tube with a 22 mm copper outer tube

Dad 300 This topic has absolutely nothing to do with your interpretentions or ideas about ethyl carbamate in down path. It is specifically intended to discuss cooling jacket only. Ethylcarbamate has been discussed in detail in several other threads. Keep it in there. Please do not derail threads to ...

A fine pice built by one of the members here.

Emptyglass.

Sure to keep my glass from going empty

Time flies, been a while for me.
Thanks for keeping this site going.

Hoochy.