Home Distiller

not sure if this applies to you but the steam in your pipes as an upside down siphon where the pressure in a rising pipe pushes falling steam in the same pipe. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H_JeZvOV8svpXPrqzsZo3OucH36VI5RP/view?usp=sharing if you set your condenser higher than your wash the steam...

I've day dreamed of using an Arduino or Pi to help me take notes, measure take off speed / rate and various temperatures, I was even thinking about how I could measure liquids density and how that might equate to abv. This naturally led me to think about using these measurements and PID to maintain...

The original poster seems to have the "basic and wrong" ideas about distillation, as it is also obvious in the video. Yet, what he realized is pure beauty. still working on that ... and thanks Another hint for the original poster: high ABV alcohol and plastic is not good for your health. ...

Check out this link about the "Magic Boiling Myth" and the article by Zymurgy Bob linked in the first post. https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=59221 great article, yea, I had that idea of keeping the temperature above the boiling point of methane and below that of eth...

ok,
thanks for that.
one day I won't be such a newb ... in the meantime, this controller at least helps me see what's going on and I can taste and use my senses to match the tech that's keeping track of it all.

It is certainly useful for stripping runs. It could also be used for making neutral. If you make "conservative" cuts, and accept losing some alcohol Finally, you could use it for "flavour" products such as whisky and rum Do several "machine cuts" (maybe a little broade...

Will a still is not managed or run by temperature.. Mars thank you for your comments. I realize that boiling points of differing liquids vary with atmospheric pressure and altitude but these boiling points are constant in that region you can program what temperature you want, have recorded in previ...

right.
the carousel idea is great but the limited space I'm working with makes it difficult.
as for logging : at the moment, no. but there are plenty of options available to the Arduino like a removable 18MByte SanDisk or wifi logs uploaded to a website. could be in the works.

thanks for the input

I figure if I use the same recipe all the time I could 'use my senses' to get it right and then program it.
that was the idea. I realize HD is an art more than a science but my technical background pushed me to make this project.

i've only been distilling for a few months but I created an Arduino controller for my still. its pretty cool. has several different modes. https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/5300253/Arduino-Home-Distillery 1. Warm Up set the heat on high and it will turn off the power to my hot-plate (using a 5V C...

hi, yes my name is actually Christ Kennedy. pronounced in the traditional way. and no, I don't want to talk about religion. I built my first still in January. Have made a bunch of runs. its been a learning experience and most of what I know comes from YouTube videos. I manage to produce 'likker' wit...