You should insulate you still (with a blanket or foam ....) if you haven't done so already. And also consider a more powerful heating source.Cornbread wrote: So....is my still basically a piece of crap? Why so damn slow? PM me if you know of a small pot still that will do it faster--please (& thanks so much)
PS (it did take 2 hours and 35 minutes for the first dripping to start)
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Thanks ...I did get a different heat souce...a 10,000 btu propane burner...That should make a "strip" run shake & dance!!!!! Somebody said on here one day about everyone that had been on this forum for a while, had an unused electic hot plate sitting in their closet. Well, add my name to the list.
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Be mindful though CB.
Bring it to temp then ease it back. Don't want no puking.
Bring it to temp then ease it back. Don't want no puking.
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Thanks.......I may even switch back to electric on spirit runs. May I ask another question? At what point do you turn your cooling water on for a pot still? When you start? Or after she "gits to goin' "LWTCS wrote:Be mindful though CB.
Bring it to temp then ease it back. Don't want no puking.
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I've heard more than one story of "Oops I forgot to turn on my water and she started spouting vapor. I'm glad I didn't get blowed up." I run a worm so I don't have to worry about this, but on my still I can feel the heat starting to come across the lyne arm. If I was going to wait to turn on the water, I'd do it then.Cornbread wrote:Thanks.......I may even switch back to electric on spirit runs. May I ask another question? At what point do you turn your cooling water on for a pot still? When you start? Or after she "gits to goin' "LWTCS wrote:Be mindful though CB.
Bring it to temp then ease it back. Don't want no puking.
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Gawd, I did this once. What a dick head!!! Walked into the shed and had a dreadful case of instand diarrhoea. Now I fill the condenser bucket before I load the kettle.Hack wrote:I've heard more than one story of "Oops I forgot to turn on my water and she started spouting vapor. I'm glad I didn't get blowed up." I run a worm so I don't have to worry about this, but on my still I can feel the heat starting to come across the lyne arm. If I was going to wait to turn on the water, I'd do it then.
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(50 litre, propane heated pot still. Coil in bucket condenser - No thermometer, No carbon)
The Reading Lounge AND the Rules We Live By should be compulsory reading
Cumudgeon and loving it.
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I'm doing a run right now. I'm outside in my car port sitting on a 5 gallon bucket and reading the forums. Yes it's a slow hobby for sure. But I've also cleaned out my turkey deep fryer pot, transferred all the used oil into a container for disposal and straightened up my shed. It's slow but addictive!!
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You did some real digging to bring a post from 2009 back to life!
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Hey you guys tell us beginners to read read read. Lol that's what I'm doing.
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I've probably read every post.
When I check in I go to 'unread posts'.
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