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So I'm planning in building a new rig.

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Thanks in advance guys, and sorry for the long intro lol
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I do grappa once a year using a Charantaise set up with a preheater the same size as the main boiler. It's plumbed so that dumping and recharging is over in a few minutes and it starts distilling within minutes of putting the heat back on. Three or four strips in a day is a doddle.
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Those are not cheap, you made it yourself or bought it ? That would make a pretty nice alternative indeed.
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Maybe I could update my current setup to a charentais style still !!! WOW now I cant stop think about that idea haha
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Built from scrapyards with help from friends. Cost bugger all.
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Could you post pictures so it will inspire me? Any recommanded readings, tips?

Thanks!!
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There's no point in posting pics of mine because it's not built from easily obtainable vessels. I pinched the idea from ancient books that are now online.
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NZChris wrote:I pinched the idea from ancient books that are now online.
Bit of a book whore myself,this book got a name?
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It's been thirty years, JB :D. plus I'm a couple of hundred miles from my computers. There's a fairly recent thread here from when someone was looking at building one. A search should find it.
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Thanks a lot guys
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jb-texshine wrote: Bit of a book whore myself,this book got a name?
:lol:


NZchris said, "No, I don't want you copying me... *sticks tongue out*"

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Right! :clap: found it and download complete though. :moresarcasm: :moresarcasm: :moresarcasm:
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jb-texshine wrote:Right! :clap: found it and download complete though. :moresarcasm: :moresarcasm: :moresarcasm:
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As a(recheck engineering) experiment I used a copper worm type mash chiller inline with my condenser outlet and put it in a bucket of mash. It got warm :esurprised:
Crazy,huh...Lol. now to find a better way to use it. Maybe a fifteen gallon blue drum with tap, elevated... back to the drawing board.
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jb-texshine wrote:As a(recheck engineering) experiment I used a copper worm type mash chiller inline with my condenser outlet and put it in a bucket of mash. It got warm :esurprised:
Crazy,huh...Lol. now to find a better way to use it. Maybe a fifteen gallon blue drum with tap, elevated... back to the drawing board.
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I suggest you don't do that - If you read "That thread" NZC can get the pre-heater distilling towards the end of a run - Wouldn't want those sorts of temperatures in plastic myself !
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I sometimes use the hot water off the jacket of the condenser for making up another wash or generation. The last run I did was on a wood burner in the boondocks and the waste water was hot enough to wash the dishes :D
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Pikey wrote:
jb-texshine wrote:As a(redneck engineering) experiment I used a copper worm type mash chiller inline with my condenser outlet and put it in a bucket of mash. It got warm :esurprised:
Crazy,huh...Lol. now to find a better way to use it. Maybe a fifteen gallon blue drum with tap, elevated... back to the drawing board.
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I suggest you don't do that - If you read "That thread" NZC can get the pre-heater distilling towards the end of a run - Wouldn't want those sorts of temperatures in plastic myself !
Just aimed for 120°f. There's another thought, preheat mash water.
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