1400W for 25L still ?

[dragongreen]

Hello

do you think an internal 1400W heating element for a 25L pot or reflux is OK ?

I'm not really in a rush, I prefer purity over speed of distillation (i think that's the trade off right ?)

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[bourbonbob]

Depends on what you local power supply is (eg: 240 volt, 120 volt) if you have a 240 volt supply it will run a bit hot, 1000w would be ideal.

[dragongreen]

Thanks yeah 240V here. But I think there is a dimmer on the still I intend to obtain , so I should be fine

[smeag]

I'm in the laundry room for winter (wife will have no propane in the house) so I'm using a 1500w and it gets the job done on a 30L but takes time. The dimmer switch (router control) I got from harbor freight melted and quit on warm up last nite, only used it about 12 times. Cheap for 15 bucks, but hope to find a better plug and play unit that requires no wiring.