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[Klaassen]

You caint fax coffee, coffee don't fax worth a damn, It'll run whenever rain hits it.

[rad14701]

I've been poking around the parent site and forum trying to estimate the diameter, length and maybe most importantly (for me) cost of a condenser. My goal is to produce primarily rums and whiskeys on a 20lt turkey fryer pot fitted with a 1500w water heater element, one of pintoshine's controllers and a traditional worm (with an eventual thumper/doubler upgrade).

I was reading a few days ago and I saw someone mention how a larger reservoir of cooling water (2x to 3x the size of the boiler) would eliminate the need to change /circulate water and I assume increase condenser efficiency. After that I got to playing with the interactive condenser calculator, but wasn't having much luck adjusting the cooling water variables so my question is this: would 20ft of 3/8 inch O.D. copper in a 15-20 gallon garbage can of water be sufficient to condense 1500w worth of vapor?

I've seen some folks say 3/8 is the minimum they'd use, others swear by 1/2 or larger on their pots, am I just trying to do too much with too little?

Thanks.

As usual, there is a Condenser Calculator on the parent site... Hope this helps...

Edited to include original post which was subsequently removed...