I'm using bowl to connect to still and it's leaking
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I'm using bowl to connect to still and it's leaking
Bowl is leaking and I can't get it to stop. The only thing I didn't Bend washers. It's also leaking aroud belts. I tried flour paste to get it to stop but only patched it around the outside of bowl. HELP!!! I have cork as a gasket.
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Re: I'm using bowl to connect to still and it's leaking
Oh I didn't have this problem on cleaning run could my packing be to tight?
Re: I'm using bowl to connect to still and it's leaking
A thin layer of flour paste between the bowl and keg should do the job... It expands and hardens as the boiler heats up, forming a firm yet flexible seal... You shouldn't be building enough pressure to cause a leak past flour paste...
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Re: I'm using bowl to connect to still and it's leaking
Scarey stuff. As rad said http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... 3#p6881993rad14701 wrote:A thin layer of flour paste between the bowl and keg should do the job... It expands and hardens as the boiler heats up, forming a firm yet flexible seal... You shouldn't be building enough pressure to cause a leak past flour paste...
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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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Re: I'm using bowl to connect to still and it's leaking
I just add Teflon washer under the bolt heads on the interal side if bowl that hold still.