Slow & Low?

[dripdripdrip]

I keep hearing this term and am wondering what exactly this means...

Slow meaning the length of time of the run, I'm guessing? Low meaning the temp during the run, I'm guessing?

We are about to run a Bourbon mash through a pot still and from NCHooch's suggestion, should try for 60% slow and low.

If we are running a 20L wash through a pot still, how slow should we go (on average), meaning, how long should we let the still run for? We aren't pulling heads and tails on the stripping run and we have a 1500W hot plate.

Should we be tweaking the temp on the hot plate to keep it at a certain temp or should we leave it alone? Also, how will we know when all the tails have come off?

Thanks in advance.

[Dnderhead]

first watch the hot plate,,if it cycles then it will be worthless,unless it is altered.
doing a stripping run you can run fast as you can..spirits run you want the product
to come out in a small stream.just above a drip..the heat is set and for git you cant
control the temperature.

[dripdripdrip]

The hotplate does seem to cycle. By cycle, I mean it turns itself on and off, though the temp does not seem to change. There is a diffuser plate, which seems to help regulate the temp. We have http://www.brewhaus.com/1500W-Hotplate-P1029.aspx hotplate. Does anyone know if there is a way to alter this hotplate?

After doing some research, I found thishttp://www.harborfreight.com/router-spe ... 43060.html controller. Will this work with the hotplate we have to force it to not cycle?