Boka troubleshooting

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I just finished my Boka build. It is a 3 foot column with 8" long 1/4" tube condenser single wind and 1/2" cold finger. There is packing of copper scrubbers at the bottom of the column. Everything seems to work well but I tried a run with cheap wine diluted with some water after the cleaning run and noticed two things.

The temperature does not seem to increase past 140 degrees Fahrenheit. If my target is 78 C then that should be around 172 F. The thermometer is placed right underneath the top plate. Maybe this is because my column is longer than the boka in this design: http://homedistiller.org/wiki/index.php/images/Mini_explained.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

Also I noticed some water or wash surging/spitting out of the top of the column every once in a while when the condenser is running. It's not much but does not seem normal. The condenser does seem to be knocking down all vapor normally except for this occurrence.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Also hot wine smells pretty bad.