Watching my girl do her 1'st cleaning run, Few questions tho

[cwalker]

Well folks, I stare this project a few months back and finally got around to finishing it this weekend.

Pics of the still head can be found here.
http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... 0#p7000820

Running all this on a full size keg, and a 60,000 btu burner
(burner seen here http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/2 ... ?locale=en" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow)

Anyway, just sitting by keeping watch as i do a cleaning run on it.

Have a few questions tho.

1) Ive got a mixture of 4:1 vingar water in it right now (5l vinigar 15water) IS that to weak of a strengh. Dont know what compelled me to dump that much water in there, just sorta what happened.

2) how long does a setup like this take to reach temp?? I kinda goofed and used cold water outta the hose to fill this thing. Prolly coulda saved some time getting the water boiling on the stove/kettle ahead of time. But ive had the burner on now for about 30-40 min and my temp at the top of the column appears to be stuck at about 40-42c .

3) got a standard size propane tank, does that normally last a guy a whole run? or do you have a second one on hand??

thanks for you help
-Chris

EDIT: right before i stared typing that up, i turned the heat up a bit. And just as i clicked submit i could smell the vinigar, shes steaming good now boy :):) Touchy knob on the burner......

[bellybuster]

when I was using propane I'd get 4 10-12 gallon pot still runs from a standard 20lbs tank

[mealstrom]

I do pot still runs on a 15 gallon keg almost every weekend. Using a typical Bayou Burner it generally takes about 30 minutes to get up to temp, and each 20# propane tank usually last about 4 runs.

[BentJar]

I am getting 4 runs from a standard tank, refluxing will use more but not that much. 30 min till licker flows.
Its a good idea to have a full spare tank.

[cornsqueezer]

+1 on spare tank you never know.