The plates simply cant do the job they are meant to do while you are trying to run the still by temperature. Reassess the way your trying to run the still and try all the plates again......Im sure you will get a much better result using all of them.Ratbastrd wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 9:34 am Ahah, said the blind man!
I was working under the belief that the various compounds boil off at different discreet temps and work their way up the column, and that by keeping the temp lower longer, I would capture MORE (of the total percentage of the specific compounds I wanted, from the combined abv). And that the plates would then help separate those compounds for me, allowing me to cut fairly cleanly those compounds I wanted from those I don't.
This link will also help you understand the basic principles of why thermometer gazing is useless in trying to run a still.
http://www.kelleybarts.com/PhotoXfer/Re ... gMyth.html