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Hi all
Just a quick one, In the process of building a liebig. Just wondered if a 6mm internal with a 12mm jacket is ok, around 300 long. Going on a dual slant bokabob
Post pics soon.
Thepie

A bit small and short possibly, reducing the diameter of your vapour path increases the vapour speed. With a condenser that small the vapour might be rushing through it before it can get cooled.

A lot depends on how much vapour you are producing and your boiler heat input. If you are producing product real slow it might work. It never hurts to over engineer your condenser.

Wont this be ok as he is not condensing "vapour" because it has already been condensed??
My thinking was it would be used as a product "cooler"?

Hoody

I dont use anything on my Bok. I made a small graham to use but found I really did not need it. The product is a little warm.

Yes I would be using as product cooler so do u think it would be ok ? Or would it be best to go large

I would say it would come down to personal preferance? As KS said, he doesnt use anything.
Just bare in mind hot procuct will not give accurate reading's for ABV.

Hoody

hoody wrote:I would say it would come down to personal preferance? As KS said, he doesnt use anything.
Just bare in mind hot procuct will not give accurate reading's for ABV.

Hoody

your are correct but it is not off by much. When I check mine after the likker has cooled it is still very close normally within 3% ABV

Kentucky shinner wrote:

hoody wrote:I would say it would come down to personal preferance? As KS said, he doesnt use anything.
Just bare in mind hot procuct will not give accurate reading's for ABV.

Hoody

your are correct but it is not off by much. When I check mine after the likker has cooled it is still very close normally within 3% ABV

thepie wrote:Hi all
Just a quick one, In the process of building a liebig. Just wondered if a 6mm internal with a 12mm jacket is ok, around 300 long. Going on a dual slant bokabob
Post pics soon.
Thepie

Thats funny.I just built one for the 1.5 inch unit I use. its 1/4 inch feed through a 3/4 inch pipe and its about six inches long. I only need it to drop the temps a little lower. Maybe 10F. Should work well. Pics?

hoody wrote:

Kentucky shinner wrote:

hoody wrote:I would say it would come down to personal preferance? As KS said, he doesnt use anything.
Just bare in mind hot procuct will not give accurate reading's for ABV.

Hoody

your are correct but it is not off by much. When I check mine after the likker has cooled it is still very close normally within 3% ABV

I should clarify. I run a parrot when my still is running and say I am reading 97-98%ABV after the likker is at calibrated temp it will then be 95%ABV. so yes it is personal preference. for me that was accpetable. I always recheck when I proof my likker. Sorry if there was any confusion.
KS

Just like Kentucky Shinner, I dont use anything coming from the Bok, I do take the temp of the product in the parrot and adjust accordingly...

Samohon wrote:Just like Kentucky Shinner, I dont use anything coming from the Bok, I do take the temp of the product in the parrot and adjust accordingly...

I just wanted to see what I could make with scraps.
Did you see how good I was there?
I didnt mention anything about how I just wanted to see what it was like to hold somethin less than 12 inches long...Nope. No Sir. Kept right on topic, I did...

I use a 1/4" inside 3/4" liebig as a product condenser for my LM column... It drops the spirit temperature down to alcometer calibration...