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still question
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:56 am
by dryst
when using a copper elbow on the top of my column is it nessecary to be sodered or can i just push the pipe into the elbow and then just seal with the dough paste? how much pressure is going to be pushing on it when i fire the still up?
Re: still question
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 3:06 am
by Austin Nichols
If you want to use a slip join it is usually best to have the lower part of the connection soldered.
Cheers.
Re: still question
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:39 am
by dryst
Austin Nichols wrote:If you want to use a slip join it is usually best to have the lower part of the connection soldered.
Cheers.
i saw ur 3" in boka u had was purely slip joins if im not mistaken, how will u keep it together when ur running it, or is the pressure not enough to worry about?
Re: still question
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:41 pm
by Austin Nichols
There's no real pressure in there, it has got a vent at the top of the condenser to eliminate pressure.
Pressure is our enemy
Cheers.
Re: still question
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:18 pm
by blanikdog
If you have pressure in your still you have successfully made an IED to use the current terminology. I'd call it a bomb, but I'm an old bastard.
STAY SAFE