Too much packing?
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 6:24 am
Let me start by saying that my still works fine and on my first alcohol run I was pulling 93% in the foreshots into the heads. I was running it in reflux mode at about 3-4 drops per second in my 2" Boka.
My question is about the packing and if I have too much, or can I reduce what I have in the column to use somewhere else? The column is 36" to the point where the coil head is connected. I bought a box of pure copper pot scrubbers off of amazon. There were about 40 scrubbers in the box. Now, they all fit inside the column packed in. Do I need this much in the column? It seems to work fine and it has lots of breathing room. I plan on using this as a pot still for the next few runs with UJSSM so I will remove the packing. But when I go back to neutral or total reflux still operation, do I need ALL of those scrubbies?
Thanks in advance!
My question is about the packing and if I have too much, or can I reduce what I have in the column to use somewhere else? The column is 36" to the point where the coil head is connected. I bought a box of pure copper pot scrubbers off of amazon. There were about 40 scrubbers in the box. Now, they all fit inside the column packed in. Do I need this much in the column? It seems to work fine and it has lots of breathing room. I plan on using this as a pot still for the next few runs with UJSSM so I will remove the packing. But when I go back to neutral or total reflux still operation, do I need ALL of those scrubbies?
Thanks in advance!