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Hi, can not find any information on this item. http://www.screwfix.com/p/flexible-copp ... 0mm/61598#

Could i use two of these as my internal tube on a Liebig condenser? I was thinking that the ridge nature would be beneficial in increased area for condensate and in contact with the water jacket.

Thank you

Kerberos

I think its too large in diameter, also be difficult or imposible to find fitting for the outside tube that fit properly.
It would be cheaper and easier to use 1/2 inner and place a copper wire spring inside to create more surface area for cooling the sprits.

You can do a lot with copper tho... so whatever floats ur bubble

Hi Bentjar, the ends are standard 15 mm dimensions and designed for connection to other standard fittings. Each end has a couple of inches of straight pie for this very reason, I was building a Leibig with 15mm internal and 22mm jacket as used elsewhere on this site. When i saw this i thought it may make a good replacement for the normal 15mm straight pipe. I am assuming from your comments that 15mm is too large for a liebig then?

Thank you for the reply.

Kerberos

15 mm is your equivalent to 1/2" is it not? That would work good for a inner tube of a condenser. But at 300mm its awfully short for a liebig. That's approx one foot. Don't know how big a still you are making. But it would take two or three of them to make a good length liebig condenser.

Hi Prairepiss,

yes one would be too short which is why i mentioned two in my original post

The still i am going for is a boka LM/VM combo so the Liebig is for the product condenser. Question is, would there be a benefit in using 600mm of this type of tube instead of normal straight pipe. Has anyone used this type before? Thank you for your reply.

Kerberos

Im a fan of keeping things simple. Since youd have to splice 2 of them, minimum, and youre paying more for the flex to begin with, why bother. Get a chunk of 15mm straight, pull a length of copper wire out of a chunk of romex, and call it a day Cheaper, less fuss and you make the size you need.

The non linear shape would cause pooling and smearing in a liebeg if used off vertical. With the thin wall it would make a fine graham condensor inner spiral. I've seen 2 foot long sticks in the local hardware stores.

I am sure that the two or more sticks joined together would do the job that you want them to do. I would think that the lieberg would have to be more or less vertical to prevent the condensate pooling in the corrugations.

I use a vertical lieberg on my LM / VM head and to get the additional contact that you are looking for I crimped the inner tube with a pair of mole grips ( Vice grips ). It is working fine and was a lot cheaper than the sticks you are contemplating using.

He is talking a VM only condenser. Most of which are vertical. So pooling wouldn't be a problem.

Two could be fine? Depends.

But I do agree. Kiss. You could build the same thing with regular 15mm. Add a swirly piece of copper in it. And get the same outcome. Probably cheaper.

Thank you for all the replies guys. KISS seems to be the order of the day

Kerberos

http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... =2&t=12059

I also made one with just one section of flex, it works just fine. Also. "I use the second, smaller one almost exclusively, it really works well." -hey-

heynonny wrote:http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... =2&t=12059

I also made one with just one section of flex, it works just fine. Also. "I use the second, smaller one almost exclusively, it really works well." -hey-

Hi hey, I found your post very informative thank you. The cost for two of the sticks is six pounds or about 10 dollars so not expensive and after reading your post I think I will be giving it a go. Thank you for your reply. Kerberos.