Offtake Temp Safety

[Rabid_Raccoon]

Hello all,

I have a rig that is used for distilling water and for the most part runs just fine. If I try to push a large volume thru it I can get offtake from the condenser that is steaming hot, even though the condenser jacket is still cool to the touch. This tells me that it is outrunning my knockdown capacity of the condenser and for what I am doing it is not a huge safety issue. (commercial stainless still we bought for water and essential oil production)

I don't plan on ever running alcohol through it, I am in process of applying for federal and state permits to become a legal micro distiller before I upgrade.

My concern is if someone were to push a load of wash for a stripping run, there may be output with high alcohol and high temps.

How scary would this be? At what point would someone be in the danger zone?

Thanks all!

RR