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During a recent spirit run, I was multi-tasking: Cleaning up odds & ends while running the pot. I was literally 10 feet away and didn’t notice that my parrot had leaned away from the product stream. About 4 ounces of high proof leaked in close proximity to the open propane flame. I’m confident that my extended Liebig condenser & parrot design — down & away from the burner helped to prevent a fire. That & the fact that I run in a well ventilated, open sided, covered shelter outdoors. Factor in safety when you do your builds, and practice the art responsibly please.

Glad all is well 8Ball! Stay safe out there!

Cheers,
j

It's the stuff we don't think about that gets us.

I set up the ccvm and checked the water flow then turned it off. When I fired up the still I forgot to turn it back on. Very suddenly I had distillate dripping from the condenser and a small cloud (I exaggerate for clarity) of vapour coming out of the top of the still.

I shut down the power and looked at it and it took me a good few seconds to work out what my error was.