Vevor 9G Electric Kettle Chop and Mod

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Vevor 9G Electric Kettle Chop and Mod

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As some of you guys know, I'm a fan of the way Mooseman has used tea urns to make boilers for small batch, 120v happiness. Inspired by his builds, I decided to start looking for something along those lines for myself. I dug around for a couple of weeks on Ebay and Marketplace but didn't find any used coffee or tea urns that were large enough, but I did run across a lady selling a Vevor 9 gallon 120v electric still. She said her husband bought it but never used it. I don't know if he got cold feet, got sent to the doghouse or what actually happened with the situation, but whatever the case may be, she sold it to me for $50 cash and was happy to get rid of it. The box wasn't even opened! :clap:

My plan is to ditch everything but the boiler and put a 2" ferrule on top to run a small 2" shotgun pot still I recently got, sort of like the Vevor Stump Lake did. I'm going to pull everything out of the lid and plug those holes up with some 1/2" stainless bolts, washers and some PTFE material I have. We'll use some PTFE tape to make the lid seal safe. I had thought about putting the ferrule offset to the edge, but the raised area isn't quite level and just isn't large enough to weld a ferrule or use a weldless 2" bulkhead, so we're going to remove the handle and put a weldless in the center of the lid.
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We unpacked it last night and ran it with a couple of gallons of water in it to test it. It boiled the 2 gallons in just under 15 minutes on full throttle.
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Something very interesting occured as it was coming up to temp. I had touched the bottom just after we turned on the power to see if it was heating up at all and the oil from my skin was catching the bubbles from the initial heat up. Science! I love it! :thumbup:
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My son came up with a couple of names for the new setup and I'm not sure which one is going to stick yet. He said we could call her "Vicki Vevor", cause she's shiny but nasty. He's 22, that's where his mind goes! Moose even agreed it sounds like a porn name. :lol: We were also talking about it being our 2nd rig and electric, so he came up with one I was actually proud he knew as a 20 something; "Electric Boozaloo II"! :lol: :thumbup: We'll call it whichever one gets the most votes on here. I think I like the EBII best. :ebiggrin:

Anyway, just a fun little project to play around with and spend time with my son, use for recipe development, small single batches, things like that. I'll keep the build updated and let y'all know how it turns out and runs.

Rusty
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