Advice on cuts

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Re: Advice on cuts

Postby Kenster » Thu Dec 15, 2016 7:14 pm

just stick a meter of copper in the guts... should help heaps...My mate has one also but is too slack to jazz it up a bit...(and still whinges how it is just ordinary)
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Re: Advice on cuts

Postby prawnz » Thu Dec 15, 2016 8:30 pm

Plumby wrote:Here you go
You can't get full reflux I've tried its impossible. You can get very close if you run your water from when you start the boiler, adds about 20 minutes to heat up time. Myne gets to 76 degrees then takes about 20,minutes for the foreshots to come through they come at a steady 2-3 drips per second, I then drop the water a poofteenth until I get very fast dripping almost a flow. I then adjust water as necessary to maintain this flow rate taking 200ml cuts l. When I get the distinct smell of tails I switch everything off. From water and power on to water and power off is usually 41/2 hours. Hope this helps :handgestures-thumbupleft:



where did you get the extension , buy it or make it ? looks to have its own water jacket eh ?
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Re: Advice on cuts

Postby Plumby » Thu Dec 15, 2016 8:49 pm

Brought it man, it does have a water jacket could be bigger
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Re: Advice on cuts

Postby warramungas » Thu Dec 15, 2016 10:30 pm

You could get it into full reflux by using power input but with that dinky column it would hardly be worth the trouble. The column wont hold very much alcohol.
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Re: Advice on cuts

Postby Lowie » Fri Jan 06, 2017 2:26 pm

Plumby wrote:Brought it man, it does have a water jacket could be bigger


You can't buy that extension anymore prawnz - taken off the market and replaced by the T500
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Re: Advice on cuts

Postby Lowie » Fri Jan 06, 2017 2:27 pm

Kenster wrote:just stick a meter of copper in the guts... should help heaps...My mate has one also but is too slack to jazz it up a bit...(and still whinges how it is just ordinary)


I'm keen to give this a crack kenster. How exactly do I go about it?
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