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Product condenser breather tube placement.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:19 am
by warramungas
Hello again. I'm wondering if someone can assist me with the best place to put a breather tube for a product condenser. I've got like a meter of copper tube hanging off it going down to the jars and I think its creating a vapour lock inside it.
I've drawn a rough sketch of my condenser and the two places in blue are where I could put a breather. The bottom one would be easier as I'm only using mapp to heat with. Be able to get acetylene in a week or two when I'm back on n/s. Regardless though, where would be the best place?

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Re: Product condenser breather tube placement.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:40 am
by bluc
Bottom one looks fine its how I vent my parrot :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Re: Product condenser breather tube placement.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:45 am
by rumdidlydum
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Re: Product condenser breather tube placement.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 12:06 pm
by warramungas
Cheers. I thought one in the body might be better but if you guys reckon the bottom one will be just as good I'll chuck one in there. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Re: Product condenser breather tube placement.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 10:07 pm
by WalterWhite
Best gear available is FSD and they put the breather at the top part of the parrot .... Enough said :teasing-neener:

Re: Product condenser breather tube placement.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:36 am
by warramungas
WalterWhite wrote:Best gear available is FSD and they put the breather at the top part of the parrot .... Enough said :teasing-neener:


True but would that work just as well in there was 1.5 meters of tubing between the parrot and the condenser? :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Re: Product condenser breather tube placement.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 7:50 am
by WTDist
warramungas wrote:
WalterWhite wrote:Best gear available is FSD and they put the breather at the top part of the parrot .... Enough said :teasing-neener:


True but would that work just as well in there was 1.5 meters of tubing between the parrot and the condenser? :handgestures-thumbupleft:

what is the tube size? diameter?

Re: Product condenser breather tube placement.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 7:52 am
by Undertaker
The bottom one would be my choice. If the higher one was used you could lose some vapour there if it was too high. Alternatively you could cut the tube at the bottom of the PC and have the distillate run freely into a funnel, and then have your metre of tube run from that down to your fill point.

Cheers Phil

Re: Product condenser breather tube placement.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 7:54 am
by warramungas
WTDist wrote:
warramungas wrote:
WalterWhite wrote:Best gear available is FSD and they put the breather at the top part of the parrot .... Enough said :teasing-neener:


True but would that work just as well in there was 1.5 meters of tubing between the parrot and the condenser? :handgestures-thumbupleft:

what is the tube size? diameter?


3/8".
I'll try the bottom one for now. If I still have problems I'll try something else.