G'day from the Adelaide Alps

[pistagain]

Hi all
I've lurked around here off and on for some time now so I thought I'd bite the bullet and introduce myself. I have been distilling for about 18 months or so and whatever success I've had is down to the excellent info on this site. Mostly TPW's (love that voddy ) but have dabbled with WBAB as well. I would like to get into whiskeys and Gin more but probably don't have the proper equipment just yet. To wit, a cheap Alcoengine' copper pot still for stripping runs and a copper 11/2" reflux still that I bought from some guy who makes them and sells them on eBay. A converted beer keg for a boiler. I have lots of questions to ask so I just hope I submit them under the correct forum, beginner's questions I guess.

[iOnaBender]

Welcome pist,

If you're bitten by the distilling bug, the correct equipment won't be far away :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:

Enjoy your journey!

[The Stig]

G’Day Pissed, Bender is correct .
When the bug hits , you have little control over the outcome :laughing-rolling:

[pistagain]

Oh, worry not. I have already been well and truly bitten by this particular bug, and many others, to the detriment of my bank account. With respect to this particular bug I need to find out what will work for me. I was looking into a 4' system until I read that it will require more than the 2400 watt heater that I have. I can't even boil 2 kettles at once in the same room, let alone on the same outlet, without tripping the power.

[The Stig]

A 4” x4 plate system will run on 2400W
That’s how I used to run my Mac4 and controller it by the reflux water .
Where there’s a will there’s a way :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Just ask Bryan :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:

[Wellsy]

Welcome

[RuddyCrazy]

G'Day Pist :handgestures-thumbupleft: Welcome to the forum mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Now the Adelaide alps is a new one to me :scared-eek: and I so assume :)) you mean the hills :handgestures-thumbupleft:

now as far as running even 2400 watts on the grid in the hills just make sure it's a nice sunny day with no storms around as our favorite game here is town lotto :laughing-rolling: trying to guess when the storm hits which town loses power first :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:

As far as using an element sorry no help from here as I've never used one and don't intend to as my little BD burner does the job nicely :handgestures-thumbupleft: and why waste shed battery power when theres no need to :laughing-rolling:

Cheers Bryan

[pistagain]

A 4” x4 plate system will run on 2400W
That’s how I used to run my Mac4 and controller it by the reflux water

Yes, but I was thinking of running 5 (or maybe even 6) plates, ala "the Neutraliser", and I usually run 40 - 45 litres at a time. Will 2400 watts still cut it? I don't want to be taking cuts for 14+ hours at a time.

[pistagain]

now as far as running even 2400 watts on the grid in the hills just make sure it's a nice sunny day with no storms around as our favorite game here is town lotto :laughing-rolling: trying to guess when the storm hits which town loses power first

Yes, I know. We just came out of a 7-day blackout a few weeks back

[RuddyCrazy]

Yes, I know. We just came out of a 7-day blackout a few weeks back

So where abouts in the hills are you located mate as SA does have the small town syndrome about it :laughing-rolling:

[pistagain]

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