Dan's Bubbler

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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby bluc » Sun May 13, 2018 8:03 pm

Yes yes ezi and db but rc al best to hire the excavator and do work yourself then have a whole team of builders there doing it. Some benifits to underground living that no one else needs to know about :laughing-rolling:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Sun May 13, 2018 8:31 pm

bluc wrote:How about concrete underground room with a container on top with hidden entrance.. :D


Better be careful here... the men in blue will be raiding ya joint thinking there's a hidden meth lab down there! :laughing-rolling:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby bluc » Sun May 13, 2018 8:47 pm

Yes goddamit....
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby Doubleuj » Sun May 13, 2018 9:55 pm

Let’s get this thread back on track.
Clandestine below ground labs don’t have much to do with a bubbler build
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Sat May 19, 2018 10:37 pm

Well the day/night has finally come... we are making bubbles!! :happy-partydance: :dance:

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I think everything is doing as it suppose to.
Next step vinegar cleaning run.
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby Doubleuj » Sun May 20, 2018 7:06 am

Woo hoo !!!! You won’t look back now :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Hang on, did you do your sac run before the vinegar run?
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Sun May 20, 2018 9:13 am

Doubleuj wrote:Woo hoo !!!! You won’t look back now :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Hang on, did you do your sac run before the vinegar run?


Just water bubbling in the pic. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Been iching to boot her up for weeks... as it was the cap on my blockhead was just sitting on top, sealed with a piece of rubber. I'm still waiting for a clamp and seal.
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby Doubleuj » Sun May 20, 2018 4:30 pm

dans.brew wrote:
Doubleuj wrote:Woo hoo !!!! You won’t look back now :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Hang on, did you do your sac run before the vinegar run?


Just water bubbling in the pic. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Been iching to boot her up for weeks... as it was the cap on my blockhead was just sitting on top, sealed with a piece of rubber. I'm still waiting for a clamp and seal.

Nice :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby woodduck » Sun May 20, 2018 4:37 pm

Looking good Dan :handgestures-thumbupleft: Exciting times mate. There's nothing like running your own bubbler for the first time.
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Sun May 20, 2018 8:18 pm

Thanks doubleuj and woodduck!

There is truly something about watching those bubbles :))
I was a bit worried my plates might not seal great, being that i used only one seal between plate and 2 tees.
This morn they were still loaded with water after running it last night. :happy-partydance:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby woodduck » Mon May 21, 2018 8:14 am

You recon it's good to watch with water in it just wait till the alc gets in there, much sexier :laughing-rolling: Try sort out those seals before you start running alcohol, you don't want leaks for safety reasons and you especially don't want to waste any :laughing-rolling:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby bluc » Mon May 21, 2018 10:22 am

Top stuff Dan :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Mon May 21, 2018 11:37 pm

woodduck wrote: Try sort out those seals before you start running alcohol, you don't want leaks for safety reasons and you especially don't want to waste any :laughing-rolling:


Wont be any wastage if ive got anything do do with it! :naughty:
Ill be keeping a very close eye on all my seals when i do a vinegar run too.

Ive got some CFW to go through it once i get all the crop in the ground and i get some spare time back!
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby db1979 » Tue May 22, 2018 6:34 am

Congrats mate :clap: have fun running her :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Tue Jun 12, 2018 10:15 pm

Clamps turned up in the mail today... hooray!
Running some vinegar throught her at the moment, no leaks so far. :geek:
The wall on the inside isnt coming up totally sparkling clean, i think there is a yellow sort of stain from the citric acid bath. I've had it going for well over an hour. I thought i rinsed it fairly well straight after the acid bath, but perhaps not good enough.
Should i be pulling it apart and cleaning better... i kinda dont want to if not necessary, especially since i got it all sealing.
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby Doubleuj » Wed Jun 13, 2018 7:18 am

I wouldn’t think so mate, reckon your sac run will clean her up a bit better too
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:30 pm

Doubleuj wrote:I wouldn’t think so mate, reckon your sac run will clean her up a bit better too


Thanks mate... was wondering if the sac run might do that. Thought i best ask before i pull her apart.
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby EziTasting » Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:54 pm

Nice going!

The sac run will give you an indication of how she runs... be very very different to anything you've had in there so far!

Don't rush it!

Enjoy it. The sac run will give her a better cleaning the longer its going, so no need to push it thru fast! Have a play; push her buttons, get a feel for how she reacts!

:laughing-rolling: our first run, I was adjusting the water volume to the RC and was expecting an instant response... well it don't happen! So fidgeting back and forth, back and forth... nearly messed up the whole first run! :laughing-rolling: Didn't help that I kept switching "how the water gets turned down" either ... cursing and swearing at it - "Why the #$%@# is the drip rate going down??? :laughing-rolling: funny days...
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:17 pm

Now thats some good looking bubbles! Sac run tonight.
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Thanks EziTasting for the insight!
Everything seems to be running as it suppose to, all the plates loaded pretty much at the same time. So far so good. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby bluc » Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:21 pm

Sweet as congrats on the maiden ethanol run :D
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