It has been cold already down south and running my full Neutraliser (5plates and a packed section) can be tricky.
It works and works well but needs barely a trickle of cooling water through the RC and fine adjustment through a needle valve.
I have had it broken down to four plates and no packed section over the last couple of weeks to run some WB&B and some Rum.
So much easier to run.
I run with 2 2400W elements until full reflux and then switch one off.
With the 4 plate set up it obviously needs more coolant to maintain a given output or reflux and the adjustments on the needle valve are much more forgiving.
The plates were cleaned before this run.
At 1.8ltrs/hr output I am getting 91% for the first litre and then about 86% for the rest of the run. :think:
I may have to experiment again when I put the big rig back together and run one element at 2400 and the other at 400 or such.
The times I have tried this in the past have lead to a surge of output as the I couldn’t balance the coolant/heat ratio.
Anyhoo, I’ll have to work out something because my cooling water temp won’t be hitting double figures for a few months. :D