3" perforated plate column

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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby Magnus » Fri Aug 05, 2016 12:16 pm

WTDist wrote:fantastic man. good time. KK element?


Got it off ebay for $39, well worth the money
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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby Horn_Bee » Fri Aug 05, 2016 12:51 pm

Loving the solid glass tube design, it's a great looking rig! :handgestures-thumbupleft: I'm keen to hear how it performs.

Is there a particular reason you went for a coil dephlegmator as opposed to a shotgun style?

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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby WTDist » Fri Aug 05, 2016 1:26 pm

Horn_Bee wrote:Loving the solid glass tube design, it's a great looking rig! :handgestures-thumbupleft: I'm keen to hear how it performs.

Is there a particular reason you went for a coil dephlegmator as opposed to a shotgun style?

Mick


Im thinking athe coil has good surface area while not taking up much volume, the vapour speed is still slowed around the coil allowing it to cool the liquid more, being more efficent rather than passing past it fast. Like walking or running on a hot road, is it the slow speed or the fast speed one that transfers heat faster :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby sp0rk » Fri Aug 05, 2016 1:37 pm

Magnus wrote:
WTDist wrote:fantastic man. good time. KK element?


Got it off ebay for $39, well worth the money

Just watch that element, they have a troubled past
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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby Magnus » Fri Aug 05, 2016 1:57 pm

sp0rk wrote:
Magnus wrote:
WTDist wrote:fantastic man. good time. KK element?


Got it off ebay for $39, well worth the money

Just watch that element, they have a troubled past


Apparently it's a new design, I'll see how it goes anyways. Easy to replace if it fails and it didn't cost a lot.
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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby Magnus » Fri Aug 05, 2016 2:03 pm

WTDist wrote:
Horn_Bee wrote:Loving the solid glass tube design, it's a great looking rig! :handgestures-thumbupleft: I'm keen to hear how it performs.

Is there a particular reason you went for a coil dephlegmator as opposed to a shotgun style?

Mick


Im thinking athe coil has good surface area while not taking up much volume, the vapour speed is still slowed around the coil allowing it to cool the liquid more, being more efficent rather than passing past it fast. Like walking or running on a hot road, is it the slow speed or the fast speed one that transfers heat faster :handgestures-thumbupleft:


The main reason I went with the coil design it the ease of building it, had it done in a couple of hours with no welding. It works very well too, knocks down 4200 watts no worries at all.
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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby hillzabilly » Fri Aug 05, 2016 2:08 pm

Bet ya cant wait ta get that 120lt boiler under her now after getting this far down the road.cheers hillzabilly :happy-partydance:
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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby Magnus » Fri Aug 05, 2016 2:12 pm

hillzabilly wrote:Bet ya cant wait ta get that 120lt boiler under her now after getting this far down the road.cheers hillzabilly :happy-partydance:


For sure, I keep getting held up on that one but it's close now. I'll still use the 30lt boiler for experimenting with the gin head, once I build the gin head that is.
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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby Magnus » Tue Aug 09, 2016 9:09 pm

So I did a spirit this afternoon, 25lt of stripped wheat wash @ 40%..
Running on both elements, 4.2kw.
Refluxing and just starting to take off forshots very slow.




Fly in the fores, it didnt last long..

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Taking hearts off at about 3lt/hr @95+%..


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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby TasSpirits » Tue Aug 09, 2016 9:17 pm

Looking Good :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby Zak Griffin » Wed Aug 10, 2016 7:21 am

That thing has got some action happening! Looks good :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby Magnus » Wed Aug 10, 2016 7:40 am

Zak Griffin wrote:That thing has got some action happening! Looks good :handgestures-thumbupleft:


Yeah it seems to be working pretty good. I cant believe the quality of the spirit, watered down to 40% it is tasteless and odourless and has no burn at all, almost like drinking water. I'm well happy with it.
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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby WTDist » Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:14 am

what power did you throw at the spirit run with 40% charge? after fores? the whole 4.2kw?
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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby Magnus » Wed Aug 10, 2016 10:42 am

WTDist wrote:what power did you throw at the spirit run with 40% charge? after fores? the whole 4.2kw?


Yeah left it on full power and controlled by the coolant.
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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby Magnus » Wed Sep 07, 2016 12:30 pm

First things first, the copper tube pushes right up to the PTFE block in the brass valve and the ball is stainless steel so no exposed brass.

Done a few runs now with the parrot, it holds 100ml. Dump the contents of the parrot in every cut bottle so no smearing.
Working well.

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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby WTDist » Wed Sep 07, 2016 1:23 pm

thats a good idea, i normally do it by hand as mine isnt mounted but i will have to look into this
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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby maddogpearse » Wed Sep 07, 2016 2:41 pm

I like this parrot...
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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby hillzabilly » Wed Sep 07, 2016 4:32 pm

Only thing left after clean and polish ,build a walnut or oak rifle type case for storage and display ,as I reckon ya nailed it .cheers hillzabilly :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby scythe » Wed Sep 07, 2016 8:28 pm

Nifty parrot idea there.
Might steal it for my next parrot.
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Re: 3" perforated plate column

Postby Zak Griffin » Wed Sep 07, 2016 9:03 pm

And here I am thinking I wasn't going to have a fores drain on my parrot :angry-banghead:

Love your work mate.
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