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pot for t500

Postby texta » Sat Aug 05, 2017 9:37 pm

well its a start cant make my mind up shotgun or liebig but i did this today and messed about with a few other bits while i make my mind up . its going to be 2" thats all i have made my mind up on so far . i have bought a voltage control for the 500 . dont know if it works though have not plugged any of it in yet .
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Re: pot for t500

Postby bluc » Sat Aug 05, 2017 9:55 pm

Looks like a shotgun to me :handgestures-thumbupleft: 2" pot is a good start. And having it with a modular shotgun you have a headstart on a bubbler.
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Re: pot for t500

Postby copperhead road » Sat Aug 05, 2017 10:56 pm

Looks like a good start on your shotgun condenser, what length are you making her ??
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Re: pot for t500

Postby texta » Sun Aug 06, 2017 7:34 am

dont know how long to make it will decide today , but probably in the intrest of keeping the weight down on the t500 lid i wont go to long i should think definitley no more than 400.
i have also made an adaptor to fit the colum to the lid .that was a bugger tapping threads into 3mm holes in stainless.
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Re: pot for t500

Postby texta » Sun Aug 06, 2017 8:16 am

if i was making this collar again i would be making it out of brass ,much easier than stainless .i made it this way so that there is nothing going through the hole in the lid causing restrictions , this way it is the full 2" all the way through and there is very little weight in it .
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Re: pot for t500

Postby texta » Sun Aug 06, 2017 11:30 am

changed my mind already and made another 2 ends plates for 4 tubes this time instead of 5 looks better to me less crowded more room for water to move around and less weight .
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Re: pot for t500

Postby Zak Griffin » Sun Aug 06, 2017 3:31 pm

I have 6x 1/2" inners in my 2" PC.

More tubes = more efficient.
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Re: pot for t500

Postby copperhead road » Sun Aug 06, 2017 3:51 pm

:text-+1: for more internal vapour tubes....
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Re: pot for t500

Postby woodduck » Sun Aug 06, 2017 3:52 pm

:text-+1:
More tubes= better cooling
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Re: pot for t500

Postby texta » Sun Aug 06, 2017 4:27 pm

ok ok you talked me into it how about this then . crikey dont think i can get many more in unless i put in a few 1/4 ones .
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Re: pot for t500

Postby texta » Sun Aug 06, 2017 4:33 pm

next question before i go cutting up pefectly good 2" copper tube how long should i make the thing remebering its only an a 2000w element boiler so no point making it bigger twice as big as it needs to be .
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Re: pot for t500

Postby woodduck » Sun Aug 06, 2017 5:02 pm

Yer but what if you build a bubbler later :think:
400 would be ok but 500mm and you can use it on your next upgrade :handgestures-thumbupleft: but yes watch the weight, someone with a t500 might be able to help here
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Re: pot for t500

Postby scottyd72 » Sun Aug 06, 2017 5:15 pm

texta wrote:if i was making this collar again i would be making it out of brass ,much easier than stainless .i made it this way so that there is nothing going through the hole in the lid causing restrictions , this way it is the full 2" all the way through and there is very little weight in it .

That is just pure genius right there!
I bought a spare lid for my boiler and tried TIG'ing a flange to it, but as I'm still learning to weld I botched it, so I now need to buy another lid and try to weld a stainless 3" flange onto it.
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Re: pot for t500

Postby Professor Green » Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:22 pm

woodduck wrote:Yer but what if you build a bubbler later :think:
400 would be ok but 500mm and you can use it on your next upgrade :handgestures-thumbupleft: but yes watch the weight, someone with a t500 might be able to help here


I've hung a 2" stainless pot off the T500 boiler. The lid flexes a little but should handle it OK. You might want to consider a pelican style design to offset the weight otherwise it may topple over.

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Re: pot for t500

Postby bluc » Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:28 pm

scottyd72 wrote:
texta wrote:if i was making this collar again i would be making it out of brass ,much easier than stainless .i made it this way so that there is nothing going through the hole in the lid causing restrictions , this way it is the full 2" all the way through and there is very little weight in it .

That is just pure genius right there!
I bought a spare lid for my boiler and tried TIG'ing a flange to it, but as I'm still learning to weld I botched it, so I now need to buy another lid and try to weld a stainless 3" flange onto it.

Just buy an adapter from mac
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Re: pot for t500

Postby scottyd72 » Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:34 pm

bluc wrote:
scottyd72 wrote:
texta wrote:if i was making this collar again i would be making it out of brass ,much easier than stainless .i made it this way so that there is nothing going through the hole in the lid causing restrictions , this way it is the full 2" all the way through and there is very little weight in it .

That is just pure genius right there!
I bought a spare lid for my boiler and tried TIG'ing a flange to it, but as I'm still learning to weld I botched it, so I now need to buy another lid and try to weld a stainless 3" flange onto it.

Just buy an adapter from mac

Are they 3"? I thought the T500 adaptors were only 2".
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Re: pot for t500

Postby bluc » Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:36 pm

Sorry saw t500 lid and assumed 2" :whistle:
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Re: pot for t500

Postby texta » Mon Aug 07, 2017 3:52 pm

well what a plick of a job that was . soldering is not my calling . welding pretty good stick or mig , oxy brass brazing i get by but soldering nah . anyway its done just about to leak test it if it leaks it gets placed in the failure basket and i build a liebig .
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Re: pot for t500

Postby Doubleuj » Mon Aug 07, 2017 4:29 pm

Looks good mate, hope she's not a squirter :laughing-rolling:
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Re: pot for t500

Postby texta » Mon Aug 07, 2017 5:32 pm

unbebloodyleivible no leaks , BUT i still have to solder a reducer one end and join the shotgun to the swans/pelicans head the other end so still pleny of scope to develop a leak yet .
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