3" reducer boka

[benpandaae86]

I made this up over the last couple of days i made a coil (1/4 copper coils and 3/4 cold finger)last week i have a length of 3 inch copper 1.6m long still makin my mind up on length

[benpandaae86]

The coils are 1/4 and cold finger is 3/4

[Zak Griffin]

You'll want your needle valve a lot closer to the head ;-)

I'm still not entirely sure how these double reducer bokas work?

[benpandaae86]

The peice of 3 " @ 1.6 m long ill chop it down to suit my shed

I have a needle valve comin

I can chop it n tig it shorter if i have to

[benpandaae86]

Ive been lookin at them for quite a while my reflux is too slow

[Zak Griffin]

The pipe between the two reducers explains all :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Go as tall as you can, without cutting into the ceiling :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[benpandaae86]

I was gonna knock up pc liebig as well ive got some 500mm bits of 3/4 and 3/8 copper

Interested to see how much heat/watts (3600w element ) my coil can handle

[benpandaae86]

3 inch pipe i thought i put it up before

[Mad]

Ben ill be following this after my lack of success last night im going to have to do something better. Whats your cost of parts roughly coming in at?

[benpandaae86]

Nothin so far the copper pipe was donated by a plumber n work got the reducers ,stainless and the 1/4 for the coil for me

The ruducers where $40

[Mad]

Aw nice score i know a few plumbers all have thrown in the towel!

[Mad]

I like how this model doesnt require the 30deg plates. Could also use threaded nipples and have it all in pieces to knock it down if you ever needed to move house can't wait

[benpandaae86]

I drilled the hole in my lid today i went 32mm as its ment to be vented to atmosphere dont know if i went to big but my cooling water inlet goes through it as well and cut slots in the top of the tower for the water outlet to go through

[benpandaae86]

The needle valve i have comin

Check out this item I found on eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 04&alt=web

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Coming along real nice ben, not often we see staino rigs made. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Mad]

Nice looking valve let me know how the quality is. More i look at prices more i think full stainless rig with but load of copper packing!

[hillzabilly]

G-day Ben ,I had a double reducer still for a time ,one thing I did not do was check that the alcohol dripping from the coil went to one side ,instead it went straight back down and when I opened the valve nothing came out.So I bent the bottom few coils to one side and tested in the luandry sink with a dribble from the tap ,sorted :handgestures-thumbupleft: cheers hillzabilly

[benpandaae86]

Thanks mate i was goin to cram ss scrubbers around the coil to increase surface area was worried bout that


Cheers

[hillzabilly]

Thanks mate i was goin to cram ss scrubbers around the coil to increase surface area was worried bout that


Cheers

Good idear that should help your condencer's efficency,a small piece of scrubby hanging to one side may help guide the product to your collection cup ;-) cheers hillzabilly

[hillzabilly]

The peice of 3 " @ 1.6 m long ill chop it down to suit my shed

I have a needle valve comin

I can chop it n tig it shorter if i have to

With the column mate ,what ever height ya decide on ,consider splitting it into 2 pieces .ie 1.6meters=2@800mm,reasons are when stripping or running as a pot still with no packing and valve open all the way you may not want all that height,its also easy to install packing and the still packs up smaller .For the price of a couple of tri clamp unions well worth it I reckon :handgestures-thumbupleft: cheers hillzabilly