by Kenster » Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:03 pm
Hoping to raise some interest with the subject heading...
Until recently i have been more than happy with my converted Still spirits 25lit boiler...(extra 3kw element)
Well, as you all know, there is only so much you can fit into one of those, and given that i usually make up a 60 to 70 lit wash, the need for two runs has become a bit of a pain.
If i were to replace it with aprox 80lit boiler... could i, run it 'efficiently' with say, a 20 or 30lit volume of wash, if i did not wish to run it full up. I guess my concern is that, if it is half full, with all that head space internally, would the vapours travel up the column just as efficiently as a full run. Am i defeating the purpose of having a larger boiler, and if the need arises, to run it at non-full capacity.
So is the size important... regarding how much is NOT in the boiler, will it alter the way the column stacks once it gets up there. This is based on that i 'might' need to run it at less than capacity. Normally, i would not intend to. I intend to throw 2 x 3kw elements at it with controllers.