r0bsk1 wrote:Previous owner used stainless packing but i've replaced it with copper scrubbers. Its packed so that you can breathe easily through it.
I'm not convinced the reflux action actually works on this still. I am convinced im over powering it though.
Well ya know what thought thought,with this hobby the only way to be sure is ta try it,and when I started I believed more packing would give better purity,but experience showed otherwise,and after a few pukes and spits and temp fluctuations I dialed the packing back and got a better safer result,I see the recommended power for your still is 2000wt and the fundermental result of useing less power is that you slow ya run down perpotionaly,with scrubbies I found it hard to get an evenly packed colomn wich is less of a problem with mesh rolls wich I weigh to maintain an even structure from top ta bottom,and as I said befor I have found a colomn can handle more power ifn ya have a lighter packed colomn,this is because with more whoosh going up its harder for ya refluxing liquid to go down because of less free space in ya packing,especialy ifn you have an area of more compackted packing the vapour will go up but the liquid will not be able ta go down,this is when ya colomn floods and the refluxing liquid builds up as does the pressure below it until the pressure forces the liquid out very quickly with dangerouse consiquinces.You could use less power but ya runs will be longer or ya could try a lighter less packed colomn your choice.It's something that would be clearly visiable ifn ya had sight glasses in the colomn like I have used at times and still do with my 4inch packed section.cheers hillzabilly ;-)