by Russ » Sun Jul 07, 2019 1:47 pm
Quick question to get a few opinions, I happen to have acquired (in a game of chance) a 30 gallon (113.562 litre) copper boiler from a very, very old hot water system that was going to be scrapped.
This is a thing of beauty, and I am inspired to use it for good instead of evil, so my question is do I transfer my column as is onto this once it is converted to a boiler, or do I build another completely new column, in 6" copper this time?
I have no intention of getting too carried away making neutral, so if I make a new column it will be 4 plate, probably perf plate again, with a drain bypass on the bottom plate to convert it to a 3 plate system, for "interesting" rums or whatever if that takes my fancy in the future, without having to pull it apart to do so, I made my first column with modular pieces but to be honest I don't wish to pull it apart now its working and have to worry about disturbing seals.
Only reason for going 6" is speed, this boiler is over double my current one, would be nice to do twice the amount in the same time, and not have to run it as often.
The other upside to a complete new column is redundancy, I can do work on one without halting production, and with some design forethought I could use either for any wash I am likely to do, if needed.
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Russ on Sun Jul 07, 2019 1:48 pm, edited 1 time in total.