by Biggles » Thu Jun 25, 2020 8:08 am
Ok latest update to the dramas with the T500.
So you may recall I tried using a botanicals basket to do a gin run using the T500 (saddles out) as a pot.
Well that nearly blew up the bathroom. I resorted to putting the botanicals in after as a soak.
Well I went to the home brew shop yesterday and had a new reflux condenser on the counter. Then the sales chap - the owner- talked me out of it and suggested the alcohol line was blocked and I should at least try to clear that first before forking out $460 on a new one.
So I put my air compressor to work and kept cleaning, the botanicals from the gin run were way up in the column, blocking the alcohol line.
So once all cleared I cranked it back up and she ran like a new one.
Thanks team for making me think and thanks home brew man for not going for the easy sale.
I'm back in business and a little bit wiser!!