B-Man wrote:Finally finished and done a run.
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Also anyone else have issues with the 3600w element plug getting quite warm to touch at the 15a power point.
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RC Al wrote:Well done mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:
It occurs to me that your cooing rig there would double as an awesome water cooling setup for a tig torch
Tesla101 wrote:B-Man wrote:Finally finished and done a run.
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Also anyone else have issues with the 3600w element plug getting quite warm to touch at the 15a power point.
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Hey B-Man. Just throwing this out there. I'm a bit concerned about your electrical connections in that pic. Not sure the silver tape is a good idea. Especially in your other thread you mentioned running 6,000W! :scared-eek:
It looks like from the pic you've paralleled both elements into a 15A cable into a 15A power point. Mate, that's asking for trouble. A 15A power point is rated for a max of 3,600W. Meaning you'll just get away with running one 3,600W element. If you run both the 3,600W and the 2,400W elements from the same power point you've got a disaster waiting to happen. :angry-extinguishflame:
If I was in your shoes I'd be running separate power cables from the elements into separate power points and a also a power controller on the 3,600W element. Would hate to hear you'd burnt the joint down. :scared-eek:
Professor Green wrote::text-+1: on the safety concerns for the cabling of those elements.
You should definitely be running separate cables from different circuits if you want to avoid disaster - I'm not surprised your plug is getting hot.
You should look at getting some proper sealed element guards too, that tape is not going to keep any spilled liquids off the electrical connections or protect the connections from damage or breakage due to stress on the wires.
Sorry if this sounds a bit heavy handed but safety is paramount; all electrical cabling should be done by a qualified sparky or checked by one at the very least. Please see this post for the details on the forum's stance on DIY electrics: https://aussiedistiller.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=3397.
bluc wrote:is that blue drum your resovoir so holds ambient with a 20l res? :think:
RuddyCrazy wrote:Just water down the run and do a triple distil if your after a true neutral, I found when only doing one run with my 4 plates and a 500mm packed section doing TPW a slight taste was still present so I have stripped 60 litres and waiting now for another ferment to finish. I'll see after the run spirit run if there is any taste and if so I'll be doing a hearts by hearts run just to get a true neutral as I mainly do macerations and I want the best base product to use.
Cheers Bryan
RC Al wrote:Do you know how hot your cooling water is getting?
Or it wont hold 3600w straight up at the start?
Is the water into your recirc pump fed from the bottom of the radiator? that multipass condenser design would be much hotter at the top than bottom, adding the big reservoir you had back in might help too
A second Rc isnt a terrible idea, consider a coil for the second one, much easier to solder and -much- faster response time
4 plates in a glasser and a 550 packed section is about 9-10 theoretical plates, without setting an extremely slow output rate you cant reflux enough to get up to the 15-20 required for "true" neutral. Add some more height
And yes deeper baths will help
scythe wrote:Plumb your water in from the bottom of the condenser.
The way you have it not going to actually fill the condenser with water if it keeps draining out the bottom.
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