So, this rig is good to go!
got it all plumbed up..
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then I gave it all a good citric acid bath..
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stuck it all back together...
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ran a vinegar run through it and found only 1 leak on the weld around the bottom tri clamp ferrule. I pulled it all down as I realized I had forgot to drill a weep hole on each of the plates also... :doh: . I TIG'd up the leak, drilled some 1.5mm weep holes, stuck it all back together and overtightened the bottom sight glass bolts..... smashed it.... :doh: . quickly cut a copper SG replacement and filled the boiler with about 8ltrs of BWKO heads and tails feints from a couple of yrs ago and a heap of water.
Gets up to temp pretty quick!
My power controller has not turned up yet so had to keep the whole 3600w into it for the whole run. Top plate was the only one I could view and it only flooded once through the whole run. Just turned power off for a few seconds to let it unload.
Running it flat out, my RC had no chance of getting anywhere near full reflux, but still made obvious changes to the output stream. PC kept up no problem :handgestures-thumbupleft: . ended up pushing about 2.5ltrs through sitting on a steady 90-91%. it then started dropping down to around 88% so I closed off the RC gate and ran it fast down to about 30%. Smelled so good! (yes its getting tipped out :handgestures-thumbupleft: )
Cleaning runs over, very happy with the outcome. Got a vid, just gotta work out how to put it up....
Thanks everyone for your input! Now have a Rum wash ready to go, and will be hopefully running it next weekend. Just gotta get the power controller wired in and I will order another SGlass.
Ash