On a VM style still where the product condenser coil is placed above the tee to the product condenser where would be the ideal placement of a temperature probe? Make sense? Thanks
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equipment: 2" pot with 2" shotty 400mm long 5x 1/2" on a t500 boiler. 50l keg boiler 4" still mount 4" sight glass 1" drain.. 4 plate 4" bubbler, 600mm packed section
Walker wrote:On a VM style still where the product condenser coil is placed above the tee to the product condenser where would be the ideal placement of a temperature probe? Make sense? Thanks
On a vm the product condenser goes after the tee the condeser above the tee is a reflux condenser , prob just a typo :handgestures-thumbupleft:
equipment: 2" pot with 2" shotty 400mm long 5x 1/2" on a t500 boiler. 50l keg boiler 4" still mount 4" sight glass 1" drain.. 4 plate 4" bubbler, 600mm packed section
Bluc what I was trying to picture and explain was the still I saw on a YouTube video, Stillit. Now I know it’s called a CCVM still and that’s the direction I’m heading in. That’s where I was wondering where a good place would to for a thermometer for checking vapor temperature. I’ll have one on the keg also. I know they aren’t necessary but I like to visually see everything that’s happening.
Hey Walker I have done tho odd one of these, and just a couple of things I have found Most people use a T piece at the takeoff - personally I like to use a cross piece, it puts a bit of extra volume at the takeoff point and you can mount a thermometer horizontally (on the opposite side of the cross to the takeoff) Also I have found it invaluable to have a thermometer exactly half way up the column - you can see the rise in temp/ tails coming Cheers