I have a question regarding power management for my still.
Just to confirm, it is a "Pure Distilling Still" copper reflux colum with electric boiler which has the 2000W element.
In my other topic we discussed means of controlling power to the element. I am in the process of getting a suitable voltage controller and power monitor so I can be sure what is going to my element.
My question relates to how this may work....does the element run at full all the time? Or is it on some type of regulator? I wondered this as it seems to get the temp to a certain point and sit there.
If the element does self regulate somehow, then how can I actually know what it is doing? Say for example I cut power to the element down to 50%, is it still try to do its own thing, or is it actually at circa 50% power?
I hope this makes sense....perhaps some of the owners of these type of stills could chime in? My column has been extended by an extra metre, but it still regulates head temp to the required 78.3 or very close by.
For that matter, can someone explain to me how this type of still hits the 78.3 mark without operator control, especially now that I have extended the column and the head still hits the right temp even though there is an extra 1m of copper pipe and packing there?
Many thanks,
theozzman