Was having a day dream today about the possibility of adding a wash port of some kind to the still, is this something that's been done before?
After the last couple of experimental /test runs I've either broken the still down and washed each part, which takes a fair amount of time, or I've connected the hose to the drain port on the bottom of the keg and filled the entire still from the bottom up. This obviously wastes at least 50L of water (we're on level 3 water restrictions here).
So what about a valved port say above the reflux condenser that you can hook the hose to and flood the column top-down through the plates, and drain out the keg drain? Surely it has to be better for a fast rinse between runs?
If I was laying the still up for storage for a fair while I'd still do a break down and rinse though.