Longer column or shotgun

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Longer column or shotgun

Postby FilthyPhil » Sun Sep 27, 2020 10:11 am

I have a 500mm, 400mm & 100mm length of 2" copper pipe, 2 metres of 1/2", 2 x 90 elbows & an end cap.
Am I better off using the 500mm length for the column & 400mm for shotgun condenser or go the other way round with 400mm column & 500mm shotgun?
They will be sitting on a 50 litre keg boiler.
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Re: Longer column or shotgun

Postby bluc » Sun Sep 27, 2020 10:14 am

400mm shottie will be fine mine is only 300 and knocks back a 4" bubbler.
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Re: Longer column or shotgun

Postby FilthyPhil » Sun Sep 27, 2020 12:10 pm

Thanks mate.
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Re: Longer column or shotgun

Postby bluess57 » Sun Sep 27, 2020 3:03 pm

BTW for interest, a FSD PC is 400mm
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Re: Longer column or shotgun

Postby FilthyPhil » Mon Sep 28, 2020 8:43 am

bluess57 wrote:BTW for interest, a FSD PC is 400mm


I'm beginning to think you guys get paid a bonus or something every time you mention FSD ;-)
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Re: Longer column or shotgun

Postby The Stig » Mon Sep 28, 2020 8:56 am

No chance :laughing-rolling:
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Re: Longer column or shotgun

Postby Wellsy » Mon Sep 28, 2020 5:52 pm

You are definitely an ideas man Phil.
That is a brilliant idea.
Let’s just vary it a little so that instead of money we simply get store credits.
Did I mention how great fsd are :laughing-rolling:
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