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its not vapour its water. its leaking where the cooling hoses are pushed onto the 1/2" as there is no clamps 8-}

Jeez mate, you had me worried there. Sorry.

The rc is well fitted. Too tight on the tri clamps ? I can reflow it , pressure test it get 2 runs and it will be cracked again... thoughI do pull the modules apart every run.

Furthur to your post in the tell us your fuckups thread...

I'm flying blind here, some pics of the offending leak would be good. Having said that, you mention a vapor leak on the bend and a leak on the PC. Pretty vauge info to go with, but I'll have a shot.
If its a pin hole type leak on the bend, make it so that you can have a go at resoldering it. Don't do it on the rig, probably can, but to remove doubt, take it off. Get it warm, have your flux ready and brush it on while playing the flame on the joint. Bakers flux will go blackish, but burn away at the right temp. Not too hot, not too cold.

If its a flange joint on the PC, make sure its flat both sides of the joint. Blacksmith as required to get it flat. Check your triclamp has at least 5mm before it bottoms out. If not add thin gaskets as needed to get some compression.

If its a plumbing leak, piss the plastic stuff off. There are new style plumbing fittings that push on, they would be ok if you use the hot water ones. The other push on ones are usually for air. And the irrigation stuff is crap for us, unless its away from the still.

hope that helps.

the Elbow is fixed but just not pretty... so hard to reflow since it a dirty join now ,,, and the only true way to fix it ,,, is to pull it apart.... to be honest id rather rebuild the still LOL ....

Ill keep an eye on the PC ,,, its still working for now... Its flat with tight tolerance's , just i think i do up the triclamp too much and it warps under pressure (triclamp) and heat causing it to crack.

ive got 3 or 4 more runs to do then ill be slowing down again , which means i can pull apart the still and fix it and polish it etc. Now that im ironing out alot of bugs ,,,

still not happy about needing a extra 1" socket and 1" hex plug..... Atlas and midway metals both have the parts on their catalogue ,,,, just dont have prices for the damage which is making me nervous since i dont have a choice but to buy those sizes

NO WAY :laughing-rolling: its terrible .... maybe once its polished hahaha im ashamed of it...

needs to be filed , acid bath clean , resoldered and filed again ,,,, maybe then you can see it :teasing-tease:

WineGlass wrote:

WineGlass wrote:I'm flying blind here, some pics of the offending leak would be good.

Come on Linny, you've got him taking to him self now, put him out of his misery :laughing-rolling:

Linny wrote:NO WAY :laughing-rolling: its terrible .... maybe once its polished hahaha im ashamed of it...

needs to be filed , acid bath clean , resoldered and filed again ,,,, maybe then you can see it :teasing-tease:

Dont worry mate, it's the magic on the inside that counts :handgestures-thumbupleft:

My dad used to say beauty is only skin deep, but uglyness goes all the way to the bone.
He also used to say I'm fat, but your ugly, at least I can diet.
Sorry, I meant to say encouraging words.

Give it a lick with the file, knock the nasites off and post some pics.
At least you'll get your leak fixed.

Nothing better than getting a bubbler sorted and getting some good product back.
Well, there is one thing, but I'l never empty all those jelly beans from the jar.

If you can't fix it Linny, might have to bring it round here sometime and we'll sort it out. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

or give it to me and I will give you my pile of shit :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:

LOL , soon... sorry about the late reply . pretty much fell asleep L-)

I am a person function over form , but i still have some pride left ... dont worry EG , i will post more pics soon

KG like i said your welcome to use it , if you show me your way to mash LOL

And Brendan i might take you up on that offer LOL , im pretty much clear from 12 on fridays

Here is the boiler wired up .... still needs a clean and test each element.

I also put brass fittings on the condensers ... now I just gotta clean and polish the still again lol

After all this , EG or Mac bubblers would have been easier lol...

Looking good mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

What's the insulation you've put around it? I bought the silver & black stuff from Clark rubber, and can cut it all to size around the fittings and everything.

Fire blanket $30 masters

Oh I see, haha.

I have a fire blanket with extinguisher in the shed when I distill in case of emergency, but I hope never to use them :pray:

Brendan wrote:Oh I see, haha.

I have a fire blanket with extinguisher in the shed when I distill in case of emergency, but I hope never to use them :pray:

lol's dont forget the toilet paper for afterwards....then you have the full emergency kit...lol

Well Just cleaned and ran both elements seperately ..... Not so keen on running 2 elements off 1x double point ,,, even 1 was warm.... how do you guys do it ? im thinking until next fortnight i'll be using two extension chords off two different power points,,,,Can you please PM to keep it clean :handgestures-thumbupleft:

putting in a double 15A GPO but that wont be for a fortnight

Woah woah woah

Are you talking about 2x 2400 W elements off of one double powerpoint??

I'm not sure what you're doing...a double powerpoint will be on the one circuit, rated only for 10A (2400W)...even so the wiring would be protected by a 16A breaker and would trip, so would like to just clarify what you were doing mate :think: