Blond bubbler preliminary design

[MacStill]

Yeah, I'd prefer leccy, just took a look a the fuse box and there's 2*15amp circuits for power in the house. If I can avoid peak times in the house this could just work.
Mac, how long do your runs take from element on to elements off? - 4" bubbler, 40ish litres of wash, 2*2400W elements for warm up and 1 for the run.

Roughly about 4 hours, but it doesnt bother me because I'm out in the shed anyway...... and what's the rush? you dont need to hurry up to put your product on oak for months 8-}

[blond.chap]

Roughly about 4 hours, but it doesnt bother me because I'm out in the shed anyway...... and what's the rush? you dont need to hurry up to put your product on oak for months 8-}

Ok, 4 hrs isn't too bad, I'll just run it when everyone's out of the house. I've got no rush to get it through the still, just that the family likes to be able to watch 4 TVs at once, while using the toaster, microwave, computer...etc.

Your rum recipe is turning me into an alcoholic by the way. 2 weeks on oak and it tastes like creamy, caramel licorice (better than that sounds).

[blond.chap]

Ok, first build day today, I know you guys hate pictures, but have some anyway:

Chopping 4" hole in keg (I feel like a mad dentist with this tool)

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Anyone else get a bit hard looking at this?:

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Start of the shottie:

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Spilt hydrochloric acid on my nice new triclamp... Fuuuuuck:

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[crow]

and it did that how concentrated was the acid :shock: , far out brussle sprout thats the sort of damage ya might expect hydrofluoric to do to SS

[blond.chap]

Just the standard hydrochloric you get in the hardware store, I hadn't been in the garage for over a week though so it had a while to corrode. Might have to go crying to Mac to ask for a new one for Christmas.

[bt1]

brass wire buff wheel for as long as you can stand it....then refinished with med grade SS wool...even a steelo from the sink is a start.

bt1

[blond.chap]

... the steel wool was in the same place as the clamp, it's now a pile of brown dust.

Cheers mate, I'll get on that after Christmas, by the way, MERRY CHRISTMAS