copper insert

[benpandaae86]

I made this up yesterday to go in the expansion part of my pot still its just some 5/8 & 3/4 copper pipe silver soldered in place offset from each other is this enough copper for the vapour to pass through and do the chemical reaction thing

[benpandaae86]

On its side

[Muppet]

Someone with better knowledge than me will chime in but thats definitely more copper surface area than a T500 has.

[MacStill]

yeah mate good idea, it'll certainly help rather than hinder..... and should create some turbulence, which is also a good thing.

nice one :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[benpandaae86]

Thanks i currently have ss scubbers in my expansion chamber should i loosely pack my new copper peice or just above and below it is a pot still and i dont want to much reflux generated

Cheers

[Muppet]

You won't get much reflux without a condenser dribbling liquid back through your packing, packing alone doesn't do much, maybe create a little turbulence but not much reflux.

[allnamestaken]

Hopefully you've used cadmium free silver solder. Recently I found out that the silver solder I've been using for years (not on stills) was 42% silver, and 24% cadmium. Now I've got some Cd free stuff.

Cheers

[benpandaae86]

Ok cool.yeah my silver solder is cad free i checked only 5 or 15% not sure now

[benpandaae86]

It needed a lil adjustment as i made it to 3" but i only have 2 3" reducers back to back so a lil love from the hammer and it fit real nice

[Muppet]

That there is how a boily fixes the problem :teasing-tease: if the little hammer doesn't work, get the big one :))

Edit, spelling

[benpandaae86]

I am a fitter but i shouldve been a boily

Any thats what ya call custom fit