Here we go, this is how I used to run the Dragon Slayer as pictured below with the 8" inline thumper attached.
I'll just talk about rum as that's what I always used it for, and my run strategy, this is certainly not the only way you could use this piece of apparatus.
OK so we're up to temp at full power (1 x 2400w & 1 x 3600w element @ 6000w) with all plates loaded and running back to the thumper I would power down (don't remember exact setting) on my controller to about 2 or 3 drips per second so I was bleeding fores & heads slowly keeping the still in around 99% reflux. I'd do this until the thumper was fully charged and by that time all fores would be collected & discarded.
Heads collection is now where I'd ramp up power to a quick drip which you could say was a almost a broken stream leaving the parrot, obviously still being refluxing a lot more than what's being taken off the still with fractions stacking quicker than take off while compressing the heads cut, once I thought the heads cut was getting close I'd throw her back into full reflux for a few minutes by backing off a little on power input to allow the rig to compress any heads that might left.
This is where the fun starts :dance:
Now remembering that your boiler temp is naturally increasing due to depletion of alcohol, and no alcohol has re entered the boiler with the thumper really cranking full of good stuff, so there's no need to touch the controller just yet as and no I'm not controlling boiler temps, I'm controlling power input so dont get thinking otherwise please.
Make sure you have all your cut jars handy, you've been for a leak & are free of distraction at this point.
Close the coolant to RC and let her rip keeping the 1st jar aside marked no.1 and just keep changing jars as required until you see your 1st plate above the thumper showing signs of tails approach and throw back into full reflux restacking, compressing the tails even further until the plate sight glass above the thumper clears from fog & the bubbles look frothy again & close the RC and let her rip...... you're getting near the end now, a couple more jars and it's time to strip the tails right down to about 10% to get the rum oils which is what I'd charge the thumper with on each consecutive run.
ABV of your hearts will be in the 92% to 88% area, the heads and tails are so compress the heads are just window cleaner, keep tails as above & your hearts cut is massive :dance:
The rest is pretty much standard practice and discussed in detail enough for people to air, sample & make cuts so not much point repeating myself there, only to say that from a 80L boiler charge I'd end up with about 6.5L of keeper hearts & about 1.5L of some of feints.
So there you go, not difficult at all..... you just need to take into account the ABV of your boiler charge and build your thumper allowing for a litre or two extra.
Hope it makes sense & brings to light some answers in the other discussion going on inline thumpers, but please remember I was doing this a few years ago and cant really give exact details on some things, but I'll try my best to answer any questions if I've not been clear enough.
So go on get building & thumping, and most of all enjoy!
Over to you lot :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Cheers.