Sorry guys, long post here :techie-typing: needed a few questions answered as im nearing the end and need to get it right first time :-D
So Ive made up 4 slide in plates but haven't got the down-comers or bubble caps on yet. I was looking over Zacs Agrajag to get some info and saw where he mentioned a 20mm bath depth ring from
this part of his thread.
I was going to have them below but now i changed my mind after seeing this post, they were more stabilizers for me but now they are a bath depth thingy.
Im wondering how much liquid can fall through these gaps without the rings as i was going to have them below (hoping that rising vapor would minimize it), is it substantial?
My riser and downcomer are 1/2" and the single bubble cap is 1" with slots yet to be cut.
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My rings are made to fit in the top of the T500 column perfectly and when i say perfectly i mean tight as shit, need a hammer to tap them in gently. My problem is the T500 column isnt the same shape the whole way down and its not from me as ive always been careful with the T500, must have been warped from factory. Wankas.
Im thinking of sliding/tapping them in place (ill have spacers attached to keep them at about 150mm apart, but may change, open to suggestions :D ) and before i do this i was thinking of partially annealing the SS where they need to be situated and then once they are in maybe tapping the SS to close the gap up and then fit another (really tight) one of those clamps ive mentioned above for each plate to try minimize the gaps. They will be that tight than getting them out will most likely break them so they will be permanent so ill have to be on top of the cleaning ;-)
Does anyone think this is a good thing to do, anneal tap in and clamp tight?
My length of the side pipe now is going to be 17mm (size of my smallest piece) so im thinking about bath depths. Ive come up with 15mm, 2 mm shy of the 17 because i dont want it to steal too much power as im limited with that, or go down the side and not the downcomer leaving vapor rising through the downcomer
Does this sound right, keeping it 2mm under the side pipe or will this cause rising vapor on the side to increase?
A question for people running bath depths below 20mm. say 15mm. What ABV% do you get on a flavor run with 4 plates at 15mm? will i get close to 90% or less? Im not fussed on achieving 90% as it will be watered down to below 70% but i do want the separation of fractions to be at least decent without a power controller and not a crap product, ex. not like a single run pot run 8-}
Does anyone have any suggestions on slot size for my downcomers? im thinking hacksaw width of 1mm to 2mm and maybe 5mm high.
So to sum up...
*Does my anneal tap and clamp method sound plausible?
*Does a bath depth of 15mm, 2mm below the side pipe 17mm sound right or should it be the same (17mm) to try avoid rising vapor?
*Does anyone know what ABV 15/17mm bath depths can achieve? and being 2" would 15mm to 25mm even make a difference to ABV?
*Does a bubble plate slot of 1-2mm wide and 5mm high sound to much/little?
*And is 150mm spacing to much or little between plates? ...it is the max i can go and i actually would like to decreasing it a little
Sorry for the long post. Any help and advice is very appreciated
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WTD
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