Had an interesting couple of experiences today.
My second run at stilling and it had the potential to go all kinds of wrong!
First off I am using an old very basic still ....
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Notice that it doesn't have any kind of seal around the boiler lid!
I decided to pack the bottom section (below marble) with SS scrubbers to see what difference it made compared to my first run! Well it did make a difference ... As soon as my wash came to boil the lid started bouncing around and the wash was boiling over .... I stopped it immediately.
Once cooled I removed 2/3 of the scrubbers and started the run again.
This time it started really well with the fores coming out super quick. Then the heads all coming out at about 4min per 50ml at 85% ... Much better than without the packing.
As my run continued it still seemed to be doing great until I noticed it start to slow. I fiddled with the water cooling and messed around for about 20 mins trying to work out what was going wrong. Then I noticed the very faint bubbling of liquid around the rim of my boiler lid again. That's when I also noticed it was warm and a bit whiffy in the laundry! I opened the door and wafted like mad at the same time as unplugging my boiler.
I'm pretty sure this was dangerous. Even if it wasn't I gave myself a good scare and I was sat watching the thing the whole time!
No more scrubbers for me ... I really need to save like mad and buy a proper rig from FSD!
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