Another Pelican Build with a twist

[Mcatac]

The condenser is 700mm long 15mm from Bunnings. The tees are 15×15×25 also from Bunnings. I was going to use some sort of tap fittings to connect the hoses but decided against it mainly to keep the weight down. The lower (water intake) is 6mm s/s pipe that we use for instrument airline. The top was 10mm (9.5mm OD I think) which fits the existing T500 hose well.
I couldn't find any reducers for smaller than 1/2 inch(12mm) so I reduced from 15-10mm by packing the joint with a couple of wraps of copper wire. This stops the solder just falling through the gap and makes a solid joint. On the water intake I reduced from 10mm to 6mm doing the same. I took a couple of photos and was going to post this process in the tips and tricks section. Hope this helps

[WTDist]

cheers. ill look into that metiod too. i heaps of scrap bits of copper ive kept just in case i needed to do this

[bluc]

Do you make rum with yours? How many litres wash do you put in to be safe from puking/foaming ? I ordered my boiler last Friday and hope to build my pot built this week sometime :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[WTDist]

If it is a T500 boiler then 25l will be the fill line. There is a max line inside indented into the boiler o show you the max limit. I have gone over this many times but i wouldnt go to far over or it will puke into the column

[bluc]

Thanks :handgestures-thumbupleft: bit luck my boiled should arrive tomorrow

[benpandaae86]

As a rule u want to leave 1/3(boiler size) of head room with rum to stop puking

[Mcatac]

Just doing my first proper stripping run. Getting 3.5lt /hr of low vines off a t500 2000w element

[bluc]

Cool sounds good. I got some progress done on mine just gotta wait on an email from mac for some stuff I need will be slightly different to the pelican you built as I couldn't make the 45 degree condenser angle work for me in my work space. Nice job cheers :handgestures-thumbupleft: