Hot Sap

[toquin]

Is 200 deg.+ preheated sap to high, going into the 2nd pan? sugar sand is what Im wondering about.

[brookledge]

No it is not. If your preheater is working that good then don't touch anything. You are not going to see sugar sand build up until it gets into the syrup pan
Keith

[Treetapper]

What are you using for a preheater?

[toquin]

6x3 flat pan with homemade preheater. Hood and some copper tubing. I can control temp +,- 5 deg Had ALOT of sand in back pan this year, should I try to stay below 190 or am I going to get the sand anyway in the syrup pan? If you boiled it 10 times over 190 could you get sand 10 times?

[TimJ]

Would you mind posting pics of your preheater and hood and drip pan? I am trying to design and build one and I am pretty confident about everything except the drip pan - I have no idea what that should look like.

(I'd love to get 190 or 200 F input to my pans!)

Thanks