Bruce L
03-13-2013, 04:32 PM
What's year it has been,firstly we have been busy running dry lines,wet lines ,installing pumps etc.Went to start up the vacuum pump,generator wouldn't do it,brand new but not enough hp to start a 3 hp motor.Figured the motor was fried,so got a new motor from TSC,but turns out it is a dud and needs to be returned,as even the big tractor generator won't run it.Drove into town today,got two new capacitators for the original motor,started right up no problems,tried running it with the portable generator,fried the capacitator so installed the second one and ran it off the tractor generator.
For several days now we have been chasing leaks,21" at the pump,soon as you turn on the line it drops to 5" or even 0,so not enough vacuum to even find leaks.
Anyway,back to today,worked all day,got the vacuum up and running,got the lines connected to the old dairy pump jar,a coumatic De Laval,started up the generator,turned on the pump,got down to the jar,my son said wow Dad,we have 26" of vacuum!!!! Opened up the line to the bush,said now we will find the leaks,but the jar was splashing all over the place,tripped the probes and would not pump out,too high a vacuum I figure.I went. Back to the pump,looked like the building was on fire,exhaust from the pump was sort of white,blue,not sure if this is normal from anoil flood pump,but what else can go wrong.Tomorrow I am going to remove the jar,and put in a mechanical releases above the tank,maybe then we can get back to fixing lines and increasing sap volume with higher vacuum?
I said to my Wife tonight that I figured buckets would have been much simpler ,but we do not have the time or manpower for that,so here's hoping from tomorrow on it is much smoother sailing
Bruce
For several days now we have been chasing leaks,21" at the pump,soon as you turn on the line it drops to 5" or even 0,so not enough vacuum to even find leaks.
Anyway,back to today,worked all day,got the vacuum up and running,got the lines connected to the old dairy pump jar,a coumatic De Laval,started up the generator,turned on the pump,got down to the jar,my son said wow Dad,we have 26" of vacuum!!!! Opened up the line to the bush,said now we will find the leaks,but the jar was splashing all over the place,tripped the probes and would not pump out,too high a vacuum I figure.I went. Back to the pump,looked like the building was on fire,exhaust from the pump was sort of white,blue,not sure if this is normal from anoil flood pump,but what else can go wrong.Tomorrow I am going to remove the jar,and put in a mechanical releases above the tank,maybe then we can get back to fixing lines and increasing sap volume with higher vacuum?
I said to my Wife tonight that I figured buckets would have been much simpler ,but we do not have the time or manpower for that,so here's hoping from tomorrow on it is much smoother sailing
Bruce