shut off valve

[rayi]

Is there supposed to be a shut off valve between the flu pan and the syrup pan? If not how do you take off the front pan to clean without emptying the whole evaporator

[psparr]

If you dont have a valve, then possibly a plug to fit?

[rayi]

No plug either. Anyway you would have to plug from inside the flu pan. How could you do that when the hood is setting on the pan

[Sugarmaker]

I have seen some with shut off valves. My neighbor Keith had custom pans built and has a ball valve to shut off flow from the rear. My old rig does not have a shut off in the rear pan. It has flow control 'plugs' in the front pan. So we drain everything if the front pan has to come off. Have some 5 gallon clean food grade buckets handy.
Regards,
Chris

[rayi]

Seems like a lot of 5 gallon buckets