Ready and Waiting

[Fred Henderson]

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This is the hood with 24 feet of pre-heater that I made for my new evaporator. For the pre-heater, I used 3/4 inch fin tube radiation pipe. I hope to get 80 gallons per hour evaporation rate. This is a 3 x 8 evaporator. Is 80 gallons too much to hope for?

[Fred Henderson]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y180/nanacoon/ReadyandWaitingforSAP0005.jpg
Another view of the hood.

[Flatfoot95]

VERY NICE!!!! I am jealous.

[Fred Henderson]

Its pretty now but a few down the road it may not be.

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

Fred,

Do you have an airtight or forced draft. Joe(mapleking) gets around 100 to as high as 120 gph with his 3x8 forcedraft woodsaver. :D

[brookledge]

Fred
I think you will be close to 80 GPH I would say no problem with a inferno or intenso fire arch. Even if you get 75 that is still good for a 3X8. You may find you get a little over 80 It won't be long before you can actually put it to the test.
It looks good anyways
Keith

[Fred Henderson]

I have neither air tight nor forced draft. I just want to tweak it to a little better than 60GPH.Plus make some good use of the steam that I am making. It is very new to me and I don't want to run it to death. I am retired and have lots of time on my hands.

[Sugarmaker]

Fred,
Very nice looking hood and evaporator! You should be at the 80 GPH mark. I get 80 to 90 GPH on our old King which is a 3 x 10. Are you going to have a damper in the steam pipe? I have heard many pros and cons on the damper in the stack.
Did yo put a thermometer in the output line from the preheater? I did not have one the first few years and then added one a couple of years ago. I like to see what the preheater is doing. We can get about 200 deg F on the sap exiting the preheater.
You should get 5-7 gallons of condensate per hour also.
Chris

[Fred Henderson]

No thermometer on in the preheater and I did put a damper in the steam stack. With my old rig I would hold a digital thermometer in the float box and I was getting 180drg. Holy cow 5-7 gals an hour. Free hot water.

[Jim Brown]

Nice Fred! REALLY NICE!
If she ran on LOOKS you should get 100gph!
Jim

[HanginAround]

Looks great Fred, thanks for the pics.

[Fred Henderson]

The wife took 10 pic's today and she did the uploading. I would have here do more but it just too hard and time comsuming.

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

LOOKS AWESOME, BET THE SMILE ON YOUR FACE IS EVEN BETTER! :D :D

[royalmaple]

Fred-

Sure looks Purdy. Is that patricks hood too?

[Fred Henderson]

No, that is not Patrick's hood. I designed the hood and had it bent and then I put is together.



Brandon, Afer I looked at the pic's I noticed the dust on it so I went back with some SS polish and cleaned and polished it. Then I smiled.

[ibby458]

Looks awesome, Fred!

[NH Maplemaker]

Fred, Looks great, you missed your calling :!: :!: You should be making hoods and preheaters for those of us who are not smart enough to do it our selfs :lol: Jim L.

[Fred Henderson]

I have to confess that I have have some sheet metal layout training/schooling. I am /was a card carring journeyman in the pipefitting field so I know a little in that field also.

[NH Maplemaker]

Fred, that explains why it came out so nice :!: Hope it works well for you :) Keep us posted on sap temps. With the cost of fuel I need to get my preheater done :oops: Should have been done a long time ago :evil: Jim L.

[Russell Lampron]

Fred,

That is a nice looking set up you have there. It should boil better than the rig you had before.

Russ

[The Sappy Steamer]

Real nice Fred! If my setup ever looks that nice I'll be carrying around pictures of it in my wallet where my money used to be. :)

[Fred Henderson]

Real nice Fred! If my setup ever looks that nice I'll be carrying around pictures of it in my wallet where my money used to be. :)


:D :D :D Money is only good to spend. I worked manys years to be able to retire and have fair income and I don't plan on leaving it to my kids.

[Maple Hill Sugarhouse]

Like Lynyrd Skynyrd sings in a song= Live for today,Cuz tomorrow may not be here for you. I live by that same theory for sure. That's what you worked for so you might as well enjoy it while your here.

[The Sappy Steamer]

You guys are both an inspiration and a bad influence. :)

[oneoldsap]

NICE JOB FRED