TerryEspo
01-29-2015, 07:28 PM
Each day a new thought hits me and today this is it.
I am asking if the end of a gravity line can enter the 55 gallon barrel from the bottom spout ?
I have a few 55 gallon barrels for collection with a spigot at the bottom. Any size fitting can be installed on the spigot so any line I use can work.
Usually I have the end of the line empting into the top of the barrel but that cost me height = slope. If the sap can enter from the bottom I gain 35" drop. Each inch the sap fills I lose an inch drop, I get that.
Only once filled will the sap be at the height of where it usually starts from the end of the line.
Now the real question is,,,Will the sap fill the barrel from bottom up or will pressure or back pressure or something stop it ??
Understanding the barrel,s top will be lower than the line feeding the barrel. The bottom of the barrel will be really lower than the line feeding it.
I hope I make sense.
Thanks.
Terry
I am asking if the end of a gravity line can enter the 55 gallon barrel from the bottom spout ?
I have a few 55 gallon barrels for collection with a spigot at the bottom. Any size fitting can be installed on the spigot so any line I use can work.
Usually I have the end of the line empting into the top of the barrel but that cost me height = slope. If the sap can enter from the bottom I gain 35" drop. Each inch the sap fills I lose an inch drop, I get that.
Only once filled will the sap be at the height of where it usually starts from the end of the line.
Now the real question is,,,Will the sap fill the barrel from bottom up or will pressure or back pressure or something stop it ??
Understanding the barrel,s top will be lower than the line feeding the barrel. The bottom of the barrel will be really lower than the line feeding it.
I hope I make sense.
Thanks.
Terry