Sap filtering

[Andy_C]

I have a quick question for filtering sap. We have 3/16 tubing feeding into 55 gallon drums, and we collect into a container in the back of my truck. We use a utility pump with a new garden hose., then use the same system to pump from truck into storage.

I saw one of these filters the other day and I'm wondering if they would work for filtering sap, or if they would filter out too much. They are 100 micron filters. Thoughts?

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[Diesel Pro]

What you are showing there is likely an activated carbon filter which is not compatible with sap.

We collect in pails and pour into tanks through a large funnel with a nylon screen. This gets out the bark, bugs, pine needles etc. Brew supply houses have these. the screen pops out easily and the whole thing rinses with ease.

Otherwise you could do like we do with an RO system. A large 10" long filter with a whole house water filter of whatever micron you prefer. It depends how much volume and how fast you need to flow, and how much trash is in your sap.

[Andy_C]

Yeah I didn't think it would work but figured I would ask. Sap has been fairly clean so far, guess the bugs haven't woken up yet here in central Vermont.


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[Michael Greer]

Check out the McMaster-Carr catalogue. I'm filtering sap through what they have listed as a "five gallon pail tie-on filter bag" and they're great. They DO NOT impede flow, and are easy to shake out and rinse clean.

[grondon81]

What micron rating do you use?
I saw anywhere from 100-800 microns.

[MISugarDaddy]

Before we went to tubing, we used to use a milk strainer we got on eBay. You can get filters for those easily because people still use them for straining goat milk. It worked great.
Gary

[Diesel Pro]

I would think that sap should flow well through a syrup filter bag quite well which is something many already have.

[northwoods_forestry]

No need to go too crazy filtering sap. Just need to get the bugs and any grit out. Save the fine filtering for the syrup.

I'd be more concerned about that garden hose you are using to transfer sap. That hose can introduce nasty chemicals that no amount of filtering will ever remove.

[Daveg]

I use a syrup filter in my gathering funnel to filter sap. The pre-filters in my homemade RO last longer that way. I also loosely wrap a syrup filter around the 3/8 intake hose of the RO for the same reason. Keeping dead flies, dead moths, saturated sticks and bark out of the mix makes for a better end product.

[VTmaplehobby]

Daveg, what do you use for a pre-filter in your R.O.? That is along the lines of what we are looking for vs. using sap filter bags every transfer.

[Daveg]

I use an everyday whole house filter.

[Andy_C]

That whole house filter is basically the same as the one I posted, except that the one in my picture is for RVs and connects to a garden hose. That works pretty well for you ? I'm thinking it would just be easier to keep using a sap filter, I just saw the RV filter and got smacked by the good idea fairy.


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[markct]

My sap gets filtered thru a milk line sock filter as I pump it from the truck to the main 1650 gal storage tank. They are cheap and work well and easy to clamp over the end of the pipe with a hose clamp.