BlueberryHill
01-20-2016, 08:01 AM
We are working on a steam hood. It's coming along nicely so far. It's 2x4 to cover my raised flue pan. I had a spare 4 foot section of 10" SS stack so we are using that for the vent. It will vent up to about 2 feet below my cupola. I was going to try it out like that and then extended it all the way up if needed. Also thinking about a damper but not sure if I should bother or not. Interested in what you guys think I should do.
More importantly, my biggest question is on the preheater. I have a bunch of 1/2" copper pipe and fittings and I was searching around the site looking at pics to see how I should construct it. But I could not find any good pics that show me exactly how people typically get the pipes through the hood. I want to be able to raise the hood without messing around with a bunch of fittings if possible. Can anyone tell me how theirs is set up? Or can someone post some pictures of how you have your preheater plumbed?
-I know I need to have a drip tray or drip channels under the preheater.
-It looks like the incoming sap goes to the lower manifold and then the sap moves uphill to the output manifold that feeds the float box? And it also looks like a vent needs to be installed between the output manifold and the float box? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have never seen one of these in person and I don't want to mess it up and have to redo it. Please let me know if there is anything else crucial that I am missing.
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More importantly, my biggest question is on the preheater. I have a bunch of 1/2" copper pipe and fittings and I was searching around the site looking at pics to see how I should construct it. But I could not find any good pics that show me exactly how people typically get the pipes through the hood. I want to be able to raise the hood without messing around with a bunch of fittings if possible. Can anyone tell me how theirs is set up? Or can someone post some pictures of how you have your preheater plumbed?
-I know I need to have a drip tray or drip channels under the preheater.
-It looks like the incoming sap goes to the lower manifold and then the sap moves uphill to the output manifold that feeds the float box? And it also looks like a vent needs to be installed between the output manifold and the float box? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have never seen one of these in person and I don't want to mess it up and have to redo it. Please let me know if there is anything else crucial that I am missing.
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