Parallel heater

[Clem3]

I am new to this and just bought a new smoky lake pan. I would like to make a parallel heater for it. I plan on making a hood and mounting the parallel heater in the hood. If I mount the heater with a 6 inch slope will that be enough to keep cond. from dropping in my pan? I plan to have a drain on the bottom part of the header to catch the condensation, or do I have to have a pan the same size as the parallel heater to catch the condensation?

[wiam]

Drip pans are usually a little bigger than the preheater.

[Ghs57]

Check the homemade equipment forum. That's where I found the information I needed to build mine. Most of the posts have pictures too.

You can use a length of 1/16 aluminum angle under each pipe, which drains to the low end and into your drip channel. Check some pictures and you'll get the idea.

[Pibster]

http://mapletrader.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=13918&stc=1
I did something like this with aluminium drip trays.

[unc23win]

http://mapletrader.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=13918&stc=1
I did something like this with aluminium drip trays.

Do you have plans for that? More pictures?

[Pibster]

http://mapletrader.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=13956&stc=1
Sorry, no plans. All I did was build a 3/4" manifold at each end using 3/4x3/4x1/2 copper tees and connect them together with 1/2" copper pipe. I made sure the pipe was sloped up towards the exit and added a vent to the top to release the steam. The drip trays are simply pieces of aluminium flashing bent into a V-shape with one under each pipe. You can also go with one large drip pan instead of the individual drip trays.