Why not just weigh the sap and convert to volume? Should be pretty darn accurate.
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Why not just weigh the sap and convert to volume? Should be pretty darn accurate.
Bias plays a huge part in any experiment. It is best to measure it with a meter. You can't lie to yourself that way. Unless, you want the numbers to turn out how you want them - instead of what they are.
Sorry, but I'm not catching your drift. Please explain.Quote:
Originally Posted by OneLegJohn
I bring all my sap into the sugarhouse on a truck. 325 gallon poly tank with several markings on it. I try to mark down all the sap gallons and the sugar content from a run. This season I gathered a little over 8000 gallons for our small to mid sized operation. Made 183.5 gallons of syrup I see the sugar drop a little below 2% in the last couple of runs. So it too about 45 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup. About 650 taps of my own and 40 or so from a friend after several weeks into the season. So made the quart per tap on short run tubing.
I like to keep the final records on a wood board that hangs in the sugarhouse.
Regards,
Chris
But how do you know your meter is accurate? The OP is talking about pretty small amounts of sap so a meter is likely overkill anyway....Quote:
Originally Posted by OneLegJohn
I put the sap into my pre-warming tray a quart at a time. I keep track of every quart that goes onto the evaporator.
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That's basically what I am doing, only with a 2l jar, usefully marked off in both metric and imperial. Been working fine! Just a little slow when I get a run of of 70l at a time...
I don't find it slow because I don't want to put more than that in the evaporator at a time anyway, or risk killing the boil. To know how much I'm gathering, I just eyeball it as I collect it. I usually am within a gallon or less of my estimate.