Distance between vacuum pump and releaser
I've got a sugarbush with 350+ taps, no electricity . We've tried running shurflo pumps etc off batteries, but they aren't big enough. Although when the sap wasn't running it was pulling 13"+.
I could try a bosworth, but diaphragms and tap numbers seem problematic.
I can run electric 600'+ from a relatives house.
I can use a generator.
Or I could put the vacuum pump at our barn and run pipe 1000'+ down to the releaser.
If I run a vacuum pipe 1000', how big does the pipe have to be?
I'm looking at a new gast 2565 1 1/2 hp and have secured a used Lapierre 4000 tap mechanical releaser.
Thoughts?