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Good luck on the membrane warranty. I tried last year when mine were passing sugar and was told that running at 300 psi was too high. Told him almost every producer's running there's at 400+ psi...didn't matter.
Pull the membrane's out and make sure they were installed correctly, the brine seal's facing the right way, and there's no rips/torn/rolled o-rings.
That's great to hear about them taking care of you like that, and I can't believe you were passing that much sugar.
I'm glad to hear that you've got the sugar passing problem fixed. It is nice when somebody stands behind their product.
I have an XLE membrane in my RO and I have been hammering it this year. I run it at 400psi and concentrate in the 12% to 18% range with no sugar passing. I baought a new NF270 and have that waiting in the wings for when we get big enough sap runs to need to change it out. So far the XLE is handling the sap volume and pressure.
Bruce if your going to be around Thursday afternoon around 6 me and the wife would like to stop by and check out your place and the new RO. Keith
Here where the wind is always north-north-east
And children learn to walk on frozen toes,
Wonder begets an envy of all those
Who boil elsewhere with such a lyric yeast
Of love that you will hear them at a feast
Where demons would appeal for some repose,
Still clamoring where the chalice overflows
And crying wildest who have drunk the least.
Passion is here a soilure of the wits,
We're told, and Love a cross for them to bear;
Joy shivers in the corner where she knits
And Conscience always has the rocking-chair,
Cheerful as when she tortured into fits
The first cat that was ever killed by Care.
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Ha Ha Ha! Surprised you didn't spit your coffee all over your key board. I'm a pretty happy camper this morning. This new Bubblemaster 1.0 is fun to play with if nothing else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hop Kiln Road
PS, I don't have a snow blower!
They may be the same, but find me a single woods where I can set up and get 2.4% average sap for the season. It takes time to set up/take down every year in multiple spots, then there's the time it takes to collect from those different spots to get the sweet stuff. I'll stick with the woods trees and thin/fertilize them so I can get that average up from say 1.6% to 1.8-2.0%. Also, we're at 21gpt now, we should finish much higher than that if it ever warms up.
It's going to start warming up this weekend. If it doesn't warm up too much we could see good runs well into April. I think you will make your goal and then some. I only need to make 68 gallons of syrup to meet my goal of .25gpt.Quote:
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This weekend was no exception. The grade B was flying off the shelf. Had more requests for that than any other grade. Had to can more up 3 times over the weekend. Made a good dent in what I made earlier in the season. Had one customer that asked "It's too early to be making grade B isn't it?" My son told him that we make what the trees give us. He then asked if we have an RO to which my son replied "yes". The guy says "thats cheating isn't it" and got in his truck and left. I'm glad he didn't get a free sample of the ice cream and syrup.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hop Kiln Road
I don't know about down there in the tropics but up here we got into the upper 20's overnight. Not much of a freeze but it usually don't take much here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hop Kiln Road