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I made two of the siphons and they work great. As previously mentioned, if you put the cups under the ends of the copper pipe it will hold the siphon better. This makes it easy to start as well without having to suck on a hot pipe. Just submerge the whole thing then lift it upright and the sap stays in the pipe. I can email you a little video showing mine work. just give me your email address. There are a few threads on it.
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Originally Posted by optionguru
Thanks for the pics and video!
I now have a new Question :)
Do people angle the arch ever so slightly from back to front? To get gravity working for you...? I'm talking 1/4" over 6' arch.
Gravity is working for you regardless of whether your arch is level or not. Assuming you have the pans connected to each other (siphon or otherwise) they will all level out. For the average user, get it close to level and it's good enough. With restaurant trays - you want them full anyway to avoid burning on the sides so a "slope" doesn't help in any way. As sap evaporates at the front of your arch, gravity will push sap from behind to fill the void.
Only when you start to try to reduce the depth in the pans to the absolute minimum can it helpr. Some folks with a continuous flow arch will elevate the back slightly - that way they are running deeper in the syrup pan than the sap pan. Sap is safe at 1/2" over the flues, but syrup at 1/2" is twitchy at best.
Just get it as close to level as possible.
Thanks again to all the input! Really made design and build easier for me.
I have the entire thing done, bricked etc (with the exception of wheels and preheater output from 30qt pot). I hope to test boil any day, *nervous*
Will get some pictures up as soon as I can. Have not built the siphons, still debating that.
We just tapped yesterday :)
Pictures are all up in a gallery. Videos of the test boil and the first "official" boil are on OneDrive http://1drv.ms/1gA6psd
It all looks great. One thing that helped my preheater was wrapping another piece of stove pipe around the whole copper coil section. Seems to transfer more heat to the preheater pipe. I used the siphons for the first time during a real boil on Sunday and they saved a lot of hassle and the syrup came out great.
Have a great season.
I did 3 timed tests and was getting 12-14 GPH average! One sample I got 16GPH!!!
I don't know what you are "supposed" to get from a Oil Tank EVAP but !@#$!!!!
I would put 4 gallons in the preheater pot and 15-20min later... it would be gone! WHAT!?!?!?!?! Can you tell I am excited???
*CALM NOW* - question
When shutting down... how to you keep the coil from melting into a puddle of copper? If I stop the flow (that was just RO water to flush) it starts hissing and popping and knocking. Any ideas on that?