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I had to work this morning but wasted no time getting to the sugaring stuff when I got home. I got my releaser hooked up, turned on the vacuum pump and started tapping. I got 300 taps in before I ran out of daylight and got to see that the repairs that I made to my releaser worked. If you have a sticky Bernard single can releaser I know how to fix it. The sap was starting to run pretty good late in the afternoon and I had enough to cover the bottom of my 550 gallon tank.
Hi Russ,
Your usually about a week ahead of us over this way.
Planning on tapping ours next weekend.
Never got above 31 here today.
Best to you for the season coming up.
Dave
Good luck to you too Dave. I don't think the sap is really going to start running much until later in the week. It looks like temps in the 40's on Thursday and Friday with mid 30's Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. I am hoping for enough to boil this coming weekend.
Russ,
That would be nice wouldn't it, have a small amount to work the bugs out before the BIGGGGGG SSSSAAAAPPPPPPP hits!!
Tapping is all we have left to do, we're ready!!!!!
So bring it on!!!
Dave
Russ- BIGGGG SAPPPPP!!!! Good luck this week buddy. Hope you get a ton. Theron
Russ, Do you think I should tap this weekend or wait until next weekend?
I finally got electric into the sugar house and everything's working except for the pump. I'm wondering if I may have wired it wrong. I removed the extension chord and wired it direct to the switch. I should have the feed tank connected tomorrow and running a test boil and getting things figured out.
As of to night we are all tap out for 2009 ! Wanted to Wait till next weekend, But Grand daughter Has a big sliding party. All my help will be there! So this was it, Done deal now !! Will use the remaining time before sap flow to finish up new main line in Sugar bush next door.
Jim L
Josh if you wired it for 220 like I had it you should have only needed to swap the wires color for color. Is your circuit wired properly? It looks like temps in the 40's Thursday and Friday that is why I decided to tap this weekend. My buckets are going to wait until next weekend if my grandson doesn't bug me too much about it today.
Jim glad to hear that you are all tapped in. I still have 135 on tubing that are going this morning and then it's on to leak patrol. The SP 22 that I got from Matt is working great. I adjusted the regulator to 22" and with 300+ taps in with leaks that still need to be fixed it's still pulling 21.5"
So far things are going smoothly here which isn't normal. I usually start the season with a million things to do and no time to get them done. I like having everything on my own property. I think that is the biggest reason that things are going so well this year.
I checked things out with the pump. The wiring in the motor looked fine. Took a voltmeter to the motor starter and found the current isn't getting across the starter. There's juice on the incoming side, but not the outgoing. Not sure why. Will have to do some more digging when I have time after work this week.
Josh,
I hope that it is something simple. I bought that motor new 4 years ago and never had a problem with it.