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Well, with all of the discussions in the media about the crazy things that happen during an eclipse, I figured I'd add one sugaring related. Some may know of my website http://howsitrunning.com where...

I have data for the last two years https://howsitrunning.com/

Birch sap has started to flow in Northern Vermont. For anyone interested in birch syrup, I've added a real-time birch sap flow monitor to my maple sugaring website. Here's a sample, showing the...

Here's data for the entire 2022 season, it may be difficult to see. Last year was the first year for the website and i didn't tap-in until Feb 22. This year I tapped-in the site on Feb 14. The hope...

Here are a couple examples from last year [1-tap gravity]

In the first plot you can see day 2 of the flow [Mar 18] is much less than the previous day without a good freeze. After several days with...

Yes, the gauges show temperature and pressure, I got them on amazon.

The three gauges on the right measure the flow rate of the recirc, permeate, and concentrate.

Wow, this site is getting interesting...I wrote a reply to this topic and within that time my login timed-out and I lost the entire post, it was maybe 15 minutes. So here goes again...

The two...

I've finally completed my first RO build, and I certainly couldn't have done it without all of the help available on this forum and on youTube, so thank you! Special thanks goes to Roseum Maple for...

With such a small number of taps, I would think your RO time and boil time will be greatly reduced compared to the majority, so the time for the bacteria to work will be relative short. I'm a small...

Just when I think i understand recirculation and recovery rate, I get further confused, lol. This is a great example which makes sense to me. 12 gph through the pump, 8 gph new sap plus 4 gph recirc,...

I'm currently building a 3x400 GPD system and plan on testing it without filters and membranes and just running pressurized water throughout the system using the various control valves to check all...

As another reference point, 0.8 gpt from yesterdays run in West Charleston. Ended the season today, except for birch...

Thanks for all of the comments, I guess it makes sense to just use low pressure circulation, so that's what I'll do. I was wondering how to set the re-circ rate, so i guess in the previous example,...

Thanks for the replies. It seems like the recirc pump is good for the membranes and i would guess increase life and/or reliability of them, and since they are the most expensive part of the system,...

I wouldn't belong on this forum if I wasn't already thinking about next year, so I'm thinking about building a small volume RO based on the nano design, but not the small footprint.

I help my...

Last week it took temps around 60 to get anything out of the trees, but that warm up got rid of most of the snow and started thawing the ground. After that, we are getting good runs in the 30's and...

Since the trees are taking a few days off, it gives me time to look at the data from the last run during the heat wave. I put a reference line at an interesting point. The flow shot right up to 0.6...

Thanks for the feedback! I'm not selling anything, that's why there isn't any pricing, lol. I'm just putting the data out there for anyone interested. Since the sap isn't flowing, there isn't any...

Hi All...I wanted to share my website, https://howsitrunning.com now that I'm tapped in. It will show the flow rate 24-7 over the entire season. There is a lot of content showing the impact of...

My trees are combined with my neighbor's who has a much larger operation, so I only help with gathering 300 buckets, or so. At the end of last year, I was thinking of other things I could do since...