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In our process we use both the digital thermometer for reference and the hydrometer for finish. We find using the thermometer set point changes each day with the barometric pressure. If you use the...

Is it us, or does it seem that the sugar content is lower this year?
Switched to 100% UVO this year. Takes a little longer to to make product.
Has anyone out there seeing the same?

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We are using UVO. Is your Bio Fuel a mixture of something you made or is this a fuel you can purchase?. We pre heat the UVO to 300 deg by the time it mixes with the fuel oil and the air from the gun...

Bottled up over 75 gallons so far. Looks good for the next few days.
evaorator working great on UVO. Cant comletely run on UVO , but at 6.5 gallons per hour we are only using 1.5 gallons of fuel...

Is there any advantage or disadvantage to drop or raised flues?

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Well we fired up the evaporator with the UVO. Preheated the UVO to 224 with a tank heater and everything worked well. Drew off 5 gallons of product before running out of sap. Looks like today will...

Has anyone figured out how to ride the condensation running down the stacks back into the evaporator?
We have designed something, but there is always a better way.

We collect the oil, filter it before putting into a 250 gallon container. Over time the sediment will settle to the bottom of the tank. Our out flow line is 1 foot above the bottom of the tank. BTU...

Is there a rule of thumb on how many taps on 5/16 line? What size main line should be used with 250 taps?

Our metering is done basically by eye and the position of the ball value handle. We filter the UVO before with cheese cloth before we add it to our storage tanks. Pre heating the oil has presented...

We started last year and used a small water heater to preheat the UVO. we could only raise the temperature of the oil to 140 F. using our shut off valves as an indicator we were using 75% OIL and 25%...

Just joined and was wondering if any one out there has tried UVO?
We are just getting started and hope to use 80-90% UVO. We do about 100 gallons per year with 1000 taps. Would like to talk to...