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As the others mentioned most of have to start and stop. No issues.

Make sure you get a good evaporator with drop or raised flues if your starting with a decent amount of taps. We started with 250...

I just saw these wall heaters on Amazon if ~$80.

Any thoughts on using this in the small RO closet?

https://www.amazon.com/Amaze-Heater-Mounted-Electric-Reflector-400/dp/B00865JZXO

I just had a guy in Glenn Falls NY build me a 35-40gph unit. We are just a small operation so it should work perfect for us. It uses a 4inch x 40 inch membrane.

Thanks guys. I suppose using a small baseboard heater would work. I might try it this year with a heat lamp and then install a baseboard for next year.

My RO is going to reside in a 2.5ft x2.5ft x6ft insulated closet in the sugar house. It’s insulated with 2.5 inch foam and I used expansion foam to seal the edges & seams. The door also has...

Looks like we ended with 0.20 Finished gallon per tap. Hopefully do better next year.


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We got about 0.75GPT today. Have about 400 gallon to boil from today. Bottled another 10 gal tonight, then I discovered I was out of bottles. She is heading to CDL tomorrow for more bottles since...

I think i will have to get one of these Murphy cups next year.


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I pull from the evaporator into a 1gal ss jug and then pour into our filter tank 6 feet away. I guess thats not directly from the pan, but pretty close. I dont have any trouble yet..


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I agree. I wouldnt block off the grates at all. It ranges from 16-24 inch long. I only fill 2/3 high.


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Using a Orion filter, 4-5 prefilters and the filter optimizer from the guys in MA. The filter optimizer really does work well for us as we use a 7 gallon square filter/bottler. I put the propane...

Went to collect barrels this morning only to find someone stopped and turned all my 55 gallon barrels on their side. I guess I should have collected last night instead of spending time with the...

Very nice!


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Like maple flats I have heat tape on my lines between the head tank & evaporator. I will be putting a heat element in the bottom of my head tank fir next season. Just in case this happens again.

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I checked both areas tonight. Both are still sitting with frozen sap in the spouts. Boo. Need more sun!!


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It was -13F when I went out this morning. I have a funny feeling I wont see any sap flow today.


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I run my pans 1/4 inch above the opening between the float the rear pan.

I get a pretty solid boil across the pans. But if i put too much wood in my front pan boil slows down considerably. I...

I think I might need to recalibrate my thermometers. We were boiling water last night below 210. I calibrated them a few weeks back. I cant get my temps above 214 in my front pan. Elevation here is...

I just put the same 2 inch wide gasket material I put between the pan and the evaporator between the 2 pans. Seems to work ok.


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I have almost no ash/coals or anything after the past couple cords of wood. I fire every 7 min, my firebox only gets filled 2/3 full. I only put wood over the grates since my drop flues would...

Just pumped the barrels. Maybe 0.1 GPT today, kinda disappointed.


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Same in Wolcott. What was in the 55 gal barrels was frozen solid. Nothing new appeared. :-(

Set up heat trace cable on my 3/4 inch line from head tank (outside) to float tank to prevent it from...

Toomanyirons - get rested and recovered. Dont make it any worse. Pneumonia is no joke!


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With the freeze & snow we are getting right now better late then never.


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Can you guys with the Deer Run unit post some pictures? I am slightly intimidated by an RO, but I need one for next year. The local CDL dealer is having their open house end up April and it will be...