Thanks for all the responses! I agree with going to a single 8". But I have bought extra membranes each year just in case I needed them mid season in an emergency. So now I sit here with 5 brand new...
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Thanks for all the responses! I agree with going to a single 8". But I have bought extra membranes each year just in case I needed them mid season in an emergency. So now I sit here with 5 brand new...
I currently run a procon 660 with 3 4x40 membranes in series. Each membrane removes about .6 to .8 gpm of permeate. I have a ton of extra sap flow over the membranes. How many more membranes can I...
I need to add a vacuum booster right next to my sap releaser to help my system recover faster after a sap dump. I was thinking about using a sanke keg. I have extras laying around and would remove...
Thanks for all the ideas. We've been using a 7" press for 3 years and have just outgrown it. We will have 900 taps again on high vac this season. On a good day we pull in just over 2000 gallons of...
That's great to hear they like it. I'm in Minnesota and the few dealers around here are more geared towards very small hobby producers. None of them deal H2o. Can anyone tell me if there is an H2o...
Anyone on here have an H2o 10" filter press? Im considering upgrading to the H20 10" 6 frame press with 1/2" air diaphragm pump on stand. Listed on bascom website. But I can't find any reviews or...
Supplyhouse.com for the win! They had everything in stock I needed to make 2 moisture traps for a reasonable price.
Lol at the food grade racquet ball 😆. I should have worded my question better. My concern isnt with using food grade materials or not. Schedule 40 is rated for use with pressure. Dwv pvc is not...
Im in the process of building a homemade moisture trap for a gast vac pump. Following others here and doing a 3" pvc tube with a racket ball inside. Can I get away with using dwv pvc fittings? I'm...
Great Info! The pulley ratio calculator on that website is very helpful. My 79cc predator is ordered. I'll have to experiment with different pulleys. I want to run it lower rpm but not so low it...
The intake jar isn't necessary to filter debris particles from the air sucking into the pump?
Setting up my first vacuum setup and had some questions. I have an oil less gast 1550 I plan to run off a predator motor with a la pierre releaser.
1. What size motor? Id like to size pulleys to run...
I used 12.5 gauge high tensile wire. CDL blue HD 1" and 3/4" main tubing. This is my first install of this kind. Ive been tapping using all 3/16" until now. Heres what I did....
Marked...
Almost done tying my mainline up to the high tensile wire. When I started wire tying my tubing project it was 40-50°. Using Chinese finger trap tensioners on each end and with a ratchet on one end on...
Been putting up mainline wire with the j hooks. They hold very well! However I had one pull out. My fault, I had anchored it into a basswood. And I had way to much pulling on that one j hook. I'll...
Mount them perpendicular to the wire? I was told the wirebshould come straight off the hook and the more angled sideways the wire pulls the weaker it becomes. I have no clue never done mainline...
Really? I was under the impression that the more angle off to the side the wire pulls on an anchor, the weaker the anchor becomes. Your way (j hook perpindicular to the wire) does make it almost...
Thanks for the advice. I ordered new utility pole/ j hooks. The eyebolts I had purchased have what I would call a fine thread. Similar to what you would find at a hardware store. These j hooks look...
I ordered 7/16" x 5-1/4" long lag eyebolts for anchoring my mainline at top and bottom. I was under the impression the circle eye part was not factored into the total length. I was wrong😬. There's...
MapleCamp thats good to know. If i did the math right 1000feet of 1" pipe is 6 cu.ft. 2000 feet of 3/4" is 6.2 cu.ft. For a total of 12.2 cu ft of air to evacuate before getting vacuum. A single...
Installing a new section of woods with 1" mainline. Trees are spread out quite a bit requiring alot of 1" main with 3/4" branches. To get 300 taps online id have to use 1000 feet of 1" mainline plus...
Maple flats I agree im hoping to continue forward with somewhat consistant flavor/strength. Id be interested to hear how your long aged barrel turns out. Too strong or I wonder if it reaches a...
A 5 gallon whiskey barrel aged 3.5 months.
Also a 10 gallon bourbon barrel aged only 3.5 months. Oddly the 5 gallon whiskey barrel taste was about perfect, while the 10 gallon bourbon barrel was a...
I agree, de is cheap and very worth having sparkling clean syrup. I was worried it may negatively impact the flavor. I ended up using the press with de and bottled with no issues. Syrup took on a...
Will be bottling my first ever barrel aged syrup soon. Any tips or anything I need to do differently being it was aged? I plan to bring to 190 and run through filter press into bottler and bottle as...