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    It can be shipped. Just has to be in an approved...

    It can be shipped. Just has to be in an approved tamper proof package and Probley another 100 requirements. It’s a white powder. So usually draws attention when being shipped. That’s what I was told...
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    I buy mine bulk at a health food store. And...

    I buy mine bulk at a health food store.
    And have bought it at bulk barn before as well.
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    It’s Probley a leaky joint or a small crack in...

    It’s Probley a leaky joint or a small crack in the housing.
    I had a small leak in mine where the pipe goes into the releaser. It would produce little tiny bubbles around where the leak was. I had...
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    Soft starter for electric motor

    I run one of my vacuum pumps off a 4000 watt inverter generator.
    Lasts 10 hours running the 1hp electric motor on the vacuum pump.
    But the kicker is I have to have my big 8000 watt generator done...
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    I turned my pumps on at 12:30 today and sap was...

    I turned my pumps on at 12:30 today and sap was comming in good. Sun is strong today.
    Usually wait around for the first couple releaser dumps after a good freeze up. Sometimes there is a surge of...
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    Couple other factors that effect boil other then...

    Couple other factors that effect boil other then the things mentioned.
    Cleaning the underside of your syrup pans in the off-season. I used to do the flue pan too but can’t do that anymore. So I...
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    All those things are great improvements and will...

    All those things are great improvements and will help with your boil.
    Does your evaporator have forced draft ?

    This is my first year with our new 2.5 x 10 Venturi and after 3 boils I installed...
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    The nitre is very fine this year. I drained my...

    The nitre is very fine this year.
    I drained my front pans today expecting to have to let them soak a day or two to get the nitre off. But it just hosed right out.
    Just a fine silt on the bottom....
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    I always tell my wife there are worse things I...

    I always tell my wife there are worse things I could be addicted to.
  10. Of course you can add it. As long as it’s good...

    Of course you can add it.
    As long as it’s good syrup and there are no off flavours in last years batch.
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    Cleaning underside of raised flue pan

    This is my first year with my new wood fired CDL Venturi evaporator.
    Just wondering what is the process of cleaning the underside of the back pan.
    In years past with our smaller evaporator we...
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    Couple things can go wrong with the way you are...

    Couple things can go wrong with the way you are doing it.

    #1 - I assume it’s a steam bottler with the water tray under the bottling tank.
    Not a good idea to have it up to temp and them filter...
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    I have had my RO set up 3 different ways with 4”...

    I have had my RO set up 3 different ways with 4” membranes.
    1 single 4” , 2 x 4” in series , 4 x 4” in series/parallel
    The maximum I was able to get sap concentrated to before the flows slowed...
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    Mine has no hole at all. The pump head sits...

    Mine has no hole at all.
    The pump head sits horizontal and has a clear braided tubing from pump to pump outlet with a sanitary Tri clamp fitting holding it together. No hole at all.
    I would...
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    Does it have the pump inside the releaser ?

    Does it have the pump inside the releaser ?
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    I have 8 of those that came with my evaporator. I...

    I have 8 of those that came with my evaporator. I will Probley never use them. Every port on the evaporator has a valve. So only time I would ever use one is if I had to take the valve off or the...
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    CDL electric releaser issues

    This year I installed a CDL horizontal electric releaser in a remote pump house in our new bush.
    Is only about 18” high and basically sits right on the ground. It’s got a submersable well pump head...
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    Finished tapping yesterday. Spent hours today...

    Finished tapping yesterday. Spent hours today chasing down leaks and more deer chews. Problems with an electric releaser. Etc.
    This is the first time I’ve ever ran my vac pumps all day and all...
  19. Are you making lighter syrup than you once did ? ...

    Are you making lighter syrup than you once did ?
    Generally
    Golden is the least mapley but still mapley
    Amber is a little more mapley ( generally what’s sold in stores and what most producers...
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    I’m sure MES would sell you one. ...

    I’m sure MES would sell you one.
    https://www.mapleexperts.com/
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    Syrup pan sight glass

    My new CDL Venturi has a pan level sight glass on both the flu pan and the front syrup pan.
    The sight glass on the flu pan has a 3 way valve that lets me drain just the sight glass without draining...
  22. Keeping it cold is your best bet. Never add...

    Keeping it cold is your best bet.
    Never add anything to your sap. Whatever is in your sap only gets condensed as you boil it. Take a big whiff of just a spoonful of sodium metabisulphate and water...
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    I have never had any success using a TDS meter...

    I have never had any success using a TDS meter for checking sugar passage into permeate.
    I check it on occasion with a sap hydrometer. And if I’m really under the impression I’m passing sugar I...
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    Do you keep your RO indoors in a heated area when...

    Do you keep your RO indoors in a heated area when not in use ?
    There is always decreased performance with the RO as you go down in temperature. It’s based on sap temperature in the membranes not...
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    It’s been a long time since we have been able to...

    It’s been a long time since we have been able to attach pictures to posts.
    The only way that it can be done now is if you have a separate host for you pictures like photo bucket. You attach the url...
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