I lost 5 lbs one week because I burned my mouth and lips so bad trying to get the siphon going again before I burned the finishing pan. I did get some great prescription drugs for the pain that made days disappear! I don't miss that siphon...
I lost 5 lbs one week because I burned my mouth and lips so bad trying to get the siphon going again before I burned the finishing pan. I did get some great prescription drugs for the pain that made days disappear! I don't miss that siphon...
5,000 Taps on vacuum
9,400 gallons storage
3 tower CDL RO
3.5'x14' Lapierre Force 5
10" CDL Wesfab Filter Press
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My understanding was the cover on the bottom was so that you could open the petcock on top, dunk the tube in a bucket of sap/water, close the petcock and it would then keep sap/water from running out when it was moved back to the pans.Originally Posted by Pibster
Realize that I have never used one and this was from a guy that tried to sell me this style pan.
William
950 taps
3 X 12 Thor pans on a Brian Arch
CDL 600 expandable
This is why you need cups.
2'x4' Smoky Lake Hybrid Pan, Copper parallel flow preheater & hood, 23'x12' Sugar Shack, 170 taps, One chocolate lab to help collect sap, Brookfield, Nova Scotia
I'm definitely interested in this idea, but have a couple of questions:
Has anyone tried using two 90 deg elbows to form an upturned 'U' instead of a cup? Seems like it should work the same and is easier to solder.
Also, do you let it rest on the bottom of the pans? I am wondering if it makes more sense to keep it suspended so the sap in the cup doesn't boil and break the syphon.
In order for the syphon to work, the end of both legs need to be submerged or at least one of the legs. The elbows on the ends of the syphon would probably work, but as soon as the sap dropped below the elbow which I would guess to be 1.5 inches the syphon would quit.
I think if one leg is not submerged air would get in and stop the siphon.
William
950 taps
3 X 12 Thor pans on a Brian Arch
CDL 600 expandable
Good point about the elbow height. I suppose the upturned elbow could be cut down but by the time you do that the soldering of an end cap starts to look good.
2011 - 4 Taps and a kitchen stove
2012 - ~30 Taps and 4 steam table pans over block arch
2013 - ?
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This is an example of one from back in the day from the Ontario Maple Syrup Museum in St Jacobs Ontario.
160 + taps into 5 gal. buckets Adding some gravity lines for 2011
Homemade 2.5 x 6, Propane finisher/ bottler
10 x 14 shack (it's a tight fit)
Family Farmed Since 1803
I hope we didn't throw ours out - it was even older than that one! We used it until 2009.
5,000 Taps on vacuum
9,400 gallons storage
3 tower CDL RO
3.5'x14' Lapierre Force 5
10" CDL Wesfab Filter Press
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www.ennismaple.com
This is such an interesting idea. Thanks to those who've left pictures and instructions. Before I attempt making some, does anyone know if ready made siphons like the old ones are still available? And if so, where can we get them?
“A sap-run is the sweet good-bye of winter. It is the fruit of the equal marriage of the sun and frost.”~John Burroughs, "Signs and Seasons", 1886
backyard mapler since 2006 using anything to get the job done from wood stove to camp stove to even crockpots.
2012- moved up to a 2 pan block arch
2013- plan to add another hotel pan and shoot for 5-6 gallons
Thinking small is best for me so probably won't get any bigger.
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