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    Quote Originally Posted by HHM-07 View Post
    When you make one of these bubblers is it ok if the pipe touches the pan on the sides of the flues??

    Thanks Dick
    Because of bends in the pipe that are impossible to make perfectly straight it is going to happen. Mine touch the sides of the pan and flues in places.
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    With a drop in the amount of sand on the bottom of the pan, do you notice more when filtering? Has filtering become more difficult?
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    Yes there is more sand but I haven't had a problem filtering it. The press papers need to be changed more often at the end of the season when there is more bacteria. I can usually get all of my syrup for the boiling session through the press without changing papers. I normally make 15 gallons at a time or less.
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    Filtering seems much higher easier than cleaning the pan! Having had the pan scorch from sand buildup before, I must try this! Thanks!
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    I am considering building a bubbler on a 5x10 max flu with the 11 inch deep flues. Any thoughts on what size blower to use? Or how to size the blower?
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    I'm not sure if there is a method to figure out what size blower that you would need but the ones on the factory made units aren't very big. I bought the smallest shop vac that they had at Lowes. I think that that would be big enough because I have to use a valve to control the air to my bubblers and they aren't opened very much. All you need is enough air volume to keep the tubes filled and enough pressure to push the air up through the sap.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lew View Post
    I am considering building a bubbler on a 5x10 max flu with the 11 inch deep flues. Any thoughts on what size blower to use? Or how to size the blower?
    Use a blower from a built in vacuum system that would be installed in a house. Be careful with a bubbler in deep flues, pump too much air down the deep flues you may get temporary hot spots that will cause expansion then contraction when the sap hits the hot spot. I have heard of welds cracking in deep flues with bubblers.

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    Great thread , I get the idea for the front pans, mine are cross flow and there are only 2 per pan so it will be a pretty simple build, what Im wondering about is my flue pan? Its a 6 ft flue with 7 inch flues , do I want the bubbler to run the full length of each flue? Thanks again for a great thread.
    2011 2x6 leader and 125 taps and 30 buckets
    2012 another 200 taps on line and an addition to the sugar house
    2013 hoping to hit 400 taps on line and 25 buckets and adding a sap Guzzler
    2014 Brand new D&G 3x10 traditional evaporator and going to 450
    2015 D&G 3x10 and kicking the door on 500 on line
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    Quote Originally Posted by lakeview maple View Post
    Great thread , I get the idea for the front pans, mine are cross flow and there are only 2 per pan so it will be a pretty simple build, what Im wondering about is my flue pan? Its a 6 ft flue with 7 inch flues , do I want the bubbler to run the full length of each flue? Thanks again for a great thread.
    Yes you want the bubbler to run the full length of each flue in the flue pan.
    Russ

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    Well I built and installed a bubbler in the flue and front pans , all plumbed in and ready and waiting for sap. Anything else I should look for, do I need to remove it when I stop boiling to keep the sweet from plugging the holes? It took awhile to drill all the holes in each pipe and keep them even at 1 inch apart and all facing the same direction, but Im really satisfied with the results of the build. Now I just want to see the results.
    2011 2x6 leader and 125 taps and 30 buckets
    2012 another 200 taps on line and an addition to the sugar house
    2013 hoping to hit 400 taps on line and 25 buckets and adding a sap Guzzler
    2014 Brand new D&G 3x10 traditional evaporator and going to 450
    2015 D&G 3x10 and kicking the door on 500 on line
    My wife Marci who puts up with me buying "Maple Stuff"
    1 65 yr old father inlaw who is priceless
    And the good Lord above Amen
    Lakeview Blueberries/Maple Syrup on Facebook

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