Bubblemaster 1.0!

[OGDENS SUGAR BUSH]

Russ do you set the air bubbler before the boil starts and how vigorous is the air moving the sap

[Russell Lampron]

Russ do you set the air bubbler before the boil starts and how vigorous is the air moving the sap

I set the bubble rate before I lit the evaporator and had it set to bubble pretty hard. After the evaporator came up to temp I tweeked it so that the sap would stay in the flue pan and so that the float wasn't influenced by it. When I get it set I don't need to touch it again for the rest of the season.

[802maple]

Good to see this thread still bubbling along.

[Russell Lampron]

Good to see this thread still bubbling along.

Yeah it pops up once in a while. I may be helping another member here build a bubblemaster this spring. He was really impressed with my golden syrup and wants to make some too.

[johnallin]

This would be a great summer project.
Russ, do you have drawings you're willing to share ?

[Russell Lampron]

This would be a great summer project.
Russ, do you have drawings you're willing to share ?

Unfortunately I didn't make any drawings. I looked at the one that Bascom's has in an evaporator in the showroom and I looked at a homemade one that my friend in Buxton, ME built. There are some good pics in this thread to give you an idea of what the finished product should look like. There's a pic by Old Man Maple that shows the one that he built for his flue pan on page 6 that pretty much explains it. I couldn't solder the pipes to the bottom of mine like he did because of the way that my Algier flue pan is made. I wouldn't be able to get it into the pan if I did.

[Windy Acres]

Thank you guys for all the great information on here, I added a bubbler to our 2x8, now just a bath for the evaporator and we should be back at it this afternoon! This syrup is about the lightest we could make before, we will see how it does now8360.jpg8359.jpg20180129_180949.jpg

[Russell Lampron]

Thank you guys for all the great information on here, I added a bubbler to our 2x8, now just a bath for the evaporator and we should be back at it this afternoon! This syrup is about the lightest we could make before, we will see how it does nowAttachment 17592Attachment 17593Attachment 17594

Nice looking bubbler. That should help you get lighter syrup, I didn't make anything darker than Amber last season. It will help your evaporation rate too, my 2x6 really comes to life when I turn on the Bubblemaster.

[Windy Acres]

Do you think the high pressure blower I use for auf/aof would provide enough air for the bubbler?

[Russell Lampron]

Do you think the high pressure blower I use for auf/aof would provide enough air for the bubbler?

A high pressure blower will but a run of the mill squirrel cage blower for a furnace won't. There has to be enough pressure to force the air through the tubes and up through the sap.