I am hearing that smoke stack temp. Should be 700 and higher. I can only get mine just over 630. I've got a blower and burning a mix of hard and soft wood.
Smoke stack temp.
I am hearing that smoke stack temp. Should be 700 and higher. I can only get mine just over 630. I've got a blower and burning a mix of hard and soft wood.
Tell us more about your setup. Pan size.. blower size /configuration. Wood size. Fire rate stack diameter and height. Arch setup.
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2008 4 buckets
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2016 1300 vac tubing
18x24 sugar shack
2x6 Grimm Lightning w/preheater on natural gas
7" full bank press
CDL 600 RO
2000 Sonoma w/ 200gal tank
2003 Duramax w/ 500 gal tank
2 sap guzzling kids
very patient wife!
Same ol' addiction
Between 750-900 is ideal.....is your blower blowing too hard, cooling the fire?? Or perhaps your wood has some moisture to it. If your arch isn't air tight that could be an issue also.
18x30 sugarshack
5100 taps high vac
3x10 inferno with steampan
7'' wes fab filter press
10'' cdl air filter press
D&G 3 post reverse osmosis w/recirculation
Arch is air tight. The blower I have a switch to control the speed. It's a 2x4 hybrid. Wood is around wrist size. And should be dry. Sat undercover for a year.stack is 8 inch and 12 feet tall.
How often are you adding wood?
Stack damper?
2008 4 buckets
~
2016 1300 vac tubing
18x24 sugar shack
2x6 Grimm Lightning w/preheater on natural gas
7" full bank press
CDL 600 RO
2000 Sonoma w/ 200gal tank
2003 Duramax w/ 500 gal tank
2 sap guzzling kids
very patient wife!
Same ol' addiction
Are you using a probe type stack thermometer or a magnetic type? That could give you a big difference. 2nd problem could be not enough draw from your stack.
Jeff
470 taps
Torr Vac TV40D High Vac with Lapierre Horizontal releaser
Leader 2x6 Patriot raised flue
Leader 2x4 Steamaway
Wildfire arch
MES Dolly 300 3 post RO
DG 7" 5 bank filter press
and still lookin to get bigger
This is a hard question to answer cause everyones rig runs different and is setup different. I would ask you a question back. Are you happy with your boil rate in gph? If yes dont worry about comparing stack temps. Its more a tool for you to know when to fire your rig based on when the stack temps start to drop during a boil. If you are not happy with your gph rate then lets talk about your rig setup, fireing rate and amount of wood added, amount of space under pans, ect.Originally Posted by jbutton
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Peoria Park District
2023 - 210 on 3/16 shurflo, sap storage shack w/ 1100 gallon tank - 123 gallons
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2021 - 215 on 3/16 shurflo, added 2nd membrane to RO - 78 gallons
2020 - 210 on 3/16 shurflo, upgraded hp pump on RO - 66 gallons
2019 - 150 on 3/16 shurflo, Deer Run 125 dolly RO - 73 gallons
2018 - 120 on 3/16 shurflo, 2x6 raised flue w/hood, homemade arch w/ AUF & AOF - 34.5 gallons
Hmmm, everything sounds good.....no smoke blowing out anywhere??
Maybe tone the blower down and see what happens, could stack thermometer be broken or off?
18x30 sugarshack
5100 taps high vac
3x10 inferno with steampan
7'' wes fab filter press
10'' cdl air filter press
D&G 3 post reverse osmosis w/recirculation
I ran much hotter before I added AOF, you don't have Air Over Fire do you? With AOF I run between 650-750 most of the time and my boil rate is good. I add wood every 9 minutes by a timer.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
At 12' tall your stack should be high enough, unless you have something interfering with the draft. Tall trees , hills or other buildings are just some things that can cause the draft to be too low, or even a down draft.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
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