Must it be stainless steel and what is the rule of thumb for its capacity compared to your ro?
Permeate tank
Must it be stainless steel and what is the rule of thumb for its capacity compared to your ro?
FIRST GENERATION SUGARMAKER
First boil 2/22/2012! Went Pefect!
3,500' of laterals
1,000' of mainline
2012 - 105 taps on gravity, 12 sap sacks.
2013 - 175 taps on gravity, 25 on sacks = 200 taps for 2013! Second year.
2014 - 250 taps on gravity, 25 on sacks
Tapped on February 16, 2014
2015 - adding vac sap puller no more gravity for me!
275 gallon holding tank for 2014
20'x30' Sugarhouse
stainless not required. I went for 3 years with a 1100g vertical poly tank for a 600RO before now using a old 800g milk tank.
love the milk tank because it drains fully
Eric Johnson
Tucker Mountain Maple Co-op
1400 taps in 2013
2.5 x 8 CDL pellet arch and Smokey Lake pans
Lapierre 600 RO
Member of Andover/Salisbury Maplehaulics anonymous
www.tuckermtn.com
pALS
Minimum of 1 gallon of permeate storage per 1 gallon of your ro rating.Originally Posted by adk1
Eg.... If you have a 600 ro then you want a minimum of 600 gallons of permeate storage.
Jake Moser
Moser's Maple
2 beautiful little girls
1 wife that's become her mother
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That is the rule of thumb. I believe more is better. For extra washes/rinses or short run days you still have enough to wash/rinse.
William
950 taps
3 X 12 Thor pans on a Brian Arch
CDL 600 expandable
We have 2x800 gallon tanks for our 2 membrane RO. Allows us to do a short rinse or two through the day and the rinse after high temp shutoff is a long one.
As long as your tank completely drains it doesn't have to be stainless.
4,600 Taps on vacuum
9,400 gallons storage
3 tower CDL RO
3.5'x14' Lapierre Force 5
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