we just got a new Lapierre water jacketed canner and I am wondering if anyone else is using a food grade antifreeze in the jacket?
something like this - https://www.amazon.com/Duda-Energy-p...ntifreeze&th=1
we just got a new Lapierre water jacketed canner and I am wondering if anyone else is using a food grade antifreeze in the jacket?
something like this - https://www.amazon.com/Duda-Energy-p...ntifreeze&th=1
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
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more info? How big is the canner ( approximate gallons in the jacket ) ? I drain mine when I'm afraid of it freezing, What does a Lapierre canner have for a drain?
Just remember to not use it straight. It is very poor at heat transfer and needs to be cut with water. I am not sure what the freeze point is at different percentages so you will need to find that out if you use it.
I'll just drain mine when finished (just ordered it, should be in later this week from Smoky Lake). I don't want to lose any efficiency in heat transfer. Besides that, peace of mind is far better with nothing left in the jacket.
What does Lapierre say?
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.
Color me confused.
Is it a big pain to drain/fill the water jacket?
The stuff you linked to is propylene glycol which has a boiling point of 370* F.
A 50/50 mix of the stuff is sure to raise the boiling point of the water, which would kind of defeat the purpose of the jacket, wouldn’t it?
Not being sarcastic here, I’m genuinely curious.
42.67N 84.02W
350 taps- 300 on vacuum, 50 buckets
JD gator 625i Sap hauler w/65 gal tank
Leader 2X6 drop flue
Homemade auto draw-off
Homemade preheater
Homebrew RO, 2- xle-4040's
LaPierre double vertical releaser
Kinney KC-8 vacuum pump
12X24 shack
Lots of chickens and a few cats.
I see the boiling point as a non issue. The jacket temp in mine is set by thermostat to 185. I find this idea interesting. During the season I watch temps closely. It usually does not fall to near freezing. But I also have a double layer of foil bubble wrap around it. If it gets real cold I will back thermostat to 45 and leave it on.
William
950 taps
3 X 12 Thor pans on a Brian Arch
CDL 600 expandable
Ah, I see.
I was recently looking at smaller scale units that were not thermostatically controlled.
That’s what was running around in my head.
42.67N 84.02W
350 taps- 300 on vacuum, 50 buckets
JD gator 625i Sap hauler w/65 gal tank
Leader 2X6 drop flue
Homemade auto draw-off
Homemade preheater
Homebrew RO, 2- xle-4040's
LaPierre double vertical releaser
Kinney KC-8 vacuum pump
12X24 shack
Lots of chickens and a few cats.
Haven't thought of freeze protection on the water jacket however what I do prior to each bottling session is add hot water off my steam away into my water jacket. Primarily for efficiency reasons since my water jacket is electric element heat.
2x6 Smokey Lake raised flue w/AUF
16x30 Sugar Shack
7" SL SS filter press
Smokey Lake water jacketed finish pan & bottler
350 RO
517 taps and I seem to keep finding more!
Our sugar camp is unheated and we have only water in our water jacketed canner. We turn the thermostat down to about 60 F overnight and then turn back up for canning the following day. If we had an extended power outage we'd need to get it drained before it froze but otherwise it's OK sitting on low heat for days between boils.
4,600 Taps on vacuum
9,400 gallons storage
3 tower CDL RO
3.5'x14' Lapierre Force 5
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