How long can the sap be left in the evaporator in between boils? Should sap be brought to a boil to keep from going sour?
Evap sap
How long can the sap be left in the evaporator in between boils? Should sap be brought to a boil to keep from going sour?
If this very warm yes it should be boiled every couple days to kill anything in it.
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Unless your sugarhouse is heated, I bet it is like mine and the sap has ice in it after all the zero degree nights we have had. If that's the case, it should be fine.
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It did have some ice in it one morning which scared me, since then with this cold weather I've had a small electric heater going and a wood stove when it gets really cold. I have been watching the sap temp and it has been between 35-40 degrees. when checking on it today I noticed some slime in the cold sap float box, been sitting for 7 days.
With ice in it the sap will keep a long time, if heated to 40 it can spoil.
Dave Klish, I recently bought 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.
Brought the flue pan to 185 degrees today, the syrup pan was boiling. Then I shut it down. Gotta love oil. Isolated cold sap box, drained and cleaned. Good to go.
This both a statement and a question. In southern Quebec area and I knew there was going to be 2 weeks of real cold Temps so I drained everything put it in 5 gallon pails and put in a walk in cooler. It's been 16 days, still good?
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I would very much think so. Of course you should trust your nose when you open the buckets and when you start cooking it. If you're concerned about it you could cook a very small sample on the kitchen stove to see what it turns into.Originally Posted by Mitchhorne8
Last edited by motowbrowne; 03-16-2017 at 08:39 PM.
-Ryan
Went off the deep end. Might be in over my head...
I always just leave the evaporator filled and let it freeze. It has sat for 3 weeks like that before and the sap was still good. My evaporator is a raised flue and there hasn't been any damage to the flues even with temps well below zero. If you have a drop flue you may want to drain it and let the sap freeze in buckets. Trying to keep it thawed will let the bacteria grow and the sap will spoil.
Russ
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I am scared to let it freeze, I have seen what kind of damage can be done to metal from ice.
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