Spud, any possibility it is a motor problem in that the motor isn’t coming up to speed properly? Just thinking outside of the box and sometimes you can get so focused on a problem that you don’t see the whole picture.
Spud, any possibility it is a motor problem in that the motor isn’t coming up to speed properly? Just thinking outside of the box and sometimes you can get so focused on a problem that you don’t see the whole picture.
Sugaring for 45+ years
New Sugarhouse 14'x32'
New to Me Algier 2'x8' wood fired evaporator
2022 added a used RB25 RO Bucket
250 mostly Sugar Maples, 15% Soft Maples. Currently,(110on 3/16" and 125 on Shurflo 4008 vacuum, 15 gravity), (16,000 before being disabled)
1947 Farmall H and Wagon with gathering tank
2012 Kubota with forks to move wood around
I guess anything is possible. The motor does not die down at all during the dumping of sap. When the releaser dumps and the bottom trap slams shut the vacuum at the moisture trap drops to 15 inches and then immediately goes back to 29 inches. The gauge at the releaser stays at 28.5 during the whole dump. It has done this for 6 years. The pump has been running for 19 hours without any problems. Fingers crossed.
Spud
Pump lost its prime twice yesterday but I was able to get it going real fast. While it was down for five minutes I did drain about a cup of moisture out of the reclaimer. This year I bought 8 pails of pump oil because it was on sale for $50. The oil is sp22 but I noticed some of my older oil pails were sp32. The CDL book says the sp22 is for reclaimers which I have. Is it possible I should be using sp32 though? Could the sp22 be causing the pump to loose it's prime?
Spud