Bruce, I put an H20 Air Injection System in last year... so far it has worked without issue. I'll try to fill in with what I've learned, but am sure there are others with more experience.
I turn it on when I start the fire. I do not turn off until pans have cooled down some after I stop firing.
That I learned from Russ at Red Roof Maples, an authority on bubblers with his Bubble Master.
Said that if turned off too soon, the nitre will have a chance to settle onto the bottom of the pan - just what you're trying to avoid.
Because I believe it may cool the sap a bit; I fired just as hard as I could and had about the same gph as in previous years.
Clean up is easy as the syrup pan injector connects to the main air supply pipe with sanitary tri-clamp fittings. Just undo clamps and lift out, couldn't be any simpler. I did not keep it in the pan if I used a cleaner.
I have injectors in both front and back pans with a stainless manifold made up with butterfly valves to throttle back as needed between the two. I found the front pan doesn't need all that much and if run wide open had syrup slashing all over the place. I run the flue pan with more air, but it's a bit of a pain at season end as, there too, it splashed hot sap all over the inside of the hood...
All of the syrup made was much lighter than any previous year. As an experiment, I did not use on my last boil and we made darker that the previous day.
If anything- and I may be wrong - I think the injection Did affect taste to a small degree, as our syrup didn't seem to be as sweet as in past years.
It's loud - no it's really loud. I put the air blower out behind the sugar house, with intake facing down and covered the blower with a hood to keep rain etc out. Set up like that, I figured the air intake would be much cleaner.
The blower came with 2, or 3 (not sure) charcoal filters.
Good luck with yours, I may also be playing with air injection into my sap this year.
John
John Allin
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