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    TritonLED 10-Inch Waterproof HIGH OUTPUT

    a quick search found this. not food grade, but temp up to 176 at 22$ ...?
    2017 140 taps 30x8 12x16 shack 28.5 gal
    2018 158 taps 30x8 12x16 shack with 8x8 kitchen 44 gal
    2019 223 taps 30x8 12x16 shack with 8x8 kitchen 36 gal
    2020 226 taps 30x8 12x16 shack with 8x8 kitchen 250 waterloo ro 63 gal
    2021 230 taps 30x8 12x16 shack with 8x8 kitchen 250 waterloo ro 37 gal
    2022 230 taps 30x8 12x16 shack with 8x8 kitchen 250 waterloo ro 55 gal
    2023 235 taps 30x8 12x16 waterloo ro

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    I have the same style light fixture as Dave has in my hood. I got it at the local Home Depot or Lowe's- can't remember which now. I have a one of those small, 40w appliance bulbs that are for ovens in mine. Figured if it was good enough for inside an oven, it would be good enough for in my hood, and it has worked fine. It's all "contained"- nothing to come loose and go into the sap. Not sure if that can be said for the strip lights, or if adhesive will hold up to the steam and heat.
    The style of light Dave posted is the same light Leader has installed in their steam-aways for decades. Those lights have a proven, severe condition operational record.

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    2014 Upgrades!: 24x40 sugarhouse & 30"x10' Lapierre welded pans, wood fired w/ forced draft, homemade hood & preheater
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    Airablo R.O. machine - in the house basement!
    Ford F-350 4x4 sap gatherer
    An assortment of barrels, cage tanks & bulk tanks- with one operational for cooling/holding concentrate
    And a few puzzled neighbors...

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    The Triton led is high output not high temperature enviroment. Most led lights are rated at 77 degrees with a maximum service temperature of 140 degrees. Above 77 degrees the light output decreases. An led fixture mounted outside the hood shining through a window may work but should have some way to insulate it from the heat.
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    Making syrup every year since 1979
    3 x 10 oil fired
    Revolution syrup and max flue pan
    Almost 1300 taps total with 900 on high vacuum
    Bought first Marcland drawoff in 1997, still going strong.

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    when I first posted I was thinking in the hood, but with strips. seeing these I'm thinking of mounting outside. I can tell you I don't want condensation dripping off the light fixture back into the pan. that was why I liked the led strips. well, I'm going to try this out. hope something here helped op
    2017 140 taps 30x8 12x16 shack 28.5 gal
    2018 158 taps 30x8 12x16 shack with 8x8 kitchen 44 gal
    2019 223 taps 30x8 12x16 shack with 8x8 kitchen 36 gal
    2020 226 taps 30x8 12x16 shack with 8x8 kitchen 250 waterloo ro 63 gal
    2021 230 taps 30x8 12x16 shack with 8x8 kitchen 250 waterloo ro 37 gal
    2022 230 taps 30x8 12x16 shack with 8x8 kitchen 250 waterloo ro 55 gal
    2023 235 taps 30x8 12x16 waterloo ro

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    Quote Originally Posted by maple flats View Post
    I don't know, I just put a hole (7/8") in the top of the hood and used water tight fittings to put it right in the hood. I is right in from one (actually 2, one each side) of the doors on the hood. I think I had to replace the 100W bulb once, in 2018 or '19. I now have LED bulbs down at the sugarhouse, whenever it gets changed it will now be using far fewer watts.
    Shining in from the outside I doubt will light the area as well.
    Dave,what do you use for a bulb? Tried a 100 watt bulb in base of steam away first year,but flue pan shakes so violently that bulb didn’t last. Next tried an LED bulb,but base of it cracked and just kept flickering. Last year tried another Led bulb,but same result
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    The reason the led bulbs didn't last is because they can not tolerate heat. Most are rated for a maximum of 140 degrees. Get a "rough service" or "severe duty" bulb. A good auto supply store should have them. They are used in drop lights.
    First introduced to making maple syrup in 1969
    Making syrup every year since 1979
    3 x 10 oil fired
    Revolution syrup and max flue pan
    Almost 1300 taps total with 900 on high vacuum
    Bought first Marcland drawoff in 1997, still going strong.

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    I just used a std incandescent bulb, 100 watts. I was planning to switch to LED but I now read on this thread that LED does not tolerate the temperatures in the hood. I don't have a steam away, and thus my hood does not vibrate, even though the flues pan does, not much of that is transferred to the hood. I guess I'll stick with incandescent bulbs.
    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.

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