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    Default Bad hearing now

    Where can I get a vacuum leak detector? I have a leaks in one of my woods and can't find it.
    Thanks Brian
    Velvet Hollow Sugarworks
    Greenwood, Maine
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    CDL 2X6, leader RO

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    Cigar smoke!!!!!!

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    16 year old helpers make great line checkers because they have more energy and better hearing!
    4,600 Taps on vacuum
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    Quote Originally Posted by ennismaple View Post
    16 year old helpers make great line checkers because they have more energy and better hearing!
    Young grand-kids are pretty good to in the hearing dept...but by the time they hit 16 the hearing can get pretty "selective"
    John Allin

    14x18 Hemlock Timber Frame Sugar House 2009
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    06' Gator HPX to collect wood & sap
    14' Ski-Doo Tundra for winter work in the woods
    Great Family 3 grown kids+spouses and 7 grand kids who like the woods
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    Checking for vacuum leaks is a visual thing for me. I look at how the sap is flowing in the lateral lines. If it's moving very slowly or not at all there's no leaks on that line. If all of your laterals look good check the manifolds and mainline connections. A spray bottle with water in it works good for this. A manifold or mainline connection leak will whistle as it sucks the water in. Another visual aid is ice inside the tubing or around manifolds and mainline connections. If people hunt in your woods it's possible that you could have some gunshot holes in your mainlines. I had a section of mainline that had birdshot holes in it. That section of pipe was covered with frost and that's how I found it. I looked for that leak for 2 or 3 years before I found it!
    Russ

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    I have a CDL leak detector. I guess they don't carry them any more. I'll sell it for $150 + shipping, let me know if you're interested.
    Back shortly after I bought it I found a few other options on a web search. I think they were "vacuum leak detectors or finders". My CDL detector works fine, I just quit tapping this season. Some of the others were lower priced, I paid $200 a few years ago. It even finds leaks near the vacuum pump while it's running full bore.
    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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    This might be an option, and not too expensive https://www.amazon.com/Lisle-52750-S...4337774&sr=8-3
    16' X 24' Sugarhouse
    2' X 6' Leader Inferno Arch with Revolution Raised-Flue Pans, Smoky Lake preheater and hood
    Deer Run Maple gas-powered 250 RO
    WesFab 7" filter press
    Kubota 1100 RTV with tracks and 125 gallon tank for transporting sap
    800 taps on gravity and vacuum
    Very supportive wife who is the best coworker
    http://mapletrader.com/community/sho...ing-Sugarhouse

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    Maple Flats I sent you a PM
    Thanks Brian
    Velvet Hollow Sugarworks
    Greenwood, Maine
    900 taps
    CDL 2X6, leader RO

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    I was wondering if anyone has trained their dog to find leaks.
    Ken & Sherry
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    1,500 taps on high vacuum, Electric Releaser & CDL Sap Lifter
    Wood-Fired Leader 30"x10' Vortex Arch & Max Raised Flue with Rev Syrup Pan & CDL1200 RO
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    I don't think I would have the patience for that.
    2004 - 2012 2x3 flat pan 25 to 60 taps
    2012 2x3 new divided pan w/draw off 55 taps
    2018 - didn't boil surgery - bought new evaporator
    2019 new SML 2x4 raised flue high output evap. 65 taps
    made 17 gal. syrup
    2020 - only put out 53 taps - made 16.25 ga.l syrup
    2021 - Didn't work out
    2022 - 25 taps on bags / 8 taps on 3/16's line - late start

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