I'm starting to look for a quiet running vacuum pump that will pull 28" Hg or better. I will only have up to 750 taps max but don't care for the noise of my Gast 2567. Suggestions.
I'm starting to look for a quiet running vacuum pump that will pull 28" Hg or better. I will only have up to 750 taps max but don't care for the noise of my Gast 2567. Suggestions.
Chad
2014: 12 taps, 5 gal buckets
2015: 15 taps on bags
2016: 150 taps: 100 on bags, 50 on 3/16" natural vac, 2x8 AUF/AOF Homebuilt Arch, 2x8 SL Drop Flu & Auto Draw, SL Propane Canner/Bottler
2017: 225 taps: Built Lean to, Added SL hood, preheater, concentric exhaust, SL SS 7" SB Filter Press
2018: 180 taps: Added Shurflo to 50 - 3/16", Auto fill sensor to head tank
2019: No tapping
2020: 175 taps
2021: 300 taps, homemade RO and releaser
2022: 600+ taps
My Busch 3.5 hp runs at 82 dB right at the pump. I keep it in a cargo box located behind my sugarhouse so I'm not annoyed by it. My bigger noise maker is the air compressor which I keep in the same location.
Ken
Ken & Sherry
Williston, VT
16x34 Sugarhouse
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
https://www.facebook.com/pumpkinhillmaple/
Depends on the pump. Some are quieter than others. None are especially quiet. Like Ken, we keep ours outside the sugarhouse (in a separate building) along with the compressor.
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
I'm sure putting it in a separate building or outside the building is nice, and I have my Gast 2567 on the other side of the wall from the sugar shack but it is noisy. I'm looking for something you can carry a conversation over when it's on the other side of the wall without having to raise your voice.
Chad
2014: 12 taps, 5 gal buckets
2015: 15 taps on bags
2016: 150 taps: 100 on bags, 50 on 3/16" natural vac, 2x8 AUF/AOF Homebuilt Arch, 2x8 SL Drop Flu & Auto Draw, SL Propane Canner/Bottler
2017: 225 taps: Built Lean to, Added SL hood, preheater, concentric exhaust, SL SS 7" SB Filter Press
2018: 180 taps: Added Shurflo to 50 - 3/16", Auto fill sensor to head tank
2019: No tapping
2020: 175 taps
2021: 300 taps, homemade RO and releaser
2022: 600+ taps
I had an old BB4 piston pump. It sat outside about 25' away from the sugarhouse. It was barely audible in the sugarhouse and it had no box or sound deadener. However, I have it sold. Look for a big old BB4 (Babson Bros) or Alamo SP21 pump, they run quietly. On my BB4 I got 27" vacuum on a tight system.
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.
I have an AirTech L25 pump. As I don't have 240 V in the sugar house; it lives in my boat shop about 40' away.
It runs quiet enough that we can sit on the Chesterfield (couch) by the Bullerjan (wood stove) tell lies and have a Silver Spray (beer) on a Wednesday evening without having to raise our voices. The shop is 32'x42'...
It may be worth your while to go look at one. CDL carried them a few years back.
John Allin
14x18 Hemlock Timber Frame Sugar House 2009
Leader 2x6 w/Patriot Raised Flue Pan 2009
Leader Steam Hood 2014 - Clear Filter Press 2015
Leader Revolution Pan and SS Pre-Heater 2016
CDL Hobby RO & Air Tech L25 Hi Vac Pump 2019
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
7th Gen Born in Canada - Raised in Chardon Ohio - Maple Capital of the World..<grin>.
atlas copco for sure. my dad was standing 20 feet from it and asking when I was going to turn the pump on. it had been on for 3 hours. he's just starting to be a little hard of hearing but i have to listen hard to hear it when i park about 120 ft away. mine is a gv60, but a gv 20 would work well for you, got it from MES.
7000 taps on vacuum, just trying to get a little better every year.
I know what you mean about wanting to be able to carry on a conversation in the sugarhouse without shouting. When I first had my Gast 3040 pump it was right outside the sugarhouse. That, in addition to my piston pump reverse osmosis made the noise almost unbearable in the sugarhouse. Ended up moving it to its own little enclosure about 100 feet away and it was still fairly loud. Dont get a rotary vane pump if you want quiet
1000 taps on vac down to 100+ buckets 99% sugars
2x5 SL Hi-Output Raised Flue Corsair evaporator
SL Short bank press with CDL diaphragm pump
Leader Micro 1 RO for 2024
Constantly changing
2010:36 gal 2011:126 gal 2012:81 gal 2013:248 gal 2014: 329.5 gal 2015:305 gal 2016:316 gal 2017:258 gal 2018:147 gal 2019:91 gal 2020:30 gal 2021:30 gal 2023:50 gal Total since 2010: 2047.5 gal
Tapping the same trees my great, great and great grandfathers tapped.
1000 taps on vac down to 100+ buckets 99% sugars
2x5 SL Hi-Output Raised Flue Corsair evaporator
SL Short bank press with CDL diaphragm pump
Leader Micro 1 RO for 2024
Constantly changing
2010:36 gal 2011:126 gal 2012:81 gal 2013:248 gal 2014: 329.5 gal 2015:305 gal 2016:316 gal 2017:258 gal 2018:147 gal 2019:91 gal 2020:30 gal 2021:30 gal 2023:50 gal Total since 2010: 2047.5 gal
Tapping the same trees my great, great and great grandfathers tapped.