Originally Posted by
DRoseum
Here is a video and overview of the one I built. It worked awesome. Pretty straight forward to wire up. I have a simplified schematic attached as well. If there is enough market demand, I would gladly produce these for others. I ran over 80 taps on it and it pulled nearly 4x the sap per tap that buckets produced.
https://youtu.be/ni3ScN3lhZs
https://www.sugartree.run/2021/02/31...um-system.html
Only changes I would make is to remove the internal gfci and dimmer switch for the strip heater. Just make sure its plugged into a gfci outlet. My outlet couldn't be changed over. Strip heater on full power worked fine to prevent freeze up.
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If you didn't have the 100' of drop for your vacuum, would it still have worked?
2015 - 8 buckets, 332L sap, 8.5L syrup - Barrel evaporator, 2 steam pans
2016 - 8 buckets, 432L sap
2017 - 10 bags, 470L sap, 9L syrup
2018 - 20 bags, 1050L sap, 17.6L syrup
2019 - 20 bags, 970L sap, 22.2L syrup
2020 - 17 bags, 813L sap, 17L syrup