I worked on finishing building the RO, while watching the shocker in the garage. I have it all basically assembled now. I will be drilling holes in the plywood to hang the RO on lag bolts. The therealtreehugger has me thinking, that if I can start the RO outside with the temperatures below freezing, I might move my entire setup outside, including the large barrels. I will use up all the sap and all of the concentrate each day, the permeate in the barrel might freeze a little overnight. If I do that, and after I assemble my sugar shack, I will figure out where I am going to set it up and decide on where to put the lag bolts.
I guess I have to wait until a few days before using it to test it, so that the membranes do not get stale from not being used for awhile.
I am hoping that I get 7.5 gallons of concentrate an hour.
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Last edited by Swingpure; 01-30-2022 at 07:34 PM.
2022 - 5 pan block arch - 109 taps, 73 on 3/16 lines, 36 on drops into 5 gallon pails.
930 gallons boiled, 109 L (28.8 gals) of delicious syrup made.
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2023 - 170 taps, mostly on lines, 1153 gallons boiled, 130 L (34.34 gals) of delicious syrup made, on a 2x4 divided pan and base stack, 8” pipe, on a block arch that boiled at a rate of 13 gallons per hour.
2024 - made 48 L, December to March, primarily over two fire bowls.
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