Clear PVC piping is nice because you can see the sap. We use 1" clear PVC line. 1.5" outlet on our tank so we come through the wall with 1.5" stainless then have a coupling to go to 1". We have a tee in the 1"x1"X1.5" line to make a vertical sap level indicator inside the shack a couple feet down the run. We also have a drain valve after the tee that goes back out through the wall so we can rinse the tank out and not make a mess. We have 6-8" of threaded PVC out of the float box that connects to a union so we can disconnect the float box easily. A picture would be worth a thousand words right now. There's no wrong way to do it but there's some ideas for you.
Forgot to add- we used the 1.5" stainless pipe from the tank because we had it in the cabinet and we figured if we ever had a freeze we could apply a little bit of heat to it. That would only happen if it got very cold, very quick at night. We haven't had to deal with that yet, but we did in the past when our boils were 10-12 hours instead of 3-4. We can usually time it pretty good now and avoid that situation thanks to a flexible work schedule but its there if we need it.
Last edited by mainebackswoodssyrup; 01-11-2022 at 03:07 PM.
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