Chasing the sweet
Just curious how low sugar content do most run down to when chasing the sweet from the membrane, I usually go too 2 percent, even though I’m leaving sugar in the membrane that will be washed down the drain on rinse cycle or a soap wash?
Mark 220 Maple
1100 taps on low vaccum, 900 on gravity.
900 plus taps leased and on high vacuum
35 cfm Indiana Liquid Ring Vacuum Pump
80% Sugar, 20% Red MAPLES
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I get it down to 0%, but my issue is that it gets there very quickly. Too quickly? The directions for my RO say to flush for 2-4 min, but I hit 0% after about 1 minute.
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Around 300 taps on tubing, 25+ on buckets if I put them out
Mix of natural and mechanical vac, S3 Controller from Mountain Maple
2x6 W.F. Mason with Phaneuf pans
Deer Run 250 RO
Ford F350
6+ hives of bees (if they make it through the winters)
Keeping the day job until I can start living the dream.
I usually go to 1%.
William
950 taps
3 X 12 Thor pans on a Brian Arch
CDL 600 expandable
Depends where I de-sugar. On early season runs when not boiling everyday, I run into head tank and go to about 2%. Once the season get rolling and we're boiling everyday, I de-sugar back into raw sap tank and go till nothing registers on refractometer.
Neil
I never tested it, but I flushed for 5 minutes, then started the wash cycle, as per my RO instructions.
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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