3% i was at the sugarhouse for about 6 hours today. I had to move (2) hives of live bees this morning that we got from another beekeeper that moved to California. Very light/had to feed them a pollen patty=couldn't really get the top opened up much-they were a little riled from the ride and waiting at the top entrance's for me. Almost got it by 3 of them/They were determined and so was i.. I finally got the tanks down and the EE really doesn't like going over 20% with that old sap when i'm trying to ram it up higher/flow cuts right in 1/4-Like about 4 gals a minute output on concentrate and permeate.
Boiled down about another 10 Gals of Mid. Med and the last pail through the press today was a low Med. and that was on sap that has been sitting since(3/15?) when the Tap out team put the mainline into the 1100 gal plastic tank on the ground=Been 500 gals sitting in there since then and i sent that through the EE yesterday after i used the Tanaka to get it up to the 1100 Gal plastic tank on the rack behind the SH then i could run it through the EE as that tank on the rack is plumbed in.
I got my numbness award today i started the EE and had the 13.6% concentrate running down the drain for about 3 minutes(forgot to switch the valves over from the drain to the tank on the seperate control panel)=Also was draining a tank and 2-3 gals of concentrate went on the floor and i had an overflow from the combobulator that probably spewed about a Pint. right over the pans and down the sides.
Here's one for MYTHBUSTERS= I shut of the EE after i did a quick rinse with filtrate (10 Min.) to get the 20%+ sap out of the EE and vessel i'm drawing off syrup about 2 minutes later and i hear the overflow=Here comes the sap over the top of the head tank into the lower tank it sits on. I'm like what the cluck is going on? I look in at the EE and it's off. I climb up the ladder and pull the concentrate hose out of the head tank and it's still coming out. Now picture this the EE sits about 5' lower then the head tank/but yet it's still pumping out sap uphill?? CRAZY. I watched this for like 30 seconds in amazement=still coming out/tasted it and yup its sweet=Went down to the EE again and looked for the Sap Gremlin? Mythbusters what was happening here?? Oh i must add that the filtrate tank is about 8' lower then the head tank. What's going on??
Dave i'll fix you right up with some tubing that you want to replace you old line with this spring/summer=That will be your goverment profit sharing...
I still have about 25 Gals. of concentrate sitting in the head tank= Didn't eat anything yet today so came home because i had the hungry horrors. Save it for another day. Shut the Vacuum pump off=sap was coming in slow/but i was sick of listening to the check valve rattle all day.
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