Copper evaporator
I am looking at buying a G. H. Grimm 30" x 8' wood fired evaporator it has a 30"x30" flat pan and a 5'6" raised flue pan. Both pans are copper. I am not sure how much this pan would normally go for. I was also wondering if copper evaporators were still being used.
They're still used. They work well but are tougher to keep clean because you shouldn't use chemicals to help clean it. I used to have one.
2x8 Phaneuf,raised flue.
250 taps
Mechanical BG releaser
Gast 0822 vacuum pump
16"x16" Leader Filter/canning Unit
10'x16' Sugar Shack
We have a 5 by 14 King in copper. It works great, but it's days are numbered due to lead soldered pans being phased out for bulk syrup after the 2019 season.Originally Posted by Laberge.reilly
3,100 taps
60 cfm flood
HC2
5 by 14 oil
Brian
I wonder if the pans can be resoldered with silver solder, or would it be cost prohibitive?
http://www.uvm.edu/safety/art/silver-soldering
Yes they can be I had my entire 3x5 raised flue flue pan redone cost me around $500
Boyd
750 taps on vacuum
150 taps on gravity
122 buckets
250 gph homemade ro
3x8 raised flue pans on a homemade air over arch
hoods and preheater
my biggest fear is when i die my wife will sell my sugaring stuff for what i told her i payed for it
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Thank you for all the feedback. Is there any benefit of using copper instead of stainless steel.
The biggest reason would be heat exchange. SS conducts very poorly, copper does it excellently.
Dave Klish, I recently bought 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.
Jrthe3 who did you have do the re solder job?
Who did you have re solder your pans
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