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captainshooch · 29 January 2015 11:00AM

@Kapea Cotherman has ProCap36 caps on the two top plates. Looks like a cap but is actually the built in downcomer. ;)

Smaug · 29 January 2015 12:21PM

@Kapea said: In the bottom picture in the post above, why are the bubble caps on the underside of the top two plates?

Those are the cups that hold liquid to prevent bypass.

CothermanDistilling · 29 January 2015 01:27PM

and the top 4 have procaps now, the sprayball action had the foam rising... overall, it worked pretty good, the 3000W heating element in the drain tube was able to heat the 2 gallons or so of water.. I did 140F PBW, 140F water, 120F citric, 120 water, 140 water... still smell a little tails, but sure was nice only using 2TBSP of chemical... the sprayball is a keg-cleaning unit from St Pats. If I were to suggest this as an official SD product, I have some ideas... Next up is a three-way valve on the tank fitting to divert water to the top instead of the sprayball with out changing fittings or shutting off pump...

FloridaCracker · 29 January 2015 01:57PM

Man that 8" looks HUGE even in the pictures (that didn't sound right). I can't imagine what it looks like in person.

Kapea · 29 January 2015 02:14PM

Please excuse me for being a little slow on the uptake. Procaps have a low enough profile that you can put a plate immediately beneath the deflegmator connection? That's pretty cool, even if you can't see the top of the top plate.

Kapea · 29 January 2015 02:25PM

@FloridaCracker said: Man that 8" looks HUGE even in the pictures (that didn't sound right). I can't imagine what it looks like in person.

That's what SHE said too!

:))

CothermanDistilling · 29 January 2015 05:21PM

on the 8" CD, you get a couple inches... it is enough for clearance but not ideal... going from 4 to 6 plates without adding glass meant I could not see boiler below or above top plate, but 6 plates was enough of an improvement over 4 to make it worth it... will be getting more glass when the slow boat from china gets here...

punkin · 29 January 2015 06:18PM

They are Procap 36's. The all in one cap and downcomer.

CothermanDistilling · 30 January 2015 03:16AM

video of me trying out some CIP parts...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHbbFBCurtw

grim · 30 January 2015 12:51PM

@CothermanDistilling - Very sweet setup. I'm surprised at the level of foam you were able to push up the column with the tank spray ball.

FloridaCracker · 30 January 2015 01:06PM

Looks cool. The bottom spray is kinda like a bidet :)>-

grim · 30 January 2015 01:28PM

My wife would not be happy if I installed a spray ball in the loo. It would make a good you tube video though.

CothermanDistilling · 30 January 2015 02:03PM

I had a couple gallons of water in the system and threw a scoop of my PBW substitute (no surficant), then turned on the pump, so the solution was not quite mixed.... so that may have helped the foaming... no different than wash foaming, really...

Smaug · 30 January 2015 07:07PM

Nice Michael.

punkin · 30 January 2015 07:08PM

Good stuff i have the same CIP on my 4" Crystal Dragon at the top where it's clipped to a thermoport torpedo reducer.

starkid101 · 31 January 2015 02:38AM

Brew day :bz

Running Ace is so easy ,wash is finish of last weeks effort plus 10lts ujsm ,I am running at 50% power def closed it started at 90% abv then I played with it and went down to 70%abv .

so I left it alone cos I,m watching footy and wanna see difference of taste etc from last weeks 90% plus abv

apricot wash been destoned and can be next weeks brew

cheers Starkid :bz

jonno · 31 January 2015 06:15AM

That's me tomorrow mate. Had a family day today so a little jealous

TheMechWarrior · 31 January 2015 07:46AM

Replaced a couple of older style flouro fittings, installed a security light, installed a light in the babies room, built a trampoline for the kids. I really wanted to clean the shed, that will have to be tomorrow as I'm knackered!

Gee · 31 January 2015 08:22AM

@jonno said: That's me tomorrow mate. Had a family day today so a little jealous

+1 mate!

starkid101 · 31 January 2015 09:34AM

@Moonshine you the fixer man thanks

Starkid

Moonshine · 31 January 2015 10:15AM

@starkid101 said: Moonshine you the fixer man

Always around to help :)

Could be robo Moonshine, for all we know he may or may not be a real person >:)

punkin · 31 January 2015 06:36PM

Living large there in the shed Starkid, good on ya. :)>-

crozdog · 2 February 2015 01:50AM

@starkid101's shed is way to neat...

TheMechWarrior · 2 February 2015 02:01AM

Yesterday was yet another long and sweaty day of cleaning the garage. I've spent a good 3 or 4 days at it so far with the end not too far from sight now! One more weekend should see it done...then I can mess it all up again with some brewing :D

Gee · 2 February 2015 03:04AM

Did my first run with my new Ace of Hearts yesterday, I'm wanting a neutral for vodka so have added a packed 300 mm section below the Ace and another longer packed section above. I'm also using the larger shotgun (long) condenser. The charge was a stripped wash at 40%. The Ace produced at a fairly solid 95% at a temp of 18 to 19 degrees. So all in all very happy with the Ace indeed!

Just tried to upload a video (twice), but I think it must be too big as I got an error message. Anyway here's some pics instead.

starkid101 · 2 February 2015 06:47AM

calling robo Moonshine the fixer man...yr needed again

:bz

starkid101 · 2 February 2015 07:16AM

its got messy again...

and not a hope of me showing pic behind me :bz

looks good @Gee .I recall you said you stripped with your pot still..

I wonder what flow rate we can get with pro caps removed ??

Is there any advantage removing pro caps for strip run ??

jonno · 2 February 2015 07:58AM

Run with your caps in will be fine mate. You'll get some passive reflux but will be fine

CothermanDistilling · 2 February 2015 07:23PM

Expensive and fragile tools arrived...

dad · 2 February 2015 08:03PM

Wait, wait, I haven't placed my bet yet!

Two weeks!

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