Hi All, When I was using the heater control for heating my Hydroponic nutrients,I chose 3.3mf for the timing capacitor Ct. The reason being, it looked good, as...
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DAVID REID
nzag@...
Apr 24, 2000 8:17 pm
Can you please give me some tips on a good reflux head. Darryn, The still head in Mike and Johns book works well. I have made one and it refluxes well. I could...
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DAVID REID
nzag@...
Apr 24, 2000 11:21 pm
Allan, Thanks for your e-mail. A lot of the answers here cover aspects of a new design as well as improving older designs. With regard to your questions Yes a...
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DAVID REID
nzag@...
Apr 25, 2000 12:13 am
Scott, Dont know if I replied to you direct the other night but certainly scribbled this reply. Yes raschig rings should be a lot more efficient than solid...
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David Pickles
david-pickles@...
Apr 25, 2000 8:28 am
Reading up about the magical properties of carbon, may this not be the ideal media to pack the reflux column with? Regards, Dave Pickles. Email :...
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DAVID REID
nzag@...
Apr 25, 2000 8:39 am
Thanks David,etc., for the interesting info. I am starting to see what you are getting at regarding minimising the amount of "undesirables" in the distillate....
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Dave Pickles
david-pickles@...
Apr 25, 2000 6:52 pm
yet another ooops. The value of Ct should be reduced to prevent surge boiling to -----1Mf. The value of R1 reduced to 2k2 to provide the correct temp' range...
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Dean Watts
quality@...
Apr 25, 2000 8:10 pm
Hi All. I have encounted a slight problem I hope someone can help me with. I have some spirit which started off as good 91% clear spirit from the still. I...
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Aaron Smith
azamith@...
Apr 25, 2000 10:47 pm
Hi Dean, if it's a grey colour, it is possible that your secondary filter didn't quite catch all of the carbon, I've had this happen once before and to fix it...
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Aaron Smith
azamith@...
Apr 25, 2000 10:49 pm
thanx Dave, will build one on the weekend. Smithers ... From: Dave Pickles <david-pickles@...> To: <Distillers@egroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 25,...
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Louie Belle
louiebelle@...
Apr 26, 2000 1:18 am
Hello people, I am from Sydney Australia, and Im very new to this concept of building your own still, I got some instructions from the stillmaker web site (...
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yldog@...
Apr 26, 2000 9:05 am
hi Louie I am also an Australian although i am in Melbourne. i have built a still very much like the one on the stillmaker sight i think the copper should only...
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yldog@...
Apr 26, 2000 9:17 am
hello everyone i am in Melbourne Australia and i was wondering if anyone knows of a place which sells activated carbon which is suitable for spirits that is in...
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yldog@...
Apr 26, 2000 12:22 pm
hello again just one more question for today :) I am about to distil some recently fermented beer and as I was going through previous messages I came across a...
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Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
Tony.Ackland@...
Apr 26, 2000 8:06 pm
Regarding yeast, I generally find that there is always some in suspension, the trick is more on just reducing the total amount that comes accross - eg really...
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Aaron Smith
azamith@...
Apr 26, 2000 10:39 pm
Sorry I'm not from Melbourne, but the Home Brew Barn have been excellent at Mail Order stuff, they are on the sunshine coast and offer next day delivery...
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Louie Belle
louiebelle@...
Apr 27, 2000 1:17 am
Hi its me Louie, thankyou to all the people who answered my first queries, your knowledge has been a great help. I have some questions about yeasts: 1.) Is...
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darryn
darryn@...
Apr 27, 2000 3:55 am
Hi Louie I,m from Australia also,but from the other side in Perth. I assume from your questions about building the STLLMAKER still that you are interested in...
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giles@...
Apr 27, 2000 5:43 pm
A couple of questions and an observation. (1) Is there any way of measuring the sg/purity of distillate without a spirit hydrometer? I just guess mine and when...
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Robert Warren
robertwarren@...
Apr 27, 2000 7:45 pm
... From: giles@... To: Distillers@egroups.com Sent: April 27, 2000 5:46:42 PM GMT Subject: [Distillers] Specific gravity and all that A...
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Self
giles@...
Apr 27, 2000 7:57 pm
A couple of questions and an observation. (1) Is there any way of measuring the sg/purity of distillate without a spirit hydrometer? I just guess mine and when...
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Louie Belle
louiebelle@...
Apr 28, 2000 8:08 am
Hi its me Louie, yes I want to make neutral spirits, and I think I did exactly what Darryn said. My Sugar water and yeast brew is sweet. Q.)If I add neutrients...
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Tony & Elle Ackland
Tony.Ackland@...
Apr 28, 2000 9:31 am
David, Thanks for the link to the SWA ( http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jhb/whisky/swa/70.html ) One of the links from there had an interesting comment ... "The...
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Dean Watts
quality@...
Apr 28, 2000 10:10 am
Hi all. I am wondering if anyone can tell me what the differences are between "High Activity", "Primary", "CR", and "Reflux" Carbons. The Reflux carbon says...
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Ivan V. Kesadnam
navy0@...
Apr 29, 2000 3:52 pm
Here is a little bit from me... I have this still for about 1 year, and consistently producing 93-95% alcohol. Whole still is copper pipe on 21 Lt SS beer...
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David Pickles
david-pickles@...
Apr 29, 2000 8:29 pm
Good on you Ivan, great to see the inventive mind at work. Don't forget to run an earth wire from the body of your stove to the metal frame of your new element...
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DAVID REID
nzag@...
Apr 29, 2000 10:58 pm
Dean, Os, et al, For your information a quick summary is as follows: High Activity: A fairly high Iodine adsorption or Methylene Blue adsorption factor (so...
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Jacques La Marr
jaclamar@...
Apr 30, 2000 5:26 pm
I've got a new, 100 year old, all copper pot still on the wings. Well, actually I almost got it...I just bought it and have to pick it up. It starts with a...
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Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
Tony.Ackland@...
Apr 30, 2000 7:48 pm
Louie, 1) the wash can still be a little sweet after fermentation has completed, its more a matter of "how sweet". Whats of more use is to measure the change...
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Deb
witchwriter@...
May 1, 2000 1:55 am
LOL!!! Can't wait to see a pic :) Ours is all copper and is quite pretty as well--good conversation piece! Not sure what a slobber box is tho. I know ours...
