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I'm starting my first run in the next few days. I have a 6 gallon sugar wash ,and I'm still confused as to what heads to toss and what to do with the tails. I've read many different threads but it seems they are not specific to gallons. Preferebly 6 gallon runs. Any help would be great...
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in that little search box up there, type in ---Foreshots,Heads,Hearts and Tails. Until we know what type still and what recipe you are useing it might be a little vauge on --exact--details for your particular unit and style of collection. Keep reading and searching the forum for details, they are there.....
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"do you have a variable heat control-- a thermometer in the head---jars to separeate some of the output.--- i usually stare with 150 ml for fores but this varys with many folks
btway-- welcome to a new member.
the book moonshine gives temperatures to help guide your cuts-- do you have a parrot, an alcoholometer or a refractometer for proof reading.
i think we should set up a questionaire for folks that ask question."
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I have the PAll high capacity with the 8 gal pot. My sugar wash was mixed with 5 and a half gal of spring water to 15 lbs of cane sugar I measured it at 35 brix and then I used a 20% super yeast express. It's been a couple of weeks and is down to 10%. I'm planning on two 6 and a half gal runs.
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Apologies, I'm making 2 6 gallon runs and im using a 1500w hot plate converted to DC.
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Originally Posted by: jatman  Apologies, I'm making 2 6 gallon runs and im using a 1500w hot plate converted to DC. i hope you mean converted to be on full all the time-- an easy slip lol-- how do you regulate it????
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Yes I meant changing the hot plate from alternating current to direct current. You can still regulate the temp but change the cycles on it. I figured I would spend a little extra to get the set up I wanted. I'm sure a lot of my experience will come from trial and error but I'm some what anal retentive. Lol.
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please tell me about how you supply direct current to the hotplate. Its a new concept to me. :)
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I hope I didn't confuse you Scotty. All electric hot plates plugged into a wall socket are direct current or DC but inside the hotplates are thermostats that can cycle your hotplate temps to make undesirable results. It really depends on the hotplate you purchase, but most of the higher quality plates can be converted. This can be a little dangerous so monitoring the plate and the quality is very important. I know the plates sold on this site are higher end but in my experience its better to buy a product that has been used for such a conversion before, or at least you can not be as worried being the first person to test it. Out of curiosty what do you use?
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i think you have your terminology confused.
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Originally Posted by: scotty i think you have your terminology confused. Yeah. A wall socket is AC. Inside the plate heater electronics, it might convert to DC after AC passes through a rectifier... I don't know much about them...
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Originally Posted by: chrisknight Yeah. A wall socket is AC. Inside the plate heater electronics, it might convert to DC after AC passes through a rectifier... I don't know much about them... Thanks for the input Chris nothing is converted in the hotplate. there is nothing in them except a cycling thermostat which turns full off to full on as required. The heat element is a standard heat element that is designed to give a specific wattage at a specifiC voltage. the brewhaus quality hotplate is 1500 watts at 120 volts. this unit draws about about 12.5 amps when full 120 volts is applied. --the only mod bypasses the thermostat to make the hotplate full on always. the mod requires a RSC or the like to vary applied voltage which naturally will varry the wattage output of the hotplate. The load is a resistor and using a dc source would not give us any advantage and would require an expensive recitifier to change the ac to dc. WHAT DID I MISS???? :) OH YES--- If you are truly converting the ac to dc please tell us how and why you do it?? :) :)
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Originally Posted by: scotty i think you have your terminology confused. I think your rite Scotty, It makes no sense otherwise...
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Originally Posted by: captinjack I think your rite Scotty, It makes no sense otherwise... I thought that i made an error once but i was mistaken lol
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