DIY Maple Syrup Evaporator | Pan and Copper Coil Around the Chimney | pt 2
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Received my stainless steel pan ordered from Vevor, pleased with the overall quality for the price. Adding the copper coil around the chimney to act as a pre-heater but you'll see, perhaps it is a little too efficient...
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Many people get confused by pipe/ tubing sizes. Pipe is measured inside diameter and tubing is measured outside diameter.
I tried this way of preheating the sap also but I couldn't find a way to control the temperature .
So I used an old aquarstar heater jacket. It's all copper and I just enclosed it on the heat pipe so I could remove it when it got to hot, especially when you run out of sap. worked for me
Try shortening the copper pipe and it shouldn't get as hot
Try putting the cold sap in the bottom of the coil so that the hot sap comes out the top of the coil. As long as the top of the coil is lower than the bucket it will flow. Steam bubbles and hot sap want to rise. I have my coil inside the chimney pipe with the hot sap coming out the top. Works great.
Nice set up. I made a similar pre heater unit with no valve on the lower part feeding the pan. It works great.
This is going to be interesting Alex, something I always wanted to do and someday I will. I'll be tuning in for the process.
My only problem is I completely forgot about my firewood...! But I have high hopes for this little evaporator.
@@brokenpinesfarm you'll be fine, I'm sure of that.
A nice CFMoto side by side would certainly make my job easier!
@@brokenpinesfarm haha yes it would indeed
That's exactly how I do it. Captured that heat of exhaust.
Once properly adjusted it works amazingly well
One difference, I drip it into a small pan that sits on top of large pan and then it overflows via bent edge of small pan creating a funnel, dripping into big pan. Little pan captures some heat from duct pipe and off back of stove. One question: how do you drain syrup w/o removing pan from stove so you don't scorch pan? Mine slides off to one side via platform made out of pipes. Holds pan at slight angle back to drain valve for complete draining. Then I can top load stove, fill some sap into pan to prevent scorching and then slide pan back onto stove. Then I fill it with more sap and turn on dripper. This way I can pull pan off heat at any time. I load stove from front after top loading after draining. Just some ideas.
I found a way to remove the pan without burning the bottom, basically wait till fire dies down, open the drain and drain enough so I can pick up the pan and rest it on top of the door so it is off the heat to finish emptying it. I'll be the first to admit it's not a great setup but it works for now. If all goes well I'd like to use an old oil tank as my firebox instead of a steel drum so I don't want to spend too much since I'll probably upgrade down the road. But thanks for your suggestion, sounds like a much better setup than mine!
@@brokenpinesfarm on top of my stove I have it rimmed in 2" pipe which the pan sits on. Aligned with the pipes are 2 more pipes that are off the side of the stove. They are slightly bent down and act as a slide. I shove the pan down these 2 pipes and off the heat. Also one is a bit higher than they other. In its resting position the pan ends up sloped down to one corner where the drain is. Before pushing it back on the heat I pour a few gallons of sap into the pan so it doesn't scorch over the fire. This is VERY SIMPLE and effective even if my description is not clear. At the ends of the pipes are stops so the pan doesn't slide off and it has legs under it to hold it up. Cheap to build: a few pipes and a few 2x4 legs. And the pan slides smoothly on the pipes. Oh, and the stove can easily be loaded up to the max before sliding the pan back in place.
New sub here friend! Great video. I'd like to go at that one of these days!
Just subbed to your channel too! Careful my friend, highly addictive! But so worth it!
@Dragonfly Projects & Homestead sounds promising hahah I needs to have some!! Take care
Feed more sap into coil inrol or comes out to almost a boil. No sense in wasting your energy that you are creating