Oh ya I almost forgot. If you don't have snow and the weather is really getting too warm to store the sap properly, get some longer hose and toss the chiller coil in the river.
Hi, Just a little help for Bill. Get a 50' roll of 3/8'' aluminum tubing and bend it into a big flat coil leaving both ends sticking straight up 1 foot or so. and bury it in a couple of feet of snow. hook some 1/2 inch ID hose to both alum pipes put a cheap 5 gpm elec pump on the hose, toss both ends into your storage tank and , bam !! Instant sap chiller,will keep your sap at about 35 deg. Good Video !!
About a month ago, I acquired an evaporator just about exactly like that one. The same fittings, floats and everything!! This one has some holes in the fins underneath that will need to be repaired. See the boiler I built on my site. We made about 8 gallons of syrup this year 09 . My first time really doing it myself with my own equip. Thanks for the vid. Dean
Best one I've seen, through the other videos I was always wondering what exactly was going on with those evaporators. Thanks
MortallyEmbittered 7 months ago
@MortallyEmbittered thanks for watching, Bill is a great guy. eric
erochow 7 months ago
Oh ya I almost forgot. If you don't have snow and the weather is really getting too warm to store the sap properly, get some longer hose and toss the chiller coil in the river.
7777dmith7777 1 year ago
Hi, Just a little help for Bill. Get a 50' roll of 3/8'' aluminum tubing and bend it into a big flat coil leaving both ends sticking straight up 1 foot or so. and bury it in a couple of feet of snow. hook some 1/2 inch ID hose to both alum pipes put a cheap 5 gpm elec pump on the hose, toss both ends into your storage tank and , bam !! Instant sap chiller,will keep your sap at about 35 deg. Good Video !!
7777dmith7777 1 year ago
I love the labs!! they're beautiful!
BenedictHudson 1 year ago
That's not viscosity. It's specific gravity, compared to water at 1.000.
BeeRich33 2 years ago
@BeeRich33 its not specific gravity either its density.
mollygsp 1 year ago
@mollygsp same thing. My point was that the refractometer doesn't measure viscosity. SG is relative density to water at 1.000.
BeeRich33 1 year ago
Your pans are backwards. Put the finishing pan over the firebox and the sap pans at the stack. You will increase evaporation rate.
mollygsp 2 years ago
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mollygsp 2 years ago
About a month ago, I acquired an evaporator just about exactly like that one. The same fittings, floats and everything!! This one has some holes in the fins underneath that will need to be repaired. See the boiler I built on my site. We made about 8 gallons of syrup this year 09 . My first time really doing it myself with my own equip. Thanks for the vid. Dean
blowinganddrifting 2 years ago