Had to stop first t 500 run

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Had to stop first t 500 run

Postby danmiz » Sat Aug 04, 2012 12:26 pm

Hi all. I did my first run on my t 500 last night and I'm pretty impressed. I ran 3 gallons of 30% stripped wash and pulled about 3 L. It lasted longer than I expected and I had to turn it off. ( I was in my 6th hour). When I turned it off it was still producing at a pretty good rate. When I get home today can I Just turn it on and try to collect more spirits or should I just dump out Whats in the boiler?
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Re: Had to stop first t 500 run

Postby danmiz » Sat Aug 04, 2012 1:09 pm

Btw it was 96% from start to finish!
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Re: Had to stop first t 500 run

Postby billmcc » Sat Aug 04, 2012 3:47 pm

There shoud be about 1.5 ltr @ 95 abv left in the boiler
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Re: Had to stop first t 500 run

Postby danmiz » Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:14 pm

Thanks for info. Should I chuck another 50 ml of fores?
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Re: Had to stop first t 500 run

Postby Capt-Cudellez » Sat Aug 04, 2012 8:36 pm

Foreshots are a one time deal, once there gone there gone. No need to make another cut. I sometimes find you need to make an additional small heads cut, but you should start back up where you finished in the run.
If you have a very small amount of alcohol left in the boiler you can have trouble re-equalising the column, but you should be ok based on your numbers.
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Re: Had to stop first t 500 run

Postby danmiz » Sat Aug 04, 2012 11:05 pm

Ok got it! thanks again.
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