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Pyro wrote:Didn't know you could get a higher volume AS, Is it just an AS head on a larger pot.

I built myself a 25 litre Airstill a few years ago, with a column for stripping and another for refluxing, and an air cooled condenser; hence it is an air still.
I used to run it through a power controller, and then after a few years it died, sort of, and now the boiler only runs at around 340 Watts.
I bought a new boiler that fits the same columns and can run at higher Wattages,
but TBH, I am enjoying the leisurely slow running of this decrepit still.
I am bonkers, but it takes all sorts.
And that is why I am here.


Robert.

Nothing wrong with a slow running still ED.
Quality always wins over speed

Easydrinker wrote:

Pyro wrote:Didn't know you could get a higher volume AS, Is it just an AS head on a larger pot.

I built myself a 25 litre Airstill a few years ago, with a column for stripping and another for refluxing, and an air cooled condenser; hence it is an air still.
I used to run it through a power controller, and then after a few years it died, sort of, and now the boiler only runs at around 340 Watts.
I bought a new boiler that fits the same columns and can run at higher Wattages,
but TBH, I am enjoying the leisurely slow running of this decrepit still.
I am bonkers, but it takes all sorts.
And that is why I am here.


Robert.

How do you cool the condenser by air Robert? It sounds very interesting.

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That is the Pot still.

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This is the reflux column.

They are a long read.
Basically the condenser is a lot of copper, a large bucket and a domestic extractor fan.
The reflux column uses a second fan and a wooden box.

Robert.