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Postby Pyro » Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:09 pm

Help required

I am running a T500. I cant get water to flow thought the system, it gets up to the top no bother but only trickles out the bottom hose.

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Re: Help Required

Postby MrCat » Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:33 pm

Just to check (as someone here got it wrong) - is the water going into the right hand input (as you look at the column) and coming out of the ouput on the left (with the temp probe)

Turn the water off, remove the plastic pipe from the top of the condensor (the smaller pipe to right of the column) and blow down the plastic pipe. If there is a blockage in the column this should show it up.
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Re: Help Required

Postby Pyro » Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:48 pm

Hi Mrcat

yes it is a blockage, was thinking of runing some miltons down it.

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Re: Help Required

Postby Capt-Cudellez » Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:20 pm

Hi Pyro, have you taken the top connecting hose off, and given it a blow through to find if its the condenser side or the reflux side?

If its the reflux side, before putting any thing you don't need to through your still, I would wager the most likely place for a blockage would be the thermo probe housing, maybe a bit of plumbers tape or something like that jamming it up.

You can just unscrew this anti-clockwise and have a good look in it. if you leave the packing in the column, you'll have no trouble screwing it back on.

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