T500 Recall

[Andy]

Anybody who has a Still Spirits T500 should read this:

http://www.stillspirits.com/wawcs016155 ... still.html

[marc83]

Well,that sucks!i havent got one but it still sucks.At least they are on to it quick.

[Jimmy]

Cheers for pointing it out Andy!

[Andy]

Its my duty to report such problems :-)

It is nice to see that SS are onto it as quick as they are, and that replacements are \"on the spot\"

It doesnt affect mine (thank god) but Crusty (Brian) did have one of these.

Brian can tell the story.

[Crusty]

Hi all,

My column was one of the recalled ones. It leaked from the seal that went into the condenser. Not a huge leak, just a drop every second or two. By the end of my first run with the T500, I was bitterley disapponted with this design. I rang the store that I purchased it from & he kindly replaced it for me. I have no problems now with the replacement column. To anyone looking at purchasing a T500, don't be put off by the flaw in the affected condensers or any negative feedback from other still manufactures. The T500 rocks, produces the cleanest & purest spirit available & can put out an incredible 95% spirit. I, as many others have mentioned, questioned wether the spirit needed to be filtered or not, it is truely that clean.

My first run produced 93% & I collected 3.5 litres. I would like to point out I never used any Turbo clear so my wash was not as clean going into the T500 as it could of been. If I used the Turbo clear I believe I would of achieved the 95%.

I cut my spirit to 40% using RO water & filtered it using my filter, a drop every second & it took around two & a half days to complete filtering.

I am very happy with the T500. It's awesome.
Brian

[Andy]

All good now \"Bman\"????

[Crusty]

Alls good Andy.

Going to put down another wash shortly & will use the Turbo clear this time round. Still debating on wether to do the Alcotec or Triple distilled again.

Hooked up the new column to my boiler & boiled some water, ran cooling water through the condenser at different speeds & no problems at all. No leak in sight.
Brian

[BundyRed]

Haven\'t checked mine yet, but mine has the black plastic instead of the chrome, so I think mine will be fine. I haven\'t had any problems anyway.

Just ran mine last night for the second time and got 3.6L out of Triple Distilled and used the Turbo clear (looked like water it was that clear). barely any smell. Very happy.

Brought a test tube so I could test, but couldn\'t test the strength as my alco meter is too long. It bottomed out with it reading 95%, but the spirit was above 20deg.

I may have to look at getting a in line pump to supply the water. I\'m on tank water and the pump is on and off causing inconsistent pressure. This was causing a 1.5deg temp variation of the water coming out of the still. I just tried to keep it at an avg of 55deg.

[marc83]

Nice result from the triple bundy red,im saving my spirit from my triple for voddys only,soooo clean!

[BundyRed]

I went to a wedding last night and now I have a headache from drinking real Bourbon.

[ghostfreak]

HI .. I have a T500 and have only used it once so far but with excellent results. My question is it has a chrome condensor.. I tried the link at the start of this topic about cheking this out but it just takes me to there sale page.. What was the problem with the chrome condensors plz?

[Andy]

It was leaking