Modifying the Essencia carbon filter.
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:05 pmSo the mod to the carbon filter and housing is working a treat .
have modded as follows .
first cut the nylon threaded part off the carbon filter,i did this with a stanley knife,(see photo) next drill a hole through the top to allow a stainless steel bolt to pass through the filter.i used an 8mm bit.
i then drilled the threaded nylon part the carbon filter used to screw into in the top holding vessel again 8mm bit.so now the the nylon vessel that holds the spirit now has 2 holes in it one for the ceramic and one for the carbon filter (see photo) all you need now is a stainless steel bolt M8 with a low profile head and a low profile nut along with a stainless washer and a silicone (food grade) washer to seal the top vessel.the bolt had to be trimmed down (hacksaw) by a couple of threads so as to clear the bottom of the collection vessel ,if this is slightly too long the top holding vessel will not sit onto the top lip properly.the bolt needs to be inserted from the holding (top vessel) along with a silicon sealing washer before attaching the ceramic filter,then its a simple matter of popping on the stainless washer and the low profile nut onto the bottom of the carbon filter and just nip it up very sightly this will give a great seal on the orange oring only a tiny bit over finger tight (we dont want to break the holding vessel) job done..
The Bolt was M8 130mm long, the nut was half/thin hexagon stainless M8 (low pfofile),and the silicone washer and stainless washer all off ebay .Hope this helps some of you out .If you want the links just ask.
have modded as follows .
first cut the nylon threaded part off the carbon filter,i did this with a stanley knife,(see photo) next drill a hole through the top to allow a stainless steel bolt to pass through the filter.i used an 8mm bit.
i then drilled the threaded nylon part the carbon filter used to screw into in the top holding vessel again 8mm bit.so now the the nylon vessel that holds the spirit now has 2 holes in it one for the ceramic and one for the carbon filter (see photo) all you need now is a stainless steel bolt M8 with a low profile head and a low profile nut along with a stainless washer and a silicone (food grade) washer to seal the top vessel.the bolt had to be trimmed down (hacksaw) by a couple of threads so as to clear the bottom of the collection vessel ,if this is slightly too long the top holding vessel will not sit onto the top lip properly.the bolt needs to be inserted from the holding (top vessel) along with a silicon sealing washer before attaching the ceramic filter,then its a simple matter of popping on the stainless washer and the low profile nut onto the bottom of the carbon filter and just nip it up very sightly this will give a great seal on the orange oring only a tiny bit over finger tight (we dont want to break the holding vessel) job done..
The Bolt was M8 130mm long, the nut was half/thin hexagon stainless M8 (low pfofile),and the silicone washer and stainless washer all off ebay .Hope this helps some of you out .If you want the links just ask.