Re: CS>Distilling - OT
Thanks, Ode.PT From: Ode Coyote To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 7:32 AM Subject: Re: CS>Distilling - OT straight up..citric acid might work too. Ode On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 10:38 AM, PT Ferrance wrote: Thanks, Ode. When I clean it this week I will do a pot of vinegar. Should it be mixed with water or just straight? I use citric acid to clean the pot but don't let it run through the system. Would that also work? I like it because it is also a microbial.I appreciate your help.PT From: Ode Coyote To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 8:44 AM Subject: Re: CS>Distilling - OT That would be minerals from over boil. If you can slow that distiller down [less hot, but a lot slower] that stuff should stay in the pot like most of it does. Soak the condenser in an acid like CLR, dilute Muriatic [Hydrochloric acid, HCl] or distilled white vinegar. ["distilled" suggests that distilling some with your distiller will do the job] Bear in mind that strong HCl will 'passivate' stainless steel if left on too long...makes it sorta black, gold and purple weird stainy lookin] Ode On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 4:26 PM, PT Ferrance wrote: I've been using the same distiller for probably close to 10 years and have never had a problem. The other day I noticed some white particles floating on the top of the water in the distiller jug. The water is very hard where I live and usually the inside of the pot needs to be cleaned at least once a week (I distill 1 pot a day). The substance almost looks like the minerals that build up on the inside of the pot on the sides where it dries. I also noticed a white powdery substance on the inside of the tube that the water drips out of. Anyone have any ideas on what this could be and how I can resolve it?Thanks.PT
Re: CS>Distilling - OT
straight up..citric acid might work too. Ode On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 10:38 AM, PT Ferrance wrote: > Thanks, Ode. When I clean it this week I will do a pot of vinegar. > Should it be mixed with water or just straight? > I use citric acid to clean the pot but don't let it run through the > system. Would that also work? I like it because it is also a microbial. > I appreciate your help. > PT > > > -- > *From:* Ode Coyote > *To:* silver-list@eskimo.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 23, 2015 8:44 AM > *Subject:* Re: CS>Distilling - OT > > That would be minerals from over boil. If you can slow that distiller down > [less hot, but a lot slower] that stuff should stay in the pot like most > of it does. > Soak the condenser in an acid like CLR, dilute Muriatic [Hydrochloric > acid, HCl] or distilled white vinegar. ["distilled" suggests that > distilling some with your distiller will do the job] > > Bear in mind that strong HCl will 'passivate' stainless steel if left on > too long...makes it sorta black, gold and purple weird stainy lookin] > > Ode > > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 4:26 PM, PT Ferrance > wrote: > > I've been using the same distiller for probably close to 10 years and have > never had a problem. > > The other day I noticed some white particles floating on the top of the > water in the distiller jug. The water is very hard where I live and > usually the inside of the pot needs to be cleaned at least once a week (I > distill 1 pot a day). The substance almost looks like the minerals that > build up on the inside of the pot on the sides where it dries. I also > noticed a white powdery substance on the inside of the tube that the water > drips out of. > > Anyone have any ideas on what this could be and how I can resolve it? > Thanks. > PT > > > > >
Re: CS>Distilling - OT
Thanks Joe. I fill it only to the fill line and try to keep it clean with citric acid. Since it is getting older should I give it more head room?PT From: Joe Huard To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 12:10 PM Subject: Re: CS>Distilling - OT Hi PT, I used to sell distillers, and I believe that you are filling the boiling tank too much. There has to be some room above the water level for just steam to be. And then the steam gets forced into the cooling coils. Joe On 2015-12-23 10:38 AM, PT Ferrance wrote: Thanks, Ode. When I clean it this week I will do a pot of vinegar. Should it be mixed with water or just straight? I use citric acid to clean the pot but don't let it run through the system. Would that also work? I like it because it is also a microbial. I appreciate your help. PT From: Ode Coyote To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 8:44 AM Subject: Re: CS>Distilling - OT That would be minerals from over boil. If you can slow that distiller down [less hot, but a lot slower] that stuff should stay in the pot like most of it does. Soak the condenser in an acid like CLR, dilute Muriatic [Hydrochloric acid, HCl] or distilled white vinegar. ["distilled" suggests that distilling some with your distiller will do the job] Bear in mind that strong HCl will 'passivate' stainless steel if left on too long...makes it sorta black, gold and purple weird stainy lookin] Ode On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 4:26 PM, PT Ferrance wrote: I've been using the same distiller for probably close to 10 years and have never had a problem. The other day I noticed some white particles floating on the top of the water in the distiller jug. The water is very hard where I live and usually the inside of the pot needs to be cleaned at least once a week (I distill 1 pot a day). The substance almost looks like the minerals that build up on the inside of the pot on the sides where it dries. I also noticed a white powdery substance on the inside of the tube that the water drips out of. Anyone have any ideas on what this could be and how I can resolve it? Thanks. PT -- If a man is deep in the woods, with no woman around, and says something, is he still wrong?
Re: CS>Distilling - OT
Hi PT, I used to sell distillers, and I believe that you are filling the boiling tank too much. There has to be some room above the water level for just steam to be. And then the steam gets forced into the cooling coils. Joe On 2015-12-23 10:38 AM, PT Ferrance wrote: Thanks, Ode. When I clean it this week I will do a pot of vinegar. Should it be mixed with water or just straight? I use citric acid to clean the pot but don't let it run through the system. Would that also work? I like it because it is also a microbial. I appreciate your help. PT *From:* Ode Coyote *To:* silver-list@eskimo.com *Sent:* Wednesday, December 23, 2015 8:44 AM *Subject:* Re: CS>Distilling - OT That would be minerals from over boil. If you can slow that distiller down [less hot, but a lot slower] that stuff should stay in the pot like most of it does. Soak the condenser in an acid like CLR, dilute Muriatic [Hydrochloric acid, HCl] or distilled white vinegar. ["distilled" suggests that distilling some with your distiller will do the job] Bear in mind that strong HCl will 'passivate' stainless steel if left on too long...makes it sorta black, gold and purple weird stainy lookin] Ode On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 4:26 PM, PT Ferrance <mailto:ptf2...@bellsouth.net>> wrote: I've been using the same distiller for probably close to 10 years and have never had a problem. The other day I noticed some white particles floating on the top of the water in the distiller jug. The water is very hard where I live and usually the inside of the pot needs to be cleaned at least once a week (I distill 1 pot a day). The substance almost looks like the minerals that build up on the inside of the pot on the sides where it dries. I also noticed a white powdery substance on the inside of the tube that the water drips out of. Anyone have any ideas on what this could be and how I can resolve it? Thanks. PT -- If a man is deep in the woods, with no woman around, and says something, is he still wrong?
Re: CS>Distilling - OT
Thanks, Ode. When I clean it this week I will do a pot of vinegar. Should it be mixed with water or just straight? I use citric acid to clean the pot but don't let it run through the system. Would that also work? I like it because it is also a microbial.I appreciate your help.PT From: Ode Coyote To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 8:44 AM Subject: Re: CS>Distilling - OT That would be minerals from over boil. If you can slow that distiller down [less hot, but a lot slower] that stuff should stay in the pot like most of it does. Soak the condenser in an acid like CLR, dilute Muriatic [Hydrochloric acid, HCl] or distilled white vinegar. ["distilled" suggests that distilling some with your distiller will do the job] Bear in mind that strong HCl will 'passivate' stainless steel if left on too long...makes it sorta black, gold and purple weird stainy lookin] Ode On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 4:26 PM, PT Ferrance wrote: I've been using the same distiller for probably close to 10 years and have never had a problem. The other day I noticed some white particles floating on the top of the water in the distiller jug. The water is very hard where I live and usually the inside of the pot needs to be cleaned at least once a week (I distill 1 pot a day). The substance almost looks like the minerals that build up on the inside of the pot on the sides where it dries. I also noticed a white powdery substance on the inside of the tube that the water drips out of. Anyone have any ideas on what this could be and how I can resolve it?Thanks.PT
Re: CS>Distilling - OT
That would be minerals from over boil. If you can slow that distiller down [less hot, but a lot slower] that stuff should stay in the pot like most of it does. Soak the condenser in an acid like CLR, dilute Muriatic [Hydrochloric acid, HCl] or distilled white vinegar. ["distilled" suggests that distilling some with your distiller will do the job] Bear in mind that strong HCl will 'passivate' stainless steel if left on too long...makes it sorta black, gold and purple weird stainy lookin] Ode On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 4:26 PM, PT Ferrance wrote: > I've been using the same distiller for probably close to 10 years and have > never had a problem. > > The other day I noticed some white particles floating on the top of the > water in the distiller jug. The water is very hard where I live and > usually the inside of the pot needs to be cleaned at least once a week (I > distill 1 pot a day). The substance almost looks like the minerals that > build up on the inside of the pot on the sides where it dries. I also > noticed a white powdery substance on the inside of the tube that the water > drips out of. > > Anyone have any ideas on what this could be and how I can resolve it? > Thanks. > PT > >
CS>Distilling - OT
I've been using the same distiller for probably close to 10 years and have never had a problem. The other day I noticed some white particles floating on the top of the water in the distiller jug. The water is very hard where I live and usually the inside of the pot needs to be cleaned at least once a week (I distill 1 pot a day). The substance almost looks like the minerals that build up on the inside of the pot on the sides where it dries. I also noticed a white powdery substance on the inside of the tube that the water drips out of. Anyone have any ideas on what this could be and how I can resolve it?Thanks.PT