manfredo
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Come to think of it, me too! I am now starting to get the big picture!! Maybe next I'll be distilling some vodkaEverything I know about fractional distillation I learned on Moonshiners...
Come to think of it, me too! I am now starting to get the big picture!! Maybe next I'll be distilling some vodkaEverything I know about fractional distillation I learned on Moonshiners...
Ok, the simple dist set up will allow around 75-85% EtOH; if you want it purer (higher %) then run it fractional. Your cold well water is fine for cooling. Also realize there is an art to fractional distillation, most if not all your control is adjusting heating temp and the cooling temp; the principle is you want to concentrate the EtOH in the upper column before it goes out the condenser so that once it hits the condensor it's at high concentration.. In simple terms you want it to keep cycling for awhile in the upper column as it gets a higher concentrationOK, I think I answered my own question...I think I should use the simple distillation, because the fractional column is only for liquids that have a closer boiling point. Is that correct?
Then I am wondering about the condenser. I know I run cold water bottom to top, but can I use cold tap water? I have quite cold well water. Or I have the little vacuum chiller...or a laundry tub I could fill with ice water and circulate with a fish tank pump.
Yeah this was probably the wrong set to buy...I doubt I'll ever use the fractional column.
I'm confused. Just to make sure we are on the same page here, I am attempting to separate EtOH from cannabis oils/resins. I guess I am still not really understanding the fractional column, and will read up more on it.Ok, the simple dist set up will allow around 75-85% EtOH; if you want it purer (higher %) then run it fractional. Your cold well water is fine for cooling. Also realize there is an art to fractional distillation, most if not all your control is adjusting heating temp and the cooling temp; the principle is you want to concentrate the EtOH in the upper column before it goes out the condenser so that once it hits the condensor it's at high concentration.. In simple terms you want it to keep cycling for awhile in the upper column as it gets a higher concentration
I'm confused. Just to make sure we are on the same page here, I am attempting to separate EtOH from cannabis oils/resins. I guess I am still not really understanding the fractional column, and will read up more on it.
Anytime I see light green new growth I think a lack of iron, could be many things though.Anybody want to take a stab at what's going on with these clones? I'm thinking maybe a magnesium overload. They are in soil.View attachment 4890349
Yes, it's only in new growth so my best bet is to get them into some new soil probably! There is something they don't like!!Anytime I see light green new growth I think a lack of iron, could be many things though.
Wouldn't Proteus be a better name for a boat or a sub?I noticed something white in the sky, and it was Proteus
I would not have thought of that. I’m curious as to why you think so. I’ll wager your take on it is cool.Wouldn't Proteus be a better name for a boat or a sub?
Proteus was Poseidon's son and the protector of bodies of water.I would not have thought of that. I’m curious as to why you think so. I’ll wager your take on it is cool.
Real son or abracadabra son?Proteus was Poseidon's son and the protector of bodies of water.
mythological gods, there's a little abracadabra.Real son or abracadabra son?
I dug out a bunch of irises a few years ago, one showed up again this year.I think a squirrel forgot where he buried his tulip bulb. I'm gonna steal it when it opens up.
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