I was thinking more along the lines of a jacket for the collection pot wrapped around the sides and bottom....also for heating inside the vacuum chamber....They make custom dimensions as well.....
Ya it would be nice to eliminate the water from the whole process. I find it gets into the outside rim of the collection chamber gaskets, and sometimes those drops can fall into the oil during collection/opening. I guess there will still be condensation though. Its impossible to control the heat accurately with the wyott though so im defintly looking into those heat mats
On the topic of the appion, I have certainly sucked up oil into it a few times during multiple run collections, and noticed the pump strength fall dramatically. To remedy this I have can-tapped a can directly into the inlet of the appion and pumped it to atmosphere through a 4 ft long stainless hose to get the butane out of the immediate area of the appion (All OUTSIDE). cleaned it right out, and now runs like new.
Ya it would be nice to eliminate the water from the whole process. I find it gets into the outside rim of the collection chamber gaskets, and sometimes those drops can fall into the oil during collection/opening. I guess there will still be condensation though. Its impossible to control the heat accurately with the wyott though so im defintly looking into those heat mats
On the topic of the appion, I have certainly sucked up oil into it a few times during multiple run collections, and noticed the pump strength fall dramatically. To remedy this I have can-tapped a can directly into the inlet of the appion and pumped it to atmosphere through a 4 ft long stainless hose to get the butane out of the immediate area of the appion (All OUTSIDE). cleaned it right out, and now runs like new.
Did you clean your appion with the power on or off?
I have a couple theories as to why it is so easy to over flood the collection chamber and suck oil into the appion.
For example, You flood the first column where you record the time it took to reach the top. Then using that time you then flood the column 2-3 more times for the same amount of time it took for the first. However i think we are not taking into account that after the first dump, 8-12% of your mass (Extracted Oil) in the column was removed and dumped into the collection chamber, leaving about 90%ish of the mass still in the tube. Which means there is more space for butane, and subsequently every dump after that will have that much more butane flowing into the collection chamber, which can lead to overflooding imo. I have been taking a few seconds off of each dump after the first, and havnt sucked up any oil since, For example 12 sec =first flood 10sec=2nd flood 8 sec=3rd flood etc.
Another theory i have is that your first flood is the coldest (assuming you pre-chilled your tank) and therefor has the least amount of pressure, which means it takes longer to flood. So the following floods which are a little bit warmer, have more pressure and flood faster, with more butane flowing into your column in the same amount of time as your first flood.
what do you guys think?
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First two are the isolated crystal. The last two are just some snaps that IMO resemble the THC-a picture from one of the links I posted.. I found an old microscope slide that was in the wash bin that hadnt been cleaned. I took it to the scope and found the largest crystals Ive seen yet. Large and nicely formed. Ill get em posted in a bit... til then :
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Hey , where did you get that mesh screen?
I ordered the refrigerant recovery tank through the link Grey Wolf posted. I also had to buy another tank from my supplier to have it filled through their distributor. I requested a liquid/gas y valve one the tank and what I am seeing here is different than anything I've seen in the past. Is this in fact a gas and liquid valve? What type of threads are in that female liquid(?) opening? Recommendation to convert to 1/4" flare?
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Has anybody looked at a digital heating pad for people to use for heating the collection pot?