Maple Syrup Reverse Osmosis Upgrades and Questions
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- Опубліковано 19 лют 2024
- Going over a few upgrades and questions regarding our DIY Maple syrup RO system.
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I used a Delrin sleeve CP-8NLB I bought at Lowes for $5. It has brass stints for the valve, but the compression fittings are plastic and really seal the needle valve fitting. No leaks. I used same needle valve you listed on your original video. By the way... our RO system worked great. Thank you for the videos. Without them, I probably wouldn't have made a system.
Glad things worked out for you on the RO. Great info here, thanks Tom!
Hi Jason, never realized all of the work involved in getting Maple Syrup from Maple Water. When I buy Maple Syrup I never realized what is all involved in getting the Syrup. With the Wood Fire to heat the Maple Water what do you do at night to keep the fire hot enough to continue your processing? It seems like it would be hard to regulate a constant heat when the wood runs low.
Hi Ben,
The unique low temps at night this time of year allow us to let the unfinished sap sit in the pan for several days. This allows us to pick things up right where we left off the next day and also allows the sap to darken in the evaporator pan. Letting the fire die down at the end of the day and then starting again the next is not the most efficient use of our firewood but does produce ample amounts of biochar which we then use in our gardening and water filtration. Excellent question!
Jason - brass compression sleeves are designed for copper pipe. Plastic sleeves are designed for pvc pipe. My needle valve does not leak but this is my first year using RO. Hope this helps.
So are you using copper with your needle valve?
@@birchfieldfarming No I'm using 1/4" pvc tubing like yours. Brass sleeves can cut into the pvc tubing and cause the tubing to become offset inside the compression fitting. I've had a lot of experience with plumbing kitchen / bathroom fixtures and learned the hard way. Your video's have been very helpful and I really appreciate the time and effort you give so others like myself can save time, money, and avoid the learning curve mistakes. Thank you!
@@dennisfehrenbach5352Thanks Dennis! Hope your season is a good one!🤠
Are you inserting the little plastic sleeve into the tubing?
Yes, plastic 1/4” tubing goes into sleeve nicely.
You need to put the brass sleeves inside the tubing before you tighten the nuts
…so I’m trying to understand what you’re saying here. The brass sleeves fit snugly just over or outside the blue tubing.
Думаю, мембраны нужно хорошенько промыть и высушить их на каком-нибудь обогревателе, чтобы абсолютно вся влага из них испарилась и хранить в сухом месте. Не будет влаги - не будет неприятного запаха.
Interesting. I know they make a preservative you can add when wet, I just don’t trust the chemicals when it’s something I’m going to be consuming.
take the needle valve and the hose to a old plummer shop and ask the old gays for expert help, i live in norway so i cant help you with your dimensjons or the kind of
parts you put together in your contry. i make birch syrup, so its simular to what you are doing. why dont you put up dividers in the boilerpan, put up 2 walls and you get faster and darker syrup. or you can bay a crab boiler for propanif you strugle with making it darker and tastyer. i do mine last boiling in the kitchen, its a little bit slower prossess than the crab boiler but its easier to controll spesialy in the last minuttes of the boil.
Thanks, Endre…sounds like a good process you’ve got going on the Birch!
i realy enjoy it!