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[lozzzzzz]

Superb!  I could pop in tomorrow to get it between 5 and 6 if not the weekend or next week perhaps?

Thanks Dick

[Dickjotec]

Tomorrow is fine see you after 5.

[lozzzzzz]

Well this morning I made a little more progress and the bottom end of the processor is finally looking pretty much finished. 


I've been busy cutting and drilling the heat exchanger that I got from Dick (Thank you very much) and have soldered in some 15mm to 22mm reducers. 


And attached it to the top end of the condenser.


More to come

[Jamesrl]

You have your pump and feed in funnel the wrong way round, your flow will be slowed considerably in that configuration.

[lozzzzzz]

Indeed it will.  I thought about that one long and hard, and in the end went with the thinking that the pump is man enough to manage.  It all fits a bit better this way. 

I've now tried it and the pump with a full tank and it is still pumping into the tank so fast that air is being pulled through to the bottom of the cone and back through the pump.  Its mental.  I also timed it.  It empties the whole tank (well about 160l) is 23 seconds. 

I might put a T piece in to half the speed into the tank.

[greasemonkey]

Ah, a feed in funnel, now that is a good idea. I can feel that modification coming on.
Nice work.

[Jamesrl]

I've now tried it and the pump with a full tank and it is still pumping into the tank so fast that air is being pulled through to the bottom of the cone and back through the pump.  Its mental.  I also timed it.  It empties the whole tank (well about 160l) is 23 seconds. 

Was that with oil or water?

[Jamesrl]

Ah, a feed in funnel, now that is a good idea. I can feel that modification coming on.
Nice work.

Great for putting glyc in, I've had one for quite some time now. Not exactly the same but it does the same job.

[Dickjotec]

Ah, a feed in funnel, now that is a good idea. I can feel that modification coming on.
Nice work.

Works well but make it deeper if you have a 'normal' pump. I have used a 1 gallon parafin tank with the bottom cut off. Works really well with a tam. It also just fits a flower sieve for BCBs  as Jim says ideal for glyc and adding a cubie for getting the level just right.

[greasemonkey]

Thanks for the advice. Where it would be a marvellous benefit to me is getting some oil in to start off with, instead of having to tip it in through the top. Once I've got 20 litres in, I can suck the rest up before the pump.

[lozzzzzz]

That was with water, I guess the oil might slow the pump down a bit, but less so when hot.

[Mickindashed]

I started off with a feed in funnel but I changed it to loading the processor by pumping straight from a settling tank. The advantages of having a settling tank for your feedstock are 1. Most of the bits drop out without filtering and 2. If you put the settling tank outside you won't make a mess pouring oil in your work space. I put the glyc into the settling tank and when the glyc level reaches the wvo take off point I drain the bottom of the tank which takes out all the old glyc plus whatever particles and lumps have settled out of the oil into the glyc layer. The glyc in the settling tank helps dry the oil too.

[greasemonkey]

I have a settling tank, that pumps into the processor, but that has usually got solid palm in it, till I heat it up. I also use the processor for processing WVO, so sometimes need to just dump some liquid in it.
As you say, it's pretty good for the lumps to drop out before it gets in the processor.
Not so nice cleaning it out though.......

[Dickjotec]

For general filling I use a large plastic  bucket, an ex cattle lick bucket about 60L, with a pipe that I link to the pump. Tank sits on a stand slightly above the pump. Easy to pour in from tins, cubies or to pump into with the lutz. A big strainer on top takes care of the lumps and it can be put away after filling.

[Julian]

Best way I've found of filling the processor and generally transferring oil, glycerin and bio around is a Mono pump.

I have mine piped and valved so it can run in parallel with the processor pump, run independently on a couple of flying hoses or pump anything in or out of the processor.

There's no lifting containers, no glugging and splashing when decanting oil etc etc.  I've even used the pressure the Mono creates to dislodge solidified glycerin from pipe work.

Thourough recommend the setup.