How hard is it to understand efficiency? He literally gave you the numbers.
Aren’t you like against crop steering and automation? Maybe you should KISS hash making too.
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We dont really prep our material much, we take it how it comes and run it. Its not worth the time (for us at least)
If its buds we run full buds if its trim we run it all trim, if its ground up preroll material we run it as such.
I’m saying when we test our spent biomass we usually leave behind 2-4% thc. This varies with material consistency, incoming potency and strain dependent too.
You need to keep in mind pretty much every system on the market does the same overall process, it fills the material column with solvent and then it soaks for x amount of time, sometimes no soak at all and then it drains. There isnt anything novel about this step and your efficiency will not differ from any other system unless you do something different. like re-circulation or agitation. Luna does do one thing that’s somewhat novel and that is a pressure soak, after its done filling it will take the vapor from your collection and build pressure in your material column. This is an option you can set in your recipe, and we have found it does help keep the yields more consistent and slightly improved vs a static soak. it also speeds up the drain time and cuts the overall run time down.
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Thank you for the detailed response. Jack and them should pay you for all the positive info you put out about their products.
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Right?
Although just dropping more toys off would work for me 
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Before I pull the trigger on this one I’m gonna mention I’d like the Cyclopath/Eugene-Boys mods. Since these don’t exist as a package yet you should nudge them into seeing the value in cutting you a check to realize your innovation as added value for their system.
Those are mostly about blowing hot smoke up its arse…
Two 3-way valves, a check valve, a hose, and a couple of swagelok fittings.
It was @thesk8nmidget who added the “push on CRC”, and rotated my sampling valve at the bottom of the reactor. I can only take credit for the compression fittings on the pour spout…working with this team is a joy…
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Luna has definitely treated us right for all the work and input we have given them regarding the new Oberon. No personal checks have been written but they have written off some big invoices for our company in trade for our time and information shared regarding changes we suggested and implemented.
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What’s price difference on Oberon?
Would you recommend over the I/o
I’m not sure the price difference, you would need to call and ask, the Oberon does require larger air cooled chillers, but i would absolutely recommend the Oberon over the IO.
A few 3 way valves and a diaphragm pump would allow you to recirculate in the extraction column. You could use your hot vapor to purge the pump of solution after the extraction cycle is finished. Do you think that diffusion of solvent or the amount of solvent used is more instrumental in achieving higher yields? Anyone know what the extraction efficiency is on Illuminated equipment when they are getting the best of both worlds by having a high solvent to biomass ratio a well as a lot of diffusion during recirc? @Zack_illuminated?
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You have a recommendation on a pump that can handle -60c saturated solvent without leaking? We’ve tried a few and they all leak.
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Now this is a good convo
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A question I would love answered definitively is how much noids can the solvent hold on to at X Temp?
Can you pass noid laden tincture over itself again and again efficiently? More importantly can you pass it over a new column?
Did you try a yamada ndp20? I have only gotten them that cold with ethanol laden solution.
not that specific one but i have tried the graco that looks identical and it leaked after about 5 minutes.
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What does bhogart use on their mvp liquid pump?
Think it’s all off the shelf stuff
The gracos usually have a single clamp on each diaphragm. Did yours bolt or clamp together? The ndp20 has 6 bolts on each diaphragm. The common leak spot is usually where the inlet and outlet pipes connect to the pump. Once they are cold, you can usually tighten them once to stop any more leaking. Gracos that I’ve used usually leak by the big clamps at cold temps.
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Mine clamp together, but it was actually leaking at the two bolts by the inlet and outlet. It may have started leaking at the clamps if we continued to run it longer though.
I think you can get thicker PTFE gaskets for those spots. I could be wrong. We have a Chinese pump that is all tri-clamp top and bottom gaskets and is bolted together that I haven’t gotten around to testing yet. It pulls great suction for the ethanol FFE and seems like it is well sealed.
The boxer @Photon_noir and I have used for recirculating our CRC did not leak (once buttoned up correctly).
However, we were running from the heated collection , so it’s a different problem…
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