Get a 45g (1.5"x6") spool and go from there I’d say. Start small to learn.
And there’s a lot to learn to all of this to even attempt to do it safely. I meant it earlier when I said you might need to do some more research, I meant no offense, but there’s a ton to learn about.
Liquid solvent volumes and weights for instance, that’s basic hvac knowledge, you need to get those basics down and then move to the next set of knowledge, especially when piecing these things together on your own or buying Chinese sets.
Since you have it now, you can make what you have work, but like killa said, your life, and others, is being put to risk doing this.
Even if you do everything right, there’s still risk involved, try to minimize it as much as possible.
You would be much better off running a smaller material column and do more runs. When you’re recovering you are heating the liquid gas forcing it to boil and evaporate. This creates more pressure than the solvent has as a liquid. If you have no space for this expansion you’re creating a bomb
If you ran the system completely full to where your collection pot is full and the material column was flooded with solvent you wouldn’t be able to recover at all… If you heated the mixture it would create more pressure than your vessel can safely hold. You will also have cannabinoid filled liquid come through your recovery port which should only ever be a gas at this point.
OK, so my question now is, how does having a smaller material column do anything but make my system even smaller in total size? And therfore more of a bomb? (i’m ordering it now either way it’s 16$ lol.) I’m just trying to understand the premise here
Like where I get confused is here. if I’m starting with pot A full of butane (4x6), and I’m running my butane through a 18inch column and than collecting at the bottom in my other 4x6 pot B… What does changing that column to a 6 inch do other than allow me to pack less bud (which I realize would require less butane to extract), but at this point what’s in the system is in the system right? So how’s the column size make it any different other than less area? It’s just a pipe in passing through isn’t it? I understand vapor and liquid will take up different amounts of space. But I’m only going to have in the system as much as I put in it to begin with right?
To word it another way I guess, by having too big of a column for the amount of butane and pot that my system can hold wouldn’t my problem in the N likely be that my bud still has cannabinoids in it that I was on able to strip? opposed to some some safety concern? (Assuming I don’t put too much in to begin with)
None taken man, I guess my point is just be careful. Start with hvac stuff, always remember actual tank size can only hold 75% of its volume in solvent.
DM me, I can show you all the stuff I have, what I’ve done and what you can maybe do going forward.
It’s a cool hobby, but precautions need to be taken.
Let’s back up lol, assemble everything, pressure test it, etc. Then once you’ve done that and feel confident in your rigs ability to hold pressure, then look into the hvac stuff and distilling solvents. That’s a really good start.
In the mean time, if you’re committed to doing a run soon, I’d highly recommend getting the small spool and doing a small open blast run That’s my suggestion if you wanna do a run now anyway.
your starting pot should only be at max 80% full. I only run mine like 30-50% full.
If you ran enough solvent to extract everything inside a 1.5 x 18" tube, you would need more butane than your collection pot can safely hold.
Running a smaller tube requires less material, and less solvent to extract what you want from the material. This means your pot will be filling part way full, not overflowing, so you will be able to operate it as it should be run.
You also don’t want your collection pot full, that will make recovery go slower and you have the chance of sucking liquid and extract out your vapor port into your recovery tank, resulting in lower yield.
When I start collection, I only have enough solvent to be slightly higher than the gasket on the platter. It looks to be around 4" deep total, and my collection pot is like 12" tall. When I start recovering it does boil like crazy in there. If the level was near the port it will definitely suck some liquid in there.
you can make a DIY diamond miner 6"x6" with a PRV/SG/PG/2valves (1)fill / (2)burp-nitro inject for 350/400$ and another 40/50$ if you wanted a mini “dessicant canister” attached for moisture… and if you want it all swagelok compression/ META sight glass 316 everything prolly for 1k ish
I havnt had any luck finding a 4 inch with glass and everything else I’d need up top, have seen hemispheerical ones like that online but havnt had much luck finding one… What I have been seeing is these pieces that add a huge sight glass into the side of your collection pot though, it would also allow me to add some more height if I chose to go that route… Havnt looked into price but unless they are real cheap probly better off to look into a bigger unit down the road like a 6 or 8 inch…
And I ended up ordering a 1.5x8 inch Spool off Amazon for 35x Canadian shipped. Made by dernord l, the BVV one was 150 to ship and their Canadian counterpart ledab was 45$ plus shipping… I figure 304 stainless is 304 stainless isnt it?
I’ve used dernord countless times. Even had them make me custom parts. I dont ever use this lid if you wanna shoot an offer just send a dm and i can check shipping cost
Actually upon closer inspection the 8in Spool is 1.5 inside diaminter but it lists a 2inch Triclamp… Alas… Looks like I’ll have to settle for the 6 inch
She’s been In the tub for 15 mins and still no bubbles. Like not even one little one, only has 35psi in it (was using shitty old tire inflator with a cpl rigged up attachments) that should be plenty to make bubble though right? Like assuming this is still sitting at 35 tomorrow afternoon cld one consider that “pressure tested” (within reason, I know 120psi wld be better but it wasn’t an option)
it’s a start, but in my experience I had no leaks at 65psi, but when I raised it to 100psi I had some leaks. If you’re using dry ice and N-butane, your psi will probably hit 20 at it’s max, so that’s under the limit you tested at. If you’re using a blended gas it will likely get to 30-40psi during the run.
If you decide to run it like that, just make sure you properly test it again at higher psi before running it again. The more safety you can put in place when you’re doing this will minimize any danger from happening.
Sweet thanks man, and ya she’s straight nbutane, no mix… I intend to figure out what’s wrong with my air compressor here sometime this week so once I get that done I’ll ramp her up with a full 100+psi test. But for the meantime I think this will get me through tomorrow without having to waste my dry ice (hard to come by here) assuming it holds its pressure overnight that is.
Actually I think I’ll take the whole unit with me when I go to island oxygen to get my dry ice and ask them to hit it with 100psi for me while I’m there, at that point I’ll know it’s been airtight at 30psi for 24 hours and at 100psi for an hour or however long it takes me to get home from there… I think that’s about as safe as can be expected given the paramiters!
