Who are you asking?? and no miners arent hooked up to a closed loop. they are usually poured into and then kept separate from the closed loop.
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It is a closed loop if youāre doing it right.
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I meant is it the collection vessel?like connected to the closed loop? I donāt see how they trap the butane/propane and collect it againā¦
Iām just curiousā¦ I be smashing rosinā¦ but I like fresh frozen batters and saucy bho a lot alsoā¦
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Most donāt. That is the right way to do it thoughā¦
Majority of solvent is removed before going into the miner.
The off gassing required to maintain saturation as solute crystallizes is relatively minor
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a secondary miner under vacuum is a great way to recover the burped solvent. but again its a pretty minimal amount of solvent left, sometimes its just the terps you are burping off.
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I put together a little automation package for a diamond miner. I tested it through last week and it did a great job of controlling temperature and pressure, or using evaporative cooling to bring it down to a target temperature. Tonight, I set up a jar next to the miner that connects the two through vapor ports. Iām currently recording the progress remotely through a wyzecam.
The jar/miner is set up to maintain a pressure of 7 psi. This keeps the oil temperature around 67f. The frequency of venting will be dependent on the temperature of the room. Iām collecting the data and a time-lapse of the process to monitor evaporation and crystallization rates.
Next week, I will be installing load cells that will allow me to evaporate a chosen amount of solvent over a chosen period of time, while controlling temperature and pressure inside the miner.
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That looks sketchy!
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@ highestzen keep us postedā¦
Does the jar leak a. Bit ā¦on purpose?constantlyā¦or is the video clip just coming to equilibrium?
Or you have a controlled pressure relief on miner and the two are connected?
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Heās using the mechanical prv to control pressure in the jar. I think he got to 14 psi and still held
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wait you plugged in your jar to the computer?
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Itās got electrolytes
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Gebius!
With appreciation and gratitude for this community and forum, thanks for all the nuggets left to mine 
. We built this out of some spare parts around lab, big thank you to my partners for letting me play with the parts and backing me with a pour out to test it.
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currently using N B Oler diamond miners and trying to dial in the process.
this thread was a great read.
thanks for the bump, @ConorKilroe , and nice work on those facets.
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Very nice. Beautiful work
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Five starsā¦*****
Da kine
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you should go to @Dred_pirate BHO class in June iām sure heāll cover diamond miners
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@Sidco_Cat
Hey Cat, this link doesnāt seem to work anymore, do you still have access to it?
Here ya go buddy
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I love this community! @SubstituteCreature to the rescue!
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