I use a tabletop alcohol distiller (AirStill) to make rso after a typical ethanol extraction.
Typically if I let the distiller run it’s whole course I’ll get some char on the bottom of it.
I had a thought. If I put a large, open mason jar inside of the distiller and raise it up off the bottom and put my wash into that while it ran, I could potentially remedy it overheating the oil. This would probably help with the color of the rso a bit too
Any reason this would be unsafe or mess up the distiller? My thought is it might mess with the timer. unsure if this is worth trying.
Do you want RSO (everything from the plant, including the chlorophyll, fats, and waxes)?
Or do you want distillate (as many cannabinoids as possible with less of the others)?
You can get closer to the latter by extracting your material cold using cold solvent. The Bucket Tek thread is a good place to start and can scale down.
Oh for sure, I have a little spd setup and that thread was what got me really into home extractions. It was an expensive ride lol
im just bored of disty and trying to make a better concentrate for edibles that doesn’t require as much effort at this small scale
ive always wondered if water curing biomass could help with crude purity in an ethanol extraction so I’m messing around with that too. Really just DIY experimenting is all
What is the inside diameter and height inside the boiling vessel? I reckon a beaker might fit in there? You might outfit the air still with some sort of temperature control as the best solution to the problem.
A pid can be a good choice, the placement of the thermocouple is critical to getting a good response time on the controller, otherwise the heater can overshoot trying to desperately warm the thermocouple.
look on fleabay for a pid control , you will want to make sure it comes with a solid state relay.