The Heating Mantel is a bit too big for my Flask.
can that be the reason?
i have 120 Celsius in the Mantel and 130 celsius in the Material.
And there is still nothing happens in the i call it the bumper. on top of the flask.
Or can it be that my Vakuum is not good enough?
Maybe my cold traps isnt cold enough?
Or did i do not decarb it well?
please i am looking for advice.
Why convert to F for head temp? In a good full bore system you’ll genereally only see 20-40 degrees of separation from the flask to the head temp. What level of vac are you operating at? You saw literally nothing distilling at 130c? No residual solvents or light volatiles came over at all?
@WolfeXtracts i saw some like water coming up in the first flask but only a few drops. My pump making 256L/min i dont know what level of vacuum it does.
Thanks so far guys! i appreciated it very much
You sound like you havent read very much on the subject.
You should explore the search function a bit more. When you distill you move through fractions, and what you saw was likely clear terpenes and not water. Your first fractions show up at 100-130C and the last fraction stops around 185C. Generally speaking, youll be distilling your main product around 185-200C as a gold oil.
CFM matters in sizing systems not determining the vacuum level in a specific system. Your vac level depends on how well you assembeled your system, greased your joints, and maintain your pump.
Temp is wayyyy too low. Regardless, if this material hasn’t been terp stripped, you should start there, then you should shoot for 192c first pass (depending on how deep your vac is). What is ur vac at?
vacuum gauge and bleeder valve was exactly this equipment i was unanble to get in my place.
I ask like 20 differten company to give me these kind of things.
But they said its not the standart in eu they dont have such stuff.
so what could i do?
You need to be using dry ice up to the top of that trap. You need to change hoses and all leaky connections. You have the wrong grease and I’m sure you over greased it.
You are using the wrong style pump.
You need a appropriate vacuum gauge.
Your trap is hooked up wrong.
Your probe and sensor looks like it’s stabbed into the bed and that’s a huge fault, no no, hazard and possible fire risk as well. Shockingly you haven’t electrocuted yourself and or grounded the heater out and blown the circuitry.
You have absolutely no idea what temp the fluid is at. You’re running of a delta now.
Who ever sold you all that stuff did on purpose knowing you’d probably be pulling your hair out.
I Use dry ice in the isopropyl Alkohol. but its way to much alkohol i use? Ok i get it.
Ok Can you tell me what kind of hoses i should use?
Okay what pump should i use on the low budget end?
Okay got it will get vacuum gauge.
How Should i hook it up? should i turn it arround? because i see different inputs there some are these way i did and some or the other way.
Ok Where should i place my Thermometer?
The Fire Blanket is a bad IDEA? i Thought it is maybe a good idea because its fire proof.
My Thermometer inside the boiling flask comes directly from the heating mantle.
But it cant be inside the fluid because i have not much fluid in my boiling flask.
But its like 5 mm above and if im Stirring the fluid hits the head of the thermometer.
Espanol ?
Pvc reinforced hoses work ok
What’s the size of your boilingflask and mantel ?
With good. Vacuum
1 micron 168C 100microns distillation starts around 185C
250 microns 205C so still some heat to give