RIP good sir. Your art was an inspiration. Many times your limonene extracted products provided the relief that others could not. You will be missed, greatly.
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Thats what I was thinking. Must have been a BHO closed loop?
SS nuts will bind up and get stuck.
Change them out regularly.
What PSI? That is terrifying
Some of these definitions will vary - but considering some relevant codes (such as ASME boiler & process piping codes), we are operating in the āmedium-pressureā range, which seems to vary greatly at the upper limit (according to my traditional knowledge, medium pressure application is usually up to ~250 psi (some sources claim 25 bar, which is about 362 psi). However Swagelok has āmedium pressure fittingsā that they rate up to 20,000 psi. Low pressure is considered below 15 psi (not a āpressure vesselā as per ASME definition). Swagelok high pressure fittings rate up to 60,000 psi.
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Godspeed kiddo
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I hope there is a lesson to be learned from this accident. Know your gears limits and operate within it.
And idc what anyone says, bronze and brass nuts have no place on daily use clamps or at least get a damn torque wrench and rotate those worn nuts into the garbage can quickly.
Be safe guys. <3
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Welcome @JohnBerfelo thank you for joining us! Love your videos! How are you? Condolences.
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The details we need to know is his family needs our help, Horatio always said I am doing this for my family and the patients.
I was a close friend and he had a passion for the hashing 
Hortaio left this world trying to help the industry grow and hated BHO .
Solventless for the win ā¦
RIP my brother
You can help by helping his family ā¦
gofundme
horatio-delbert
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The gofund me is linked in the OP
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It just hit the $19,000 goal today. Saw some names from here on the donations list so thank you for posting this.
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around 120 inch lbs is where you start to hear the squeak.
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Burnt River Farms in Oregon had one of these ānutsā shear in half and a honey pot blew off into the water that was warming it and almost killed a guy and blew a room so completely it āun-rebarredā 6 inch thick concrete at the seams.
The nut was replaced two weeks prior from the equipment manufacturers stock.
If you use a closed loop, you take your life into the hands of that Chinese steel plant that made the 10 cent nuts.
Crazy how a $100k device is as safe as itās 10 cent nut.
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Brass combined with Steel is common in the gas industry and found all over.
When brass connects with steel, there is not spark or static.
This is what it is used for and nothing else.
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Shitā¦I canāt count How many times Iād tighten the shit out of those brass bolts on BHOgart systems. Theyād always have to be replaced along with the bolts. Iād make them crack and creak everyday. Never knew they could shoot off one day mid extraction and cause catastrophe. my partner did warm me to stop over tightening them but I just kinda brushed it off. Wow
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so silicone bronze nuts are the preferred way to go? Iām planning on replacing all of mine as a preventative measure.
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not entirely true, these systems are meant to be hygienic and not rust, these were originally developed for winery, dairy, brewery applications.
see here:
these dident see widespread use with hydrocarbons until the extractor cls extractor market popped up. The first time I ever saw sanitary ferrules used with butane gas is @Graywolf 's website skunkpharm.
while this may hold merit with the lp industry hardware, triclamps; I can assure you were not developed with non sparking in mind. Have you ever experienced metal galling? Do you have en example of where triclamp hardware was used with natural gas or lp prior to all of this hub bub?
In addition all the lp pipe in the building I see around here is black pipe and steel unions, you got a code to site for that?
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your nuts are probably silicon bronze, that is common.
Iām pretty sure mine are just brass, they flake pretty easily when tightened against the washer. Is there a way to tell between the two?
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