Into the woods by 8:00 AM to cook. Couldn\u2019t get sustained boils so took about an hour longer to finish. Expected to finish by Noon. Finished by 1:00 PM. We may have allowed our self to feel we didn\u2019t have much to cook, so didn\u2019t fire hard enough. This shows up below in the section labeled \u201cThe day cooking\u201d in the concentrate tank levels between 10:30 AM and 12:30 PM. We typically drop 3\u201d per hour on the concentrate tank. We should have cooked 150 gallons in 4 hours including startup\/shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6 Brix on the R\/O. Tried for 7 Brix. But this sap was 1.5 Brix to start with, a 57:1 ratio. At 6 Brix the ratio is 14:1 so we are already removing 43 gallons of water before boiling. That realization makes 6 Brix feel okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additional thoughts on the R\/O wash tank temperature. We have a single 4\u201d membrane. Lapierre didn\u2019t know that when they said a 1 1\/4\u201d intake on the feed pump wouldn\u2019t matter. Most of their customers have one or two 8\u201d membranes, or even two 4\u201d membranes. Multiple membranes provides more surface area for friction to heat water. A 1 1\/4\u201d intake on the feed pump may work without adjustment for those R\/Os.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe 2\u201d of snow. Snow started at 5:00 AM. Didn\u2019t snow hard however. Snowfall rate increased by 8:30 AM but diminished by 11:00 AM. Between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM we got the heaviest snowfall. Other areas got more snow. We were in between snow bands given the way the storm swirled. By 5:00 PM it started to clear. 24 forecast for tonight with 42 tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day cooking.
8:25 AM increased snowfall rate
8:45 AM R\/O start
9:00 AM 4 PSI
9:30 AM concentrate
9:45 AM batch
10:00 AM R\/O done
10:30 AM 4.75\u201d
11:30 AM 3.5\u201d
11:45 AM batch
12:00 PM 2.25\u201d
12:30 PM 0.5\u201d
12:50 PM done<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back to the farmhouse by 1:00 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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