BTW these filters are widely available in Australia
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Filtering with Carbon
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HangOver
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Posts: 174Posted 9 months ago # -
Phantom
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Posts: 405Well it looks like a very good looking piece of kit, but at £40 plus shipping from leylandhomebrew, I think I'd rather stick with the Z filter i.e. if it holds half the carbon that a Z filter holds, then you'd have to run your spirit twice to get the same amount of filtration on it.
Either that, or you'd be better placed using a couple of buckets and something home made, like the one that Gert Strand shows in the "Carbon Filtration" book. Or, allowing for the cost of about £100 for the larger version, you could probably make one from copper pipe (large bore) for about the same. The only thing being that you'd have to track down a valve for the bottom section.
For me, it's all about cost........ so I'll be sticking with plastic for the moment....
What the large print giveth, the small print taketh away. Tom Waits.Posted 9 months ago # -
Opus 27
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Posts: 295The £40 one is actualy the baby brother that Leyland are selling. The one in the image is $180 (Aus) about £100(GBP).
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Posted 9 months ago # -
Andy
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Posts: 129@ HangOver:
I have only used it to put 2 wash's through, both were very clean after filtering and I have been told its now time to replace the carbon (a bit soon for my liking)
My friend who put me onto these has had his for 2 years and it has no signs of pitting that I could see when I looked at it last week.
I ust followed the instructions found on the site, this is them:First pack the flow control chamber with filter paper to prevent the carbon dust from entering the finished product. Then connect the flow control chamber to the treatment chamber and fill the treatment chamber with activated carbon, so that it flows into the lower flow control chamber. Place a collection bottle beneath the flow control chamber and your ready to add the cut spirit. Allow 45 mins for the carbon filter media to become saturated with spirit, then gently adjust the tap on the flow control chamber so that it passes 2 drips per second.
Posted 9 months ago # -
HangOver
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Posts: 1742 years, that sounds pretty good, I use a DIY filter made from copper pipe that is simmilar in principle.
I usually run about 4-5L of plain water through my pipe filter, firstly to clear the carbon powder.
Secondly, (this really is how tight I am :-) ) I noticed on the first run of spirits the carbon soaks up an amount of spirit until it becomes saturated so you essentially loose some spirit unless your carbon is wet first. Hence the water
Dunno if it helps or hinders the process but it works for me.My filter holds about 250g, of carbon, (a guess) and i usually filter about 2 complete washes with that; I filter each double distilled bottle three times.
* Phantom, I didn't bother with a valve on my pipe filter i just bought an end cap and drilled a really small hole in, its maybe 1mm at most. Total cost was about $50-ish
Posted 9 months ago # -
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Posts: 163Hi hangover I do a similar thing except I put the alcohol through the filter @50% then flush the carbon with a litre of water to flush any alcohol out, as it needs diluting to 40%ish it makes no difference.
Posted 9 months ago # -
Jimmy
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Posts: 356Carbon does work better when it has been wetted first, according to the info I've seen before anyway. One good tip is if you pour cold water into the filter until it starts coming out of the bottom, that means that you've saturated the filter. Note how much water you've poured in, that'll give you some idea of how much spirit you'll pour in before it starts to come out. Once you've run the spirit through and collected it, you'll have the carbon soaked with good liquor. If you slowly pour in warm water, you should be able to feel it working its way down the filter, and that should tell you roughly when you've flushed out all the spirit.
Posted 9 months ago # -
Opus 27
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Posts: 295Attached is a link for a pdf for an "Essencia Carbon Filter". I found it interesting particularly the suggested amount one cartridge will filter.
http://www.essencia.com.au/Downloads/Carbon%20Filter%20Instructions.pdfOpus 27
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