Comments on: Stopping Your SmartStill Superheating

By: kyle

kyle — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:00:11 +0000

link to the calculator is greatly appreciated!!

By: kyle

kyle — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:59:29 +0000

PVC – clamp filter on the end. Fill with Charcoal. Run spirits from easystill directly into the same. If yours came with a 4 l jug – the pvc fits nicely.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 19:14:58 +0000

Where did you get it from? Have to admit I’ve not heard of anyone shipping with those accessories but sounds like those are for filtering purposes – you shouldn’t need to convert your still as it should already work. If you run 4 litres of water through it you can tell if it has been converted – modified versions will take around 6 hours to distill the water as they have lower powered elements. Unmodified stills take around 3 so it’s easy to see the difference. Hope this helps, stop by the forums with any more questions!

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:02:09 +0000

Um, I just got my EasyStill Distiller in the mail and it came with 2 feet of PVC pipe a hose clamp and a bag of charcoal powder. I do not know what to do with these to “convert” my water distiller. Any help would be greatly appreciated

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:00:26 +0000

Hey Scott, sorry to hear you’re having trouble – however, you didn’t buy your still from me – we don’t sell or manufacture anything, this is just a site for people who use the SmartStill. However, it sounds like your wash might not have cleared properly or you need some rings or other material to break up the boil as detailed above. Stop by the forums and I’m sure someone will be able to help out!

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:47:21 +0000

I purcased an easy still from you about 6 weeks ago and have been using it with great success until this week. For the last 4 runs it has boiled over.

Abour 5 to 10 minutes after it starts dripping, just about the time the methanol cooks off, I hear loud “blurp” noises that I found to be large air bubbles coming to the surface inside the wash. The top pops up and steam pours and and some of the wash runs downt the side. Clearly this is a safety feature to prevent cook-offs but certainly something is wrong with my unit?

I’m overseas in a VERY remote 3rd world country without access to a post office, so if your fix is “mail it back to us,” we will need to war-game past that solution.

I am suspecting that the thermostat has broken? Is there any other reason why this may be happening?

After it boiled over the 3rd time, I slowly lifted the lid after I unplugged it. There was no steam as it had just boiled over. But, even with the power unplugged, large boil bubbles would come up from the bottom every 8-10 seconds. The air bubbles were about 1 1/2″ to 2″ around and were quite loud.

By: mark

mark — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:26:07 +0000

Hi Guys,

Does anyone know if the manufactures sorted a fix out for this or do i have to worry about scalding once I invest in the product. And Colin – you are bang on – we need a bigger boat!

By: Randal

Randal — Sat, 16 May 2009 11:52:38 +0000

I’m still sat here waiting for my still. which is supposed to be re-delivered today …… Th bloody postmen tried to deliver it yesterday when I was at work and didn’t leave it at th Sorting Office OR with a neighbour as I’d requested…….

Humm looks like I can expect to have th kitchen power washed with spirits at some point……

By: colin

colin — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:55:33 +0000

I understand……what would be good for th efuture is if Stillsmart make a BIGGER version…say 5 galls…this would save a lot of waiting and re-filling and waiting and re-filling etc…5 times! every time i do a brew..

Is it something for the future Jimmy?

I think my prob was due to lack of magic rings ..my latest effort i put a handful of ceramic rings from my old fish pump/ filter and it worked ok again…

Thanks for this help tips and tricks page by the way….very grateful.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:18:04 +0000

The lid definitely needs to stay UNFIXED, this is a safety feature to stop the whole thing blowing up! Check the forums for more about this topic, everyone has been posting their experiences.