Trouble-Brewing
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So after stumbling across a few threads on here and finding some home depot gift cards in an old pile of stuff I decided to make a flash boiler. I am running 2 20' 3/8" copper coils inside of a 6" aluminum tube, some brass fittings and high temperature hose. I am using a hurricane burner running the cold water in from the top, down the coils and then straight back out the top with a valve on the hot end to regulate flow. I made a forced siphon using a carboy cap, a broken racking cane, a valve off of an old bike inner tube, a bike pump and some hose all sealed to the carboy with a strip of inner tube.
I am heating tap water at about about 60* to about 120* consistently but am hopping to get it to 160* or more if possible. Any suggestions to boost the efficiency would be great. Thanks
Pictures of the setup:
I am heating tap water at about about 60* to about 120* consistently but am hopping to get it to 160* or more if possible. Any suggestions to boost the efficiency would be great. Thanks
Pictures of the setup:
![flash.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/c67/c67601b319ed847f6f33f75a0124b633.jpg)
![flash4.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/c08/c0847c5ed12c24c129632faa90a3bcf1.jpg)
![flash3.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/cb6/cb607e6cd2bb040d72ac7c2774877e8e.jpg)