Smoking guides based on working with our equipment: temperatures, times, smoker controller settings and the most common mistakes.
The distillation process step by step: stages, fraction temperatures, heads, hearts and tails, the azeotrope and methanol - answers to common questions.
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Distillation
WiFi thermometer upgrade: the add-on module turns an EQUINOX thermometer into a column controller. What stays, what is added and when the RK.10 is better.
Distillation
Reflux column thermometer: four probes (boiler, buffer, plate, condenser), what each shows, alarms and a pressure sensor with boiling point correction.
Distillation
Reflux column temperature: ethanol boils at about 78.3 °C at 1013 hPa, but the reading depends on pressure. What is the reference temperature?
Distillation
How to set up a still controller (EQUINOX-RK.10): probes, solenoid valves, heating elements, WiFi and app, manual or automatic mode and factory settings.
Distillation
Solenoid valves for a reflux column: what the water, LM and OLM valves do and how the EQUINOX-RK.10 controller runs automatic distillate take-off.
Distillation
Sugar wash fermentation temperature: the optimum range (18-25 °C), when a wash needs heating and how to heat it - a practical guide.
Distillation
Reflux column automation: how a column controller handles temperature, fraction take-off and process control, and how it differs from a thermometer.
Food smoking
Wood or metal smoker? We compare insulation, condensation, durability and 150-500 L capacity of electric smokers, plus the role of the smoker controller.
Food smoking
DIY smoker temperature controller with a REX C100 or STC 1000, or a ready-made one? Parts, time, common faults and when DIY is really enough.
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