Donutboy Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Does anyone have anything to suggest for the proper burner size for a direct fire, 600 L Hoga? Thanks, Y'all Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristian Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Ask Ted at Roundhouse Spirits in Boulder Colorado. He is the only person I know who has gotten his direct fire Hoga approved by the city. Anyone else gotten this done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I've got a 140 gallon (530) liter Colonel Wilson still that I run with a 300,000 btu burner from Ward Burners, who came highly recommended from others. It works well and has some nice safety features built in. Probably worth giving Mark Ward a call : http://www.wardburner.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donutboy Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 Thank you, Lenny and Kristian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewnspirits Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Lenny, I looked at Ward burners and saw some nice burners but none of them seemed to be wide spread or disspersed flame patterns. I'd imagine that having the flames spread out will provide a more even heating. How did you deal with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Hewn, The burner that Mark set me up with wasn't pictured on the site - it is a spread head burner and it easily covers the 4' diameter of my still with flame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewnspirits Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Gotcha...Thanks Lenny. I thought that might be the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristian Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Sorry Lenny, total forgot about your burner, not sure why I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I'll second Lenny's suggestion for Ward. The burner you're looking for is an impinged flame jet burner, he doesn't have them listed on his site but does sell them and he'll set it up with an electronic controller and pilot and main solenoids. I had no problem with the city approving this burner on our still. We use a 440K burner to heat a 250 gallon pot, it takes about 2-2.5 hrs to come to temp for a full charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewnspirits Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Do you have any sort of insulation or wall around your burner Ned? I took a look at your website...very nice...and saw a picture of a burner under a still but there didn't seem to be anything other than the burner sitting around the still. Is that the burner you got from Ward? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Thanks for the site kudos. The burner in the picture is the one we got from Ward, that little guy is 440K BTU. We didn't have anything surrounding the burner in the picture early on while we were shaking out the system; we've got 1 layer of brick loosely stacked around it now which cut nat gas usage by about 30%. The risk is that you really have to make sure you get enough air into the burner so it doesn't carb up, this includes exhausting enough to allow adequate air exchange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickdiculous Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I just want to give Mark Ward a plug here. I have been working with Glass, building furnaces and other gas fired machines as well as ceramic for over 20 years. Mark is the Industry go to guy for this type of thing and I couldn't recommend anyone better than him. If you have a need, he will find a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donutboy Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 Thanks, Everyone! We will be giving him a call Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donutboy Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 On that note- does anyone have experience with venting out the side vs straight up through the roof? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donutboy Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 Talked to Mark today. You guys were right. Super helpful, knows his stuff and he did a very good job of talking to me about what the potential hang ups might be with venting to the side vs going up. Thanks again! Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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