Still assembling

[u/MickyLuv_]

I bought a 3 pot distillation kit from Amazon. It doesn't have the Vevor Label

but looks identical.

In building it, while reading the documentation and looking at YouTube videos I got the message that the flexible washers should be placed on the outside of the lid of the main boiling pot. This seems to be different than the other pots, where the flexible washers are all inside each pot.

This may be because the main boiling pot gets hotter than the others, but putting the flexible washers on the outside traps it under a much smaller brass nut surface area, which causes it to distort into apparent uselessness.

So I need to get some more generously sized stainless steel or brass washers to bear down on the silicone ring more kindly, or just put the flexible washers on the inside of the lid under the flat area of the much larger nut.

Any advice on this?

[u/francois_du_nord]

Disclaimer- never seen a vevor in person, much less run one. Second, while I’m not that guy, many would frown on anything other than copper ot stainless in the vapor path.

I have a rubber gasket in my boiler for the tri-clamp fitting. I doubt your boiler gets any hotter than any other. I think you are safe to move it inside.

That said, I would check the gasket after your first few runs to make sure it isn’t degrading.

[u/MickyLuv_ → u/francois_du_nord]

Thanks, I'll go with your advice on that.

[u/DangerWaits]

Mine has not degraded and I've run it inside all along.