Everything I ever write about maple gets added to that one board. It wouldnt much less expensive 115V direct plug (i.e., not needing a transformer) be a simpler and effective option? Good luck this season. Many readers often ask what camera I use to take the images you find here on SoulyRested. Funding for this project was made possible by the U.S. Department of Agricultures (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service through grant AM170100XXXXG167, when you say running a bucket of permeate ., Im assuming you mean going through the bucket using the system the same way you use it to go through your SAP. Maple syrup is made by boiling maple sap to evaporate most of the water until we are left with 66% sugar. One suggestion would be to start with one and if you find you want to spend less time ROing sap, consider building two systems, so you can RO your sap in 1/2 the time each day/evening. will be compatible for the smaller volume of birch sap you will process. Excited to start using this. He has 400 trees. You do need the needle valve. HI Michelle just goes to show attention to detail is vital.. Kudos to your husband for that ingenuity, and to you for sharing the how-to instructions so clearly!! I keep having to relearn to push the tubing ALL THE WAY IN. I think Im removing maybe 10% of the water and am running at 70psi. Yes. WebPlace maple syrup and mustard in small bowl and stir with fork to combine. All very-long-cold-New-England winter. Thanks for sharing your DIY project. EZ-FLO 0.170-in ID x 150-ft Polyethylene Tubing Item #879275Model #98632. Im wondering if your system would cope? Afterall, we all wanna save on fuel, no matter where were get it, can I get an amen? Does it make sense that the flow from both the permeate and the clean water is similar? The amazing beauty of this Click either the item name or the picture for ordering information. By concentrating the sugar in the maple sap, a sugarmaker can save as much as 90% in fuel since he or she will have to boil the sap for a much shorter time. How do you find the pump? Hi, Im Michelle. (And all the money it saves you!!). WebAs a result, not all maple equipment (reverse osmosis, evaporators, filters, etc.) Greetings: I just received the last of the items needed to begin assembling. Cut the tubing pretty square. ), I was wondering if can you drink the permeate. I literally know nothing about this unit aside from what you read here. Hi Michelle, But whether youre a backyard sugarmaker who uses propane or wood for fuel, a homemade ro system will save you a boatload of time and money. All winter. Some of them are in series like yours and some ROs are set up in parallel. The 1/4 ID has a 3/8 OD. All this and so much more is explained in Sweet Maple. I need to get me some Sweet Maple! I just received all the parts recommended ( I went for 4 100GPD filters) and it cost me just under 500$. Works like a charm! Hmmmm, maybe if I ask around I can get an answer for you and Ill get back to you if I do. After both runs, I have about 55% high sugar content sap and 45% very low sugar permeate. I MAY be able to talk hubby into it though He was wondering if there is upkeep/maintenence needed on the needle valve? * For your membrane, you can choose the one linked above, for50 gallons per day, or upgrade to one for100 gpdor150 gpd. Im about to build my unit thanks to your posting! Wanna know how we even do some natural ro for FREE? You know the ones that that filter out the impurities and leave you with wonderfully pure drinking water? Funding for this project was made possible by the U.S. Department of Agricultures (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service through grant AM170100XXXXG167, awarded to the University of Vermont Proctor Maple Research Center. Post author: Post published: February 27, 2023 Post category: simon the zealot symbol Post comments: 21 signs you've met someone from a past life 21 signs you've met someone from a past life After a few runs this season I find that the water removal becomes minimal. You are very welcome Jill just 4 years ago I was someone like you and needed all the help I could get. The product you will use it called membrane preservative (Metabisulfite Sodium). Your email address will not be published. If you dont, drop me a line and let me know! Web2K subscribers. Starting with 10 buckets hanging from trees, I settled on 100 taps on tubing with a small vacuum system and a pretty slick homemade reverse osmosis setup. Copyright 2023 Souly Rested | Powered by Astra WordPress Theme. This makes me so happy to hear! Fascinating! Please let us know how it works for you! Im retired and a one-man band. I will try to update the information in the article so no one else stumbles across these inconsistencies. I have additional questions regarding cleaning and storing the filters : Super weird that this is the first time anyones noticed these #s not working, but you are the second person in just a few days time who has noticed this, so Im betting Bills right. Sap can be put through the system repeatedly and becomes more concentrated with each pass through the RO membrane. This is really interesting! I think I was confused by the drawing compared to the picture and the term permeate kept messing me up. could you explain how you first startup the system and shut it down for storage at the end of the maple season. . True story. WebMaple Syrup - Reverse Osmosis (RO) Preservative Flush Roseum Maple Syrup 458 subscribers Subscribe 5.9K views 3 years ago ROSEUM MAPLE SYRUP This video About quick connects: 2. The frame is a rectangular base welded from 1 1/2 in angle iron. It measures 18 inches wide by 24 inches long. It has a mounting plate for the h I will update the article to explain that! Can you explain the flow pattern? One change I am making this year though is to use snap it valves rather than the brass needle valve, as I always had trouble with the brass valve leaking. Give a couple of wraps of teflon tape and seal. Thanks for any suggestions. Free samples of maple products and maple baked goods will be available. And I have huge respect for Bill and for YOU, since youre here. Hi, what is Bill using This item for? This article goes over how to use reverse osmosis in a sugaring operation using a few different methods. Please use at your own risk. Yes, the needle valve is for adjusting the pressure. Try Amazon Prime 30-Day Free Trialby clicking through this link. I have not been able to remove much water just passing the sap thru the system. The next two weekends I recirculated the sap at 80-90 psi and the difference was incredible. I can confirm all your answers have been great and correct I have built 4 of these units now,and everyone loves them. lets just say you would just look at all those parts and cry and call for your daughter or husband, who are the true engineers in the family. After running your sap through your RO (you can run it through twice if you want) you want to IMMEDIATELY process it. This is the one we use: https://amzn.to/2MhygVd. Ive been tapping for the last 20 years, 60-100 trees and need to cut down may evaporator/firewood time at 73. Large commercial operations use a I figured a workaround to this problem by just putting the ro sap line back in the same bucket Im pulling from. The RO pump draws the sap in, via the tubing we place in the can of sap. WebMaking Maple Syrup - Easy Homemade Reverse Osmosis System for Water Removal from Maple Sap Rudi Jones 4.11K subscribers Subscribe 3.9K views 10 months ago Im a wife to my high school sweetheart, mom to four daughters, and ardent fan of all things maple-flavored. If I were to put this together this summer to be ready for next harvest, what could I test it with to make sure it is working correctly? 1. Attached is a pdf of the components you'll need. I have no particular relationship with the suppliers or brands listed, they just happened to be WebWeve been working with Reverse Osmosis systems, to help Maple Syrup Producers with their syrup-making process, for over 15 years! Thats just the one Bill chose. There just arent enough hours in the day or trees in the woods to do it all. Free samples of maple products and maple baked I was able to run 30 gallons of sap through my RO it and it was really cool how it worked. and it is exactly like your Hubbys setup. Hi Michelle. Thank you again for sharing your wisdom! I will more than likely build it. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. The links were particularly useful, and i made good use of them.. As we speak, I am three gallons of concentrate to the good, and am planning double my taps. Look into a refractometer. Its rather simple, its rather small, but its totally huge on savings. Dont use rusty or corroded spouts, buckets, or other maple utensils. That is really clever! Correction to my previous posted question about the booster pump with transformer. We set a large can of sap beside our RO. (Read about Ray Inghams ro experiences below.). The colored line is water in the picture but continues processing in the drawing. I am going to give it a go. I made my first syrup this spring and quickly came to the realization that ROing the syrup first is essential to cut down the time spent boiling. Our evaporator is heated by a wood fire and it usually takes around 50 gallons of sap to cook down into one gallon of syrup. Hi Mark, Its all Greek to me, but Bill said thats just his perference but you definitely can choose something else. Are you building your own RO for this year? Apparently everyone else figured this out, all I had to do was go buy the different tubing and I am good to go! btw, if you dont already have Amazon Prime, I highly recommend it. I hope you LOVE your RO and all the money it saves you! I think I figured it out I think actually one of the part numbers you listed isnt correct the 3/8 polyethylene tubing (25 of it) item #879277, model #98634 is too large for that pump. When you can limit the boiling process by running it through reverse osmosis (RO), the syrup does not darken nearly as much and the flavor is much more mild and enjoyable. Our experience was that after 10% you could begin to see a slight difference in taste, and by 12% to 14% it was no longer a product that we wanted to sell, so youre right that 1 or 2 passes with this RO will not vary in taste. Oh, boy, any technical questions I have to run by Bill. ) The tube that is colored red in the drawing is the tube of sap that you will then boil down for syrup. WebCooldown the maple syrup to about 95 F. Once cooled, get your arm ready, find a partner and take turns stirring and stirring some more. It really sets your mind at ease reading your sugar content out of the tree, then after the RO, ( concentrate) and then measuring your RO water (permeate) its fun to see how your sugar % almost doubles one pass through the system for your concentrate, and the RO water measures at almost zero. Seriously. Do you run the permeant through in reverse to flush? tanks of propane. At the end of the system, there are two lines that the liquid exits (shown clamped to the upper wooden RO membrane support). Hope that helps! How often have you have to change filters? But the good news is there are 31 varieties of trees that can be used to make syrup (no one seems to know this so many folks think its sugar maple or nothing) and every single state in the U.S. has at least one native tree that is good for making syrup. Hopefully, Bill or another crafter can offer advice on this issue. This is only to remove any sediment, bugs, or twigs from the sap. We run it at 60/70. I priced your unit in Canada and its around the $650 mark (for 2 filters that is $1300). I am hoping to make one before this years season! I just found your post this a.m. after writing Michelle this weekend with the same issues. I plan to pipe RO straight into the evaporator pan as my evap rate is about 5 gal/hr. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. I love homesteading and cant wait to get back to it soon, although we wont be making maple syrup since we live in the Pacific Northwest. }); Im interested in making an RO machine from the plans you show here. Thank you. Knowing our sap has been filtered and is safe to use for longer helps us feel better about waiting until the weekend to boil. Chris M. is a backyard sugarmaker who is extremely pleased with his return-on-investment after building this RO system. It was capable of running raw sap from 2% up to 14% by running it thru multiple times. If you mean needle valve, its on the permeate side. We use the 150 gpd filters. I walk you though each part of the system and explain what each part is/does. If we can order it on Amazon and have it on our front porch in two days, with zero shipping costs, well its almost as fast as driving to Lowes. Heres our Reverse Osmosis set up. Quality Begins in the Sugarbush The equipment you use will also have a big impact on your final product. Hi Dick. Theyre the exact same filters. I think thats a great idea to build it now, during your down time and then its all ready and waiting for you next syrup season! We chose 4 membranes cause we read that any more is pointless, but wanted to maximize what we could. I may even have some sap later this week to test it on here in Ohio! It will definitely be worth the time and (your husbands) efforts!! Your RO filter looks fantastic. How do you flush the system, how often would you do it, and what do you do to store it? Mark & Colleen Falardeau, backyard sugarmakers who built this RO system, explain, It cost us roughly $300 to make our RO and it takes sap from 2-3% sugar content to 7-8% in one pass! It was 1.5 out of tree. My sap went from1.5% sugar to 4 to 5% sugar after running through my ro. My name is Carrie Williams Howe and I am the founder and editor of Homestead How-To. Hi Scott. Sadly, yes, you have to filter many other times throughout the whole process. (In fact, youll see below thats exactly what were usingfilters from a water purifying system.). I can, however, connect the smaller 1/4 tubing to the pump, the OD is 3/8. I read somewhere that there are special chemicals for that. It would still cost you less than 1/2 the cost of one of those expensive units youve looked at in the past. My concentrate was sound 4%. My questions are. Ill get it. . He said he was processing between 18-20 of sap per hr. Larry. Thanks and happy sugaring!! thanks again for the great info.. Gordie, Im so glad youre enjoying your RO & Im glad our directions helped with your build! We wont cover the full instructions for building your system in this article, but this set of instructions from Souly Rested offers great guidance on how to do so. Our maple syrup operation manager (aka hubby) built a reverse osmosis (RO) filter system that we run our sap through before boiling. It works quite well, but we have found that we go through a ton of wood processing maple syrup every year. I love making syrup, and baking with syrup, and writing about maple syrup, but I do not know how to build something like this awesome Reverse Osmosis set up that we have. It will cut your fuel costs in half, if not more. I have no idea what to expect it to look like while running. Bill confuses me sometimes too. RO device ran from 7:50 to 10:15 a.m. removed 3.8 gallons from a 5 gallon bucket at 50 watts Ill try to remember to get back to you! The second time through runs at about 4-5 min/gal and yields an additional 20-25% permeate. N ow that I have gone to a small backyard evaporator I plan on building one because I do know what an RO will do for me, I just did not want to lay out th money for even the small ones that most of the Maple company make. Its just reversed. You could also reach in and remove large pieces of debris with a slotted spoon. 3. The floorboards creak, the barn roof sags, and the rocky land seems unforgiving. Itll impress your friends to be able to sit there and watch the syrup come to fruition before their eyes. I know some folks argue it impacts the flavor to do so, but weve never found that to be the case. Its kind of you to share all this information with the back yarders. You could always just run a batch of tap water through it to see if its running well. Hi Jason, At this rate, itll only take a few seasons to return the investment on the hardware. 2. Im doing a pretty small operation, but getting just large enough that my fire cant keep up, so wondering if I can cut a few corners and come up with something for closer to $200. If its not a high enough pressure grains of the sugar will clog the holes in the filter and make your RO much less efficient. Hi Michelle lol. Required fields are marked *. Im pretty sure sugar maple trees would grow here, but in zone 8, would they make syrup? Find out why SoulyRested was considered to beone of the Top 20 Must-Read Homesteading Blogs of 2018and then one of theTop Homesteading Blogs of 2019 as well. The process takes about 30 minutes to transform the syrup into a gorgeous golden, thickened maple cream. We live in Northern New York, think near the Canadian border north. We have 110 taps and process roughly 5 gallons of sap through the RO every 45 minutes. how do you wash your ro system after each use ? Last year, I made about 1 gallon of sap and used 4(!!!) Thanks. Just follow their directions and it will work for you.. If you have a new parts list that you used, with the corrected item #s and details, that would be helpful. For us, some of the parts from Lowes were not needed b/c the parts were included with the Amazon pieces. What I see of it looks like an improvement over mine. Hope that helps! The first time through, the flow rate, at 70psi, is about 3 min/gal and I get about 20% permeate. Youll also need some tubing and connectors, as well as another valve. Click on the image below to pin this post. Yep, we often run it through twice. So, the last year of making maple syrup at home, we tried a 4 by 40 with the 330 gallons per hour pump and it performed very well, delivering 80 to 100 gallons per Luckily, there are other options for obtaining a reserve osmosis set-up. so many great questions Katharine! I hope that you find what you are looking for on Homestead How-To. I currently only have 1 tree that gave me 60 gallons this season. See a 2,100-tap operation using a tubing/vacuum system, reverse osmosis and a wood pellet-fired evaporator. Iam going to build one as per your drawings. Otherwise, read on. ROd to about 5% then electric skilleted to 21 ounces of 35% for a quart jar. We just finished putting it all together. Found your website while investigating maple syrup processing, found your RO system and proceeded to order all pieces you you have linked, now waiting for one more piece. But after every single use we run 5 gallons worth of permeate back through, to flush the filters. I had a few doubters when I said I was going to do this. So we persoanlly choose to boil our sap with propane. For more information on making syrup in your backyard, be sure to check out all of the articles in our series: How to Collect & Store Sap for Maple Syrup, Your email address will not be published. This post may contain affiliate links and/or advertisements, which means that Homestead How-To earns advertising fees or commissions if you click on a link or make a purchase. Hi Tim. I have quadruple-checked everything and cant seem to find the problem. 1654 Queen St, New Dundee. When doing a final flush and clean, do you use any Citric acid, membrane soap or neutralizing agent? Hello Michelle, I am in the process of assembling my RO. 3. You will need to attach the high pressure Procon pump to your motor.Before you mount the pump, wire the motor for 220V temporarily so you can te We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. of pure water an hour. If you are still learning how to collect, boil, and bottle maple syrup, head over here to this article about making syrup, step-by-step or, better yet, pick up a copy of Sweet Maple. Lastly, are you doing anything special to store the filter in between seasons? I fill up my PVC vessels with water and measure how much they hold so I know how much solution to make. Hi Adam. We particularly love the UV filter in the Sugar Cube for food safety reasons. I have to run the sap through twice in order to get a good reduction. Electric skillet ran from 1:40 to 4:50 pm at about 1,200 kw and removed 1.0 gallons What a great question. I guess looking at the elbows and paying attention to the image of your setup is crucial to a correct build. Im a retired guy who has made between 10 and 15 gallons of syrup annually using an open pan and LP gas as a heat source. WebConsisting of one sediment filter and two reverse osmosis filters, the Sugar Cube RO Replacement Filter Kit contains everything you need for the annual maintenance of your prototype Sugar Cube RO. Hi, So I basically clicked all the links you provided and bought all the stuff, and ordered the part numbers from Lowes.. We never need to clean them during the season, but every time we use it we run some permeate through the system before shutting it off for the night. It took about a week of rinsing with water to get the smell from the pvc primer and glue to go away. Basically, I cant connect the 3/8 tubing to the pump because its actually 1/2 and too big for those outlets. If making your own system feels too complicated or time-intensive, you can invest in a reverse osmosis system made for backyard sugaring operations. How does that compare to my costs last year? 8. Before you run valuable maple sap through your unit it is a good idea to test it on 50-100 gallons of clean water. Fill a tank with 50 - 100 gal Never mind. At what pressure do we run our RO? Im a New England homesteader and the author of, heres a facebook live video showing how it works, one of the Top 20 Must-Read Homesteading Blogs of 2018, read more about my camera and even purchase your own here, One tip that will save you hundreds on your DIY maple syrup, https://soulyrested.com/2017/04/12/make-maple-syrup-step-step/, https://soulyrested.com/snag-free-ebooks/, https://soulyrested.com/2020/01/25/how-to-make-syrup-what-tools-do-you-need/, https://soulyrested.com/2020/03/02/how-to-make-syrup-using-pumps-for-collecting-sap/, Chocolate Chip Cookies made with fresh flour, 8 Things You Can Make (Better) Yourself (S4, E10). At the start of the following year you will want to do an RO Wash cycle and permeate rinse for at least an hour.. All said and done, I ended up with about 2 gallons of syrup, using 2.5 tanks of propane and finishing in the kitchen. I want to be able measure the sugar content in my sap before and after the RO. Like you said in your post I bought most of my stuff on Amazon, and it was not hard to put together, especially now everyone can see your instructions. Thanks Bill and Michelle sharing you drawing on a RO system. The other line is carrying the permeate, or tree water minus the extra sugar you have filtered into your ROd sap. If you have a refractometer (I explain that tool here: https://soulyrested.com/2020/01/25/how-to-make-syrup-what-tools-do-you-need/), you should measure your brix (sugar content) before and after the RO. We dont often have time to boil more than once a week. Our family makes anywhere from 15 to 25 gallons of syrup each year. Reverse Osmosis is a process typically used in water purification. For that reason, it actually makes more sense for a backyard operation. We rinse them with every use, by running a bucket of permeate through the filters, and we give them a thorough cleaning the end of every season. Maybe Im blind. I had a great season here in SW Ohio, collecting over 525 gals of sap from 68 taps. https://youtu.be/o1pbklwyYw4. Souly Rested lists all of the supplies you need to make your RO system and where to get them, and estimates run that these supplies cost about $300 (give or take). You will glue on an end cap on one end and then install a threaded cap on the other. We have never replaced the filters. The permeate cleans out the filters. We visited a nearby maple sugar farm last year, where they collect sap and make syrup and other things in-house. Its been a 2-year process pulling this all together. Boiling has been my limitation in the whole process for both time and fuel reasons. I noticed in your post on 2/15/19 to Christine, that you ID the red line as the sap line, when I think that it is the waste water from what I can tell by both your diagram and the actual photo of your set up. I DO NOT HAVE THAT ON THERE. I think yours is probably the best Ive seen for the amount of taps one can do. I love the way you do things here! Yes, Laurent is right, if you JUST want to measure the sugar content of your SAP, you can save money by getting a refractometer that only measures on the lower end of the scale like this one: https://amzn.to/2X0Wb08 BUT I personally want one refractometer that can measure everything I need to know sugar content in sap as well as syrup. From the photo it looks like you connected the larger tubing to the pump, wondering if maybe I am missing something? Maple Tap Farm will also participate in the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival on April 1. 10. I put my sap into a 50 gallon drum and recirculate for the day. Great post. 6. tanks of propane. Feed your Family: How to Start a Vegetable Garden from Scratch, this set of instructions from Souly Rested, Sugar Cube Reverse Osmosis System from Vermont Evaporator Company, How to Prepare your Vegetable Garden for Winter (Fall Garden Checklist). Ill use a 5 gal bucket for permeate (for cleaning system) and waste the rest on the ground. You can also follow my Maple Syrup pinterest boardright here. After seeing loss, I checked calibration with distilled water and got 0%. At the end of every season, we run 5-10 gallons of permeate through the system, then we remove the filters from their casings and mark where each filter was in the system (so we can change their position each year, to hopefully give them a longer life) Then we put them in a ziplock bag and store them in the refrigerator until the next sugar season. Im not like you. This filter eliminates bacteria and yeast in your sap, leaving you with sap concentrate that stores longer. WebTotal 9584 products from sugar free substitute for maple syrup Manufactures & Suppliers yay! Spendy at $30 each. So glad youre finding it helpful. Please consider helping me support sugarmaking education worldwide with every purchase of SoulyRested Swag. I will share your story with Bill (cause hes never on my blog :)). [68] In 2019 it led with over 7.8million litres (2.07million US gallons), followed by New York with 3.1millionL (820,000USgal) and Maine with 2.2millionL (580,000USgal). You can put your sap through the RO system on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday and then more easily and safely save it up for the weekend. The easiest way to do this is to make PVC vessels. The only problem I run into is getting the pump primed and pulling in the sap, but a little elevation does the trick! When its time to start up the RO again the next year, all we do is take the filters out of the fridge and use them. and3.5-4 after I ran mine thru the RO system. What pressure do you run at? Sorry for my ignorance. Michelle, fyi my issue was a bad membrane. Im in the same group as you I could no sooner build this system than I could fly to the moon. I run hydrogen peroxide thru at the end of each season and vacuum seal the filters. Hi Bill, Im not sure Im understanding your question but the 50% is the increase in sugar content. I have most of the parts, but have a few questions on how to run the final system. Psalm 34:8. It saves that much more on fuel costs. I just ordered all the parts :). I know nothing, as you can tell. When that bucket is half full I pull it and start the next bucket. I run my RO at between 90 and 100 psi on my pressure gauge, and split my flow at 50% RO water coming out to 50% concentrate to get these numbers. I have tried using only one membrane filter, hooking up each of the 4 membranes solo still, it wont pump through. 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