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The most common design of moonshineThe device was invented several centuries ago and is popular to this day. Making a home-made device at home is not particularly difficult, but this requires four components.

Distillation cube

The first element of the moonshine is the evaporator,referred to in the common people as a cube. It is an enamel or stainless container with a hermetically sealed cover and a hole in it. It is possible to equip an ordinary large-volume pan under the evaporator, first applying a soft seal to the rim of the cover and drilling a hole in it to connect the tube. Also, you need to think about the clamping mechanism for the lid, which ensures complete tightness. Very often, a steam cooker is retrofitted under the distillation cube, which have overhead clamps for the lid and a steam relief valve. This valve is twisted and replaced in its place by a fitting for the connection of a tube or a flexible hose.

Drying vessel (dephlegmator)

The fusel oil sump is necessary forensuring maximum purity of the distillate. It is a small container with an inlet and an outlet in the upper part of it. The problem of a reflux condenser is the physical purification of alcohol vapors from an evaporated liquid containing fusel oils. The boiling point of the alcohol is somewhat lower than that of the impurities, and therefore they are precipitated in a dry cell as a yellow precipitate with an unpleasant odor. For this part of the moonshine, you can use an ordinary glass jar with a tightly twisting lid, in which you have to make two holes and seal them in the fittings for connecting tubes or hoses. A small tube can also be connected to the inlet opening, which will drop below the middle of the can, which will prevent the evaporator from getting into the cooler.

Fridge

A cooler, also called a distiller,performs the function of cooling alcohol vapors, turning them into a liquid. Usually it is a coil of heat-conducting metal, immersed in a container with cold water. The liquid eventually heats up and needs to be changed, for which the refrigerator is connected to a water tap, making the supply of cold water in the bottom of the tank. Also, the water in the cooler can be changed manually, but the capacity should be several times larger.

Connection of elements and additional devices

To attach fittings to different elementsapparatus is best to use a tube with a solid thread on which are screwed two locknuts with silicone gaskets, between which is clamped the wall of the tank. At the ends of the tube, you can screw any plumbing transition or nozzle-brush. The connection of the elements of the moonshine is best done with rigid metal tubes, although silicone hoses with a diameter of 10 mm are often used recently. In connection areas, it is necessary to ensure the maximum density, so that spirits do not leak into the room - this can lead to a fire and even an explosion. To control the process of distillation, control and measuring devices can be included in the system of the home-made apparatus: manometers, thermometers and others.