Test Run on my VEVOR Moonshine Still 9.6 Gal Stainless Steel Distiller by making Distilled Water. 

Thank you so much! I was going to reverse them the next time I set it up! Thank you for confirming it for me! Awesome!

@@MyAlabamaFarmLife Sure.. .... you were going to reverse it! Just kidding

I was about to say... A siphon with air/gravity/pressure should move the water quicker based on position of tube with pump.

So what are results with pump switched??

​@@jupitercyclops6521I don't get it. She said she would reverse it. You repeated what she said?

Yes sir! Thank you!

Thank you, I am so glad it was helpful! Have a great week!

I am looking forward to my next projects!

I like tools that have multiple uses and this still checks off several boxes! You can even use the boiler to ferment. It has a bubbler you can add to the lid.

Thank you so much, I really appreciate your comments. I hope you had a happy thanksgiving!

The issue is that you have to shut off the pump before closing the valves otherwise it will put more pressure and make it leak, also you will burn your pump out.

Thanks so much 😊 Now I need to learn how to pull oils using it! have a blessed week!

I am so glad my video helped you decide! I think it is a good starter still or something to use occasionally! Have a great week!

You are very welcome. I am glad I could help!

Hey There, Fellow Distiller! Look up your model or find one that is similar to your setup and use that name to find the manuals online. I've had to do this for half of the "Toys" I get on Amazon. There are Always manuals online, usually from the products distributor or creator. Good Luck, Never give up on the things you truly enjoy! 🕊️♥️🍀🧠

I can use it for several other things than just making alcohol! Looking forward to my next project!

Yes it does and I will keep practicing!

You are welcome and if I can do i know you can also! Have a great day!

Hope you enjoy using it! Be blessed!

It was a lot of work but I needed to get it put together and learn how to use it!

Thank you! I thought the music was appropriate too!

Thank you very much!

Thank you! I think it is a great starter still! Have a great day!

My next project is pulling cedar oil! I was very happy to make distilled water but Its easier to buy it but i can make it if I need to! Have a great day!

I could but my next project is pulling cedar oil! Making spirits is going to be a long process! Thank you!

I am so glad it was helpful! thank you!

I am so glad it helped! thank you!

Thank you! It was a lot of work for a small amount of water but I needed to get it together and figure out how it works! It was a rough and long first run!

I was thinking the same thing when I bought it but you have to be careful because of the federal laws. I may do a granny and make some medicinal tincture water! LOL!

@@MyAlabamaFarmLife Yeah, watch out for the New World Order "federal laws". Start making a cure for cancer like Rick Simpson and the "federales" will destroy your life".

Thank you so much! I will see if I can find one! Thanks so much for the tip!

Great tip @stuart I’ll try this out too

I can distill water, make medicinal spirits and pull oils! Thank you!

Yes it is! Thank you!

You are very welcome!

Thank you so much! Yes I love Jackie and Tony they are great!

It helps very much thank you for these tips! Have a great day!

I am so glad you liked it! thank you!

Thank you! I will have to looking to that! have a great day!

@@MyAlabamaFarmLife I was at this state once i just used a small in-line ball valve just after the pump to slow the water down do not use the ones on the condenser you will be there all day just adjusting the water in side (right!!) anywho leave the condenser in side only for fine tuning not for total control hope this helps you

Sounds like you can just DIY the whole thing and get a thicker more suitable boiling pot

Thank you so much! I will tighten the nut and try your advise on the flow!

There is no packing nut on those cheap valves, that only holds the handle on.

You are so welcome!!

Excellent solution! Thank you!

I am going to try a few tips Ive been given when I set it up next and I will try that "smack the bottom" trick. We will see if it works! Have a great week! Thank you!

I hook up my water input from the sprayer on my sink with an adapter and have the values open. this way, you can control the flow by 1 source.

Thanks for the tip! Ill look into doing something similar! Have a great day!

It is past time to get it out and learn how to use it! Cedar oil next!

Thanks for the information! Have a great day!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you and welcome!

Thanks for the tip! It looks like it will do what I need it to do! Have a great day!

You're welcome!

Thank you!

I would say yes if you are using the thumper! I left it out because I did not feel I needed it to distill water. Thank you!

I think it is adjustable. I will be pulling it out soon. My juniper should be ready to harvest soon! Thank you!

You are very welcome! I am glad it helped. I’m pretty sure it’s a basic water pump the same used in aquariums! Have a good day!

Thanks for the info! I started looking to see if I can find replacements. thank you!

Are you using flame, electric or ceramic top?

Thank you for the tips! I will try them out and see how they work! Have a great one!

I think a weight may work, I will try it when I start my next project!

i did it and works

Awesome! Thank you for letting me know! Happy New Year!

Great question! You can create condensation at much lower temperatures but it will be a slower run and may eventually stop altogether. I have seen videos of people using their crockpots to create condensation over a longer period of time so yes I believe it is very possible just slower.

For the price it is not a bad deal! Thank you!

Yes I have the water pump in the sink pulling ice water through the condenser and then back to be rechilled.

Thank you. This 1st test run I ran city water through it to see how much and how long for distilled water. Have a blessed day!

About an hour for a gallon! If the water was colder I think it would be faster.

This was a test run and I wanted to make sure any debris or factory leftovers were cleaned out! I also wanted to make sure I had the still put together properly and all the seams were solid! I used the water in my humidifier. Thank you so much for the information! I will go check it out! Have a blessed week!

Yes i need to fix that but thank you so much! Merry Christmas!

Once I got the still up to 180 degrees the distillation process went fairly quickly. Keeping icy water in the condenser also sped up the process however setting up the still and getting 1 gallon of water took several hours. Thank you!

No I did not but that is something I will do. Thanks for the information! Happy Thanksgiving!

I used my stove which is induction but if the stove is still under warranty, using a canner or a still will nullify the warranty. You can use a TDS if you like but distilled water will always register zero because there are no longer any dissolved particles in it! Great questions! Thanks for stopping by!

@@MyAlabamaFarmLife Thanks I am in a search for a distiller but want to look into different ones first, when I get one I will for sure use a tds meter just to make sure, positive there is nothing but pure water and no other elements from the unit purchased.

You can put it on top but it doesn't have to be! Thank you!

Thank you very much for that information! I will watch out for that and look at covering it or replacing it! Have a great day!

I do have a gas stove in the basement and hoping it works so I can use not only my still but also my canner! I always loved gas stoves because of the control! Have a great day!

I actually have no clue other than to replace the tubes if you can find the replacements. This is a good still for a beginner but seems to start breaking down and leaking after only a few runs. You can get distilled water from it even with the leaks.

Thank you so much for the information, very appreciated!

I think you can all though I never tried. Interested to see how it worked out for you! Have a great day!

You can but the pot will shake the induction causes it to become unbalanced.

Thank you so much for the tip! have a great day!

I was using a water pump and ended up putting the ice in the sink for better circulation. I found that the cooler the water in the condenser the faster I was able to produce distilled water but I would say once you get to temperature the water distillation for about a gallon was an hour if I kept the water cold. Thank you!

Once I reached boiling temp it took about an hour to distill a gallon of water but it will go faster if you can keep the coils cold. The colder they are the faster the water distills. I hope this helps.

Cool, thank you so much!!

I started off with 3 gallons of tap water and It took about an hour for a gallon of distilled. I still had over a gallon left when I turned it off and I was amazed and the stuff that was floating in the left over water.

I used it in my cool mister but i made the distilled water as a test run! It was good practice!

I am glad you enjoyed it! From the RU-vid Library - Cats Searching for the Truth - Nat Keefe & Hot Buttered Rum.

@@MyAlabamaFarmLife Thank you, God Bless

I just ran the water through it but that is a good idea! Thanks for the tip!

For the money it is a good value. I am not sure what the maximum pressure is but I was trying to keep it at a steady temperature for distillation! I would never walk away from this still or a canner because left alone there is always the chance of over pressurization and explosion. I am using this for oil distillation and only use it on occasion if I were to use it on a regular basis, I would purchase a heavier still. I hope this helps!

You need to fill it up more and should never build any pressure. If you're building that kind d of pressure it's way too hot. Stillin is kinda slow process. Bring it up to temp slower and fill that pot full just about that heaviness should keep her good and steady

That is an excellent idea but I am going to flip the hoses and see if that makes a difference.If that doesn't work that is a good option. Thanks for the tip!

@@MyAlabamaFarmLife did flipping the hoses work better?

I bought it to make essential oils but havent tried it yet. I want to make juniper oil but have to wait for fall!

Once it reaches a boil you can get a liter in an hour and a gallon a little over an hour! Thank you!

I agree easier to buy distilled water but it was a good test run for a beginner. I’ll be setting it back up soon and working on making oils and hydrosol. Thanks for watching.

I have thought about adding something heavy to the bottom of the pot but I just get a chair and sit by the oven with a hot mitt and keep it steady.

@@MyAlabamaFarmLife oh Jesus! But I even can hold it , it almost jump!((🤣 And I have the "cooling pot" on the top of mane pot and all the water flooding on me )))) 😭

That sounds like a mess. I used a different set up with the cooling pot off to the side using the pipes and when it started rocking i used mitts to stop it and hold the pot until it settled. I had to watch the pot constantly to make sure it didn't rock off the stove. Lowering the temps so you dont have a hard boil inside the pot might help a little.

@@MyAlabamaFarmLife thanks I will try, and hope it will not explode)

No i did not. I used the water in my humidifier. However there were a lot of solids in the bottom of the pot when I broke everything down. I used utility tap water - the water source is our lake. Thank you for stopping by.!

Once the water hit boiling it took about an hour to make a gallon.

I do let my water sit over night to reduce the chlorine but I made distilled water as a practice run and to clean the metal off any debris and clean the plastics. It still rocked at high temperatures but less when i heated it up slowly!

@@MyAlabamaFarmLife that's cool!

Hello! Once you get the water to boiling it takes about an hour a gallon. I stopped at one gallon and there was at least 2 gallons left maybe less but I didnt measure it. I should have taken a video of all the solids floating in the water.

@@MyAlabamaFarmLife Thanks so much 😃

There are several different ways to make distilled water. This was a test for set up and to figure out what I was doing! Also a good way to make sure all the lines are clean and sealed. For the amount of energy and time, its cheaper to buy it off the shelf. I will be pulling it back out to harvest some oil and hydrosol soon. Thanks for watching!

You are right but I doubt I will ever use the thumper. If I do ill make sure its on correctly! It was my first build too! Have a great one!

I have not made in essential oils with it but hoping to soon!

Thank you very much and I have made the adjustment. Thank you and Happy New Year!

It is a lot of work but I think it will be a great addition to the kitchen! Thank you!

It took about an hour to make a gallon.

@@MyAlabamaFarmLife Thank you! I am actually looking into getting a distiller to make distilled water, but to also have something like this to repurpose in case I ever wanted to make cleaner, spirits, or alcohol for medicinal purposes. Very helpful video

@@steve8189 Thank you I appreciate you saying so! Have a great evening!

@@MyAlabamaFarmLife Hey I wanted to provide a follow-up on my purchase of the Vevor alcohol distiller. I bought it primarily for the purpose of being able to distill water in case I was ever in a situation where I was stuck with only contaminated water. I set up the distiller and use an open loop method whereas the water that was run through the cooling container was not re-introduced into the same container that contained the circulation pump. After cleaning and doing a vinegar run of 30 mins to sanitize the interior systems and distillate coil, I added 5 gallons of cold tap water, turned up my 15k burner and let things run. The distillate coil became active (light steam) after 1 hour and once distillation became active (dripping with distillate), I started the pump. In the 90 minutes that followed, I had 1 gallon of distilled water. Many variables to consider. What did I do correctly? A couple things, I think. I taped all the threads of the system, and had only 1 very slow leak which stopped (expansion?) half way through the process. I also left the top valve always fully open and never touched it. I only adjusted the bottom cold water intake valve which resulted in no overflowing of the cooling container. The main keg never rocked during the vinegar run (containing 10 cups I never fully processed) and rocked only 3-4 minutes gently during the water distilling, but stopped. I don't believe I did anything wrong, but what did I do in efficiently? First off, I got a boil in 7 minutes during the 10 cup vinegar batch. Had I done this with the water I would have been producing distillate 53 minutes sooner, so smaller amounts of water you can feed seems to be the way to go. I can only imagine the amount of energy lost in keeping almost 5 gallons hot, and what was lost in energy through the keg sides as a result. If I were to attempt, say 10 gallons of distilled water in a single batch, I believe the hot water runoff into a second container would be the way to go. Adding that water directly to the keg (via the top hole provided I had a way to figure that out without killing the boil and not reducing or increasing the pressure too much, would have been key. Today I would likely add 1 gallon at a time after running almost out by keeping an eye on the temperature/watching the distillate closely, popping the top open, and adding VERY hot water that was either kept hot from the cooling phase, or more realistically, kept it simmering on a separate system, only if time was a big factor and fuel was no factor. If either or both were big factors I would have likely don separate, non-continuous batches of 1-3 gallons, as I did this time. Anyway, hope this helps and thanks again.

I wish we could make shine without a federal permit otherwise I would have made a bunch by know! Hope you find someone close to share some shine recipes!

I find it so stupid that you guys get punished for making shine from the law when in my eye its your right to do so! Love how making it is passed down generations and that right there should never be forgotten. Wish ya all moonshiners the best of luck 👍🏽

I dont use the thumper on this run but i might use it later when I have a better idea of what I am doing! Have a great day!

@@MyAlabamaFarmLife hope u get brave enough to try your hand at making that gin for your daughter. Its not illegal to infuse store bought vodka with juniper berries and whatnot, to create your own gin

I actually will be using this year to make juniper oil. Waiting for the berries to ripen. I will find out if it is something I can use to make essential oils. If not I may invest in a smaller set up specific for oils.

I used my electric stove top.

I wish I can say I use it regularly but I do not! I still like though!