Seek
Apprentice Daydreamer
I am getting complete extraction and uniform ABV without any stirring, even if I try to stir at the end, it doesn't do anything extra.It's bad because it's not fully extracting the load all at once and evenly
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I do If I want complete extraction
I don't see the herb being clumped at the top as a problem. AS I've said, if it falls down, it can only make some soot and smoke from particles falling through the mesh and the sel-stirring is imo useless here.It's bad because it doesn't fall back down - without help.
Temperature difference at the top and bottom of the ELB is neglible. I don't think there is any.It's bad because it's not at the bottom of the ELB any more where it's hotter.
You only get that temperature gradient when you overpack the ELB as the herbs at the bottom soak in the heat and there is less of making it up to the top layers. If you have a small load that just goes up, the hot air doesn't cool down when it goes through that extra centimeter of air.
And where would that air go if not through and around it? lolIt's bad because it's all clumped together and not allowing the air to flow freely through and around it
You are still pulling the air through the load no matter where it is. That's why the EVO doesn't need stirring. All the air that goes through the EVO must make it through the herbs. Actually I think it makes more vapor when its clumped as more air actually has to move through the herbs and NOT around it doing nothing.