My building geometry is making it fun to finally implement a silo/bulk grain system, and my power quality/tendency for things to break at the wrong time makes me anxious about having any more powered components in the loop than necessary.
Thus I'm trying to convince myself that I could gravity feed from a grist case through a hydrator into my MT. Has anybody tried it? Did it clog? Any words of wisdom? I'm guessing I'd have a variable feed rate even with a slide gate due to the hydrostatic pressure at the bottom of the grist case changing as the grain empties into the MT. I don't have a real feeling for whether or not I'd just clog the hydrator, which is currently a simple conical piece that goes from 4" to 6" and back to 4" with a threaded port for water or spray ball.
Thoughts?
Justin
Thus I'm trying to convince myself that I could gravity feed from a grist case through a hydrator into my MT. Has anybody tried it? Did it clog? Any words of wisdom? I'm guessing I'd have a variable feed rate even with a slide gate due to the hydrostatic pressure at the bottom of the grist case changing as the grain empties into the MT. I don't have a real feeling for whether or not I'd just clog the hydrator, which is currently a simple conical piece that goes from 4" to 6" and back to 4" with a threaded port for water or spray ball.
Thoughts?
Justin
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