Halfkast: Sometimes it helps to read them both...
Here we go again for like the 5th time. Swim can't remember how many times he has been an advocate of the homemade condenser, regardless of which one a bee might choose.
Can't get any easier then a 5 gallon bucket, braided tubing, a sleeve from a bicycle intertube and "imitation ice" (Balloon on top)
The basic principle of the idea can bee found here.
Swim believes Mister_Clean said it best.
A great read especially for newbees.
But yes Swim is lazy, does not ALWAYS use one. Truth bee known, it is NOT necessary...
P/P, Run the hose down the sink and past the water trap, kitty litter, hose + balloon, condenser + balloon, condenser + water trap, or just run the hose out a window.
A newbee has many options...
But yes Halfkast, since bees should concentrate on safety first, this is where they might want to start.
Read all 30 posts in the thread.
A condenser will NOT protect one from the potential fire hazards associated with phosphine.
But anyway...
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