15 ltr, 25 ltr, or 35 ltr Digital Temperature Controlled Electric Double Boiler
Digital Temperature Controllers make higher product temperatures achievable and provide precise temperature control, fast reaction and intelligent operation allows the water jacket to be maintained at as high as 100℃ without rapid boiling, the controller will learn and cycle the heating element automatically to maintain temperature, simply set the water jacket temperature up to 100℃ and the controller will do the rest.
Capping’s Reducer – Wax Cleaning – Capping’s Honey Recovery – 10kg Honey Warming – Bee’s Wax Candles & more
Recommended for 5 plus Bee Hives
Stainless Steel Product Taps.
Recommended for product temperature up to 85℃ – For higher than 85℃ product temperature please contact us for recommendations and advice, to achieve higher temperature digital models used with a thermal jacket can obtain temperatures up to and slightly over 90℃ understanding the water jacket is limited to the boiling temperature of water and some heat loss does occur in the transfer process.
Dual outlet electric double boilers are perfect for melting down Beeswax Capping’s, recovering honey, cleaning wax and liquefying candied honey a breeze!
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Stainless Steel product taps & bridging pipes.
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Brass water jacket drain tap.
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Bottom Internal tap sits approximately 1 cm from the chamber base.
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Top tap & middle taps are the product taps, bottom tap water jacket draining.
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Water Jacket thermostat range – 30-100℃
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Cold start product to 85℃ in approximately 60 minutes.
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Unit Power 240v/2300w – AS/NZS31122011 240V 10amp complies with Australian and New Zealand Electrical Standards.
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The fastest heat up times for volume available on the market.
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Production time savings.
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Improved product quality & consistency.
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Safe and easy to use.
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Heat Control.
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Detailed user instructions.
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Easy to maintain.
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For use on a domestic 10 amp power point with safety switch.
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Serviceable.
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Fill water jacket with demineralised water – demineralised water is low cost and is purchased from supermarkets and hardware stores for around $4 for 5 litres, once filled is left in the unit and just topped up as required, demineralised water has no harmful minerals that tap or tank water contain and will protect internal components.
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Heat water jacket to desired temperature.
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Add product and heat to required temperature..
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Make Products.
Units will have some marks from the manufacturing processes.
Reducing / Cleaning Straight Capping’s
Reducing and cleaning straight capping’s is essentially the same process as the cleaning wax guide below with one difference, clean water should not be added to the chamber as wax capping’s have enough honey to melt and separate between the bottom layer of honey and the top layer of clean beeswax.
The honey recovered from the capping’s is therefore just heated honey and not honey rich water and it has many uses, it is commonly used for sauces, cooking and making mead (fermentation).
Note: For pressed wax capping’s, please use the guide below.
Cleaning Wax – Dirty wax capping’s, old foundation and wax from previous cleans.
Add water first to the chamber, fill to just above the top tap outlet.
Add wax capping’s, old foundation and wax from previous cleans to the chamber.
Set thermostat temperature to between 65-75℃ for the water jacket. Do not exceed 80c as at these higher temperatures the wax will discolour.
To achieve best results, a slower melt time is preferred. Ideally run the unit at a lower temperature (65-70℃ for usually 8-10 hours for best results), this will allow the wax to just melt and gravity to separate the liquid layers at different densities. Water/Honey is heavier than wax, therefore wax will float to the top of the chamber. Any debris will tend to sit within the water or just below the wax line (between water and wax). Therefore DO NOT stir the contents after it has melted and separated.
Once everything has melted, separated and settled (Usually 8-10 hours for best results), before opening the taps, if there is any debris floating on top of the wax, carefully skim the debris off – taking care not to stir the contents of the chamber. Open the lowest chamber tap to drain off the honey rich water until you see the colour/viscosity change and wax starts to come out, close the bottom tap, the wax line should now be below the top chamber taps. Allow the contents that has just been drained too cool, any wax will solidify on top, this wax can be recovered and added to the next batch to be processed.
Note: Honey rich water is ideally used to make Mead!
Now move up to the top chamber tap, depending on the temperature that you have the unit set to, you may need to apply an electric hot air gun or hair drier to the outlet, this will allow any solid beeswax to melt within the tap. Use a small container to check if clean wax is coming out, if wax is still dirty allow to settle longer or drop the level further with bottom chamber tap.
Once wax is clean drain clean wax straight into a pouring jug or moulds until the clean wax is exhausted.
Repeat the process until all capping’s and old foundation have been used.
If there is a build-up of pollen or debris in the bottom of the chamber it is time to clean the unit out.
It is not recommended to clean brood comb in the unit as brood comb generally contains a lot of debris – specifically cocoons which can clog the tap.
