Now there's a cool idea. It's a bit late for me to get into it this season,
but a 4, 6, or 12 bottle centrifuge would be an interesting
concept--although, even though the concept is easy to visualize, I'm
wondering about the logistics of engineering such a thing withouth creating
an imbalance at high rpm. The bottles would have to be filled exactly or
there would be severe speed wobble. Or there would need to be an adjustable
balance on the arms to fine tune it.

I'm visualizing something that holds 4 bottles on gimbals, with an electric
motor (small), so that the centrifuge allows the bottles to adjust into the
horizontal position as the rpm increases. As the motor slows, the gimbals
allow the bottls to settle. When rpm is zero, the bottls hang vertical.

Hey, maybe an old ceiling fan motor. Low rpm, for an extended period of
time.

I think this could easily become a topic outside this post.

Jeff

"patrick mcdonald" > wrote in
message ...
> Jeff,
> With that small amount of wine and large lees volume, consider
> centrifuging the lees down to extract as much wine as possible. Tom S had
> insight on this awhile ago and I've since bought an old clothes washer and
> hard wired it to spin only. I haven't converted the pulleys to spin faster
> or remove the brake (much better results would ensue) but an hour or so in
> the basket (in containers, of course) settles out a significant amount of
> useable wine to top off after losing so much in the racking operation.
>
>
> Patrick
>
> "jeff" > wrote in message
> ...
>> The site on sur lie is very helpful. But I've also got a few lees
>> questions, and have posted photos for a visual. The photos describe my
>> sediment situation better than what I can in writing. The photos may also
>> describe what others are experiencing at this point. I hope what you see
>> will provide enough information to answer my questions.
>>
>> Go to: www.africusrex.com/temp The question on the temp site, and the
>> pictures are self explanitory.
>>
>> Looking forward to answers and suggestions.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
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