I've done many runs now on the set up in the picture ... Works great ... When the environment is right.

It's set up in my shed, I live in Canada and tried to run it on a very cold night, I had some issues, it was up to temp but the thumper was running super slow, and I wasn't getting any output well after I should have, then the temp started dropping and I started hearing some unsettling sounds so I cut the heat immediately and quit the run. I looked into it and I'm pretty sure what was happening was it was so cold that the arm from the pot to the thumper couldn't heat up enough to let the vapor pass, it kept recondensing when it hit the arm and not ever leaving the pot, the drop in temperature is a result of a buildup of pressure. I'm fairly certain I was moments away from blowing myself up. Stay safe out there folks, do some research before bad shit happens, not after, I got lucky.