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best way to clean

Post by tourer » Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:32 pm

Greetings all, how do members clean their fermenting vessels etc? The reason i ask is, i dont have access to hot tap water in the shed only a kettle. If i had to fill a vessel with hot water for using say Oxy that would be a big problem for me. So what would be the best approach for me to take. Opinions greatly appreciated

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Re: best way to clean

Post by Dennis King » Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:37 pm

Sodium percarbonate great stuff do it does need to be hot.

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Re: best way to clean

Post by Fil » Wed Jan 11, 2017 12:53 am

sounds like an old fv with a tap + a kettle element would make a nice hot water heater when needed :)
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Re: best way to clean

Post by Jocky » Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:53 am

A couple of kettles full of water, cut with a little cold water, should be plenty to clean most of your equipment.

Alternatively, do you use a chiller at the end of your brew day? Feed the waste cooling water from that (which will start off very hot!) into a bucket and add sodium percarbonate/PBW/Oxi and use that to clean up.
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Re: best way to clean

Post by orlando » Wed Jan 11, 2017 10:38 am

Can't you use your boil kettle or even an HLT?
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Re: best way to clean

Post by tourer » Wed Jan 11, 2017 8:48 pm

Fil wrote:sounds like an old fv with a tap + a kettle element would make a nice hot water heater when needed :)
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Re: best way to clean

Post by tourer » Wed Jan 11, 2017 11:33 pm

I do like to leave things soaking in oxy for a short while, so i think it will be the boiler.

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