Spinny Sparger owners - how many inches?

[Andy]

SPARGE ARM length!!! :rolleyes:

[Bigster]

But I reckon I could do with an extra 1.5 inches to fill my cool box !

[Andy]

Yeah, thinking of upgrading mine for a 8.5" jobbie. The coolbox will take it and I reckon I can reduce the head of water required to keep it spinning if the arm is longer.

[DRB]

My wife reckons i could do with an extra 2inch :huh: for my lunch box or sorry i mean cool box

[eskimobob]

I haven't got a Spinny Sparger yet

I'd like one but, to be honest, I'm a bit reluctant to part with 16 quid for what looks like a few bits of plastic tube and a bit of brass tube.

I've thought about making a sparging ring instead but haven't done anything about it yet...will have to either buy a spinny one or make a ring one before long though.

[Road Runner]

8.5" for me.

Went into HBS to buy a 7" sparger, as I knew the 10" wouldn't fit into the CoolBox/Tun. But the guy in the HBS only stocked the 10" one. So as I wanted the 7" one, he let me have the 10" sparger for the 7" price. Only a couple quid different.

When I got home to trim it down, I made it into an 8.5" arm, as this just clears the sides of the Coolbox without fouling.

It's an excellent piece of kit, possibly the best bit if kit I've bought so far.

[Vossy1]

Not boasting or anything, but I've got an unused 10 incher,...and I'm married

Still slight room in the cool box as well

[PieOPah]

I'm batch sparging so currently have no use for a sparge arm. One problem though is that since I only have one boiler this would mean that I would need to store the wort somewhere else whilst sparging and the transfer to the boiler once complete.

This is something I MIGHT consider (I already have the kit so shouldn't be too much of an issue!)

Since I have a Bucket in Bucket MashTun, I thought it would be more economical to buy a good length of tubing and glue (food grade) this to this lid (coiled). With one end seald, the other connected to my boiler tap and lots of small holes pierced in the tube, this should make a great sparging system.

I have already drained my Sweet Wort from the boiler using the 1/2" tubing and while it softened it didn't seem to be a problem.

[BlightyBrewer]

What is going on with this forum! Swinging and how many inches does your "sparge arm" have?!

[eskimobob]

Nice idea DaaB, I was thinking of using copper tube but as I don't have any spare lengths long enough at the moment I might just have a go with some PCV tubing.

Edit:
QUOTE I shouldnt take the credit (or the blame  ) it was PoPs idea
Sorry PoP, nice idea