

Not an original design I know - If this doesn't work then its out with the shiny and in with the not so shiny copper slit manifold.
my tun is an old 25 litre fermentor bucket. grain bed is normally about a third of the depth of the bucket.DaaB wrote: Bod, what do you use as your lauter tun? Was it a fermenter, if so what size? Maybe this has a bearing?
You mention it doesnt matter how the manifold is connected but my feeling is that for best results a manifold should have good connections, possibly water tight above the manifold itself so that the liquid is draining though the slots in the copper or the braid (where its intended) rather than taking the easiest path and weeping through any gaps in the connecting pieces.