Pump s
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Pump s
Speaking to a friend who runs a local micro they have used the following pumps
https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/Centrifugal-Pe ... 0005.m1851
Abeit the 1hp verson now it doesnt list any where its food safe and its max temp range is 60 c but theyve used um for years with no effect running caustic cycles thru um. Just wondering if its worth the punt
https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/Centrifugal-Pe ... 0005.m1851
Abeit the 1hp verson now it doesnt list any where its food safe and its max temp range is 60 c but theyve used um for years with no effect running caustic cycles thru um. Just wondering if its worth the punt
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Re: Pump s
if thats your budget i would suggest a lil brown solar pump perhaps.
ist update for months n months..
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
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The Food Safety Agency wouldn't be too impressed with your friend, to be honest. I'd second a solar pump. They need to be primed first, but very handy. I got mine from here. Very reliable service
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Re: Pump s
If you take the grease out and replace with food safe stuff then theres no real issue maybe ?
Thought solar pumps were no good for hot wort and couldnt be throttled bsck using a ball valve
Thought solar pumps were no good for hot wort and couldnt be throttled bsck using a ball valve
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What? First Review from that link:
"this is a nice compact pump that is good value for the price but i have found it not suitable for hot clean pool water as the body of the pump rusts, contaminating the water, ( rust colour water ). i have had to replace this pump with a bronze pump. this pump should be ok for light oil or similer liquid."
ISTR with plastics, "food safe" can't be made from general recycled plastic as they might have been used to store any number of toxic substances in their previous lives. Don't have a source for that, could be wrong.
"this is a nice compact pump that is good value for the price but i have found it not suitable for hot clean pool water as the body of the pump rusts, contaminating the water, ( rust colour water ). i have had to replace this pump with a bronze pump. this pump should be ok for light oil or similer liquid."
ISTR with plastics, "food safe" can't be made from general recycled plastic as they might have been used to store any number of toxic substances in their previous lives. Don't have a source for that, could be wrong.
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The 'elephant in the room', unfortunately.vacant wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2018 5:03 pmWhat? First Review from that link:
"this is a nice compact pump that is good value for the price but i have found it not suitable for hot clean pool water as the body of the pump rusts, contaminating the water, ( rust colour water ). i have had to replace this pump with a bronze pump. this pump should be ok for light oil or similer liquid."
ISTR with plastics, "food safe" can't be made from general recycled plastic as they might have been used to store any number of toxic substances in their previous lives. Don't have a source for that, could be wrong.
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I think ill skip this one then if it works for them then so be it but i wont risk it
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while i control the speed of my lil brown pump via the power supply the solar project uk site which supplies them (and honours warranties for pumps used for brewing), does also state that post pump restriction via valve is a-ok
they are not perfectly magnetically coupled and grain if in the pumped liquor can get into the drive shaft, which i can only imagine would lead to a failure? in practice mine (almost 10 yrs use) will on occasion need its head pulled so i can nudge its impeller to start it, but is still going strong..
not ideal solution but cheap and easy.
ist update for months n months..
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
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Fil wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 9:22 pmwhile i control the speed of my lil brown pump via the power supply the solar project uk site which supplies them (and honours warranties for pumps used for brewing), does also state that post pump restriction via valve is a-ok
re hot wort i use mine to recirculate the boil thru my hop spider to maximise hop utilisation when using a large volume hop spider.
they are not perfectly magnetically coupled and grain if in the pumped liquor can get into the drive shaft, which i can only imagine would lead to a failure? in practice mine (almost 10 yrs use) will on occasion need its head pulled so i can nudge its impeller to start it, but is still going strong..
not ideal solution but cheap and easy.
ist update for months n months..
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
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Re: Pump s
Sounds good may have to splash out on a proper solar pump rather than the cheap ebay jobs
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There's also the topsflo magdrive pumps, I think I paid around 30 quid for a 9lpm one if I recall correctly.
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Not worth scrimping on pumps in my experience, especially if being used for beer production (and even more so if the beer is to be sold)
better to buy a decent quality one thats designed for your requirements, theyre not that expensive.
better to buy a decent quality one thats designed for your requirements, theyre not that expensive.
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Interesting, I've used both topsflo and solar pumps
I'd be curious to hear what's rubbish about them
I'd be curious to hear what's rubbish about them
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Re: Pump s
I cant remember exatly but i was basically steering to more exspensive pumps