
Further trials of the V1 brewery have revealed further problems.
My original totton pump has been quite noisy due to air ingress to the impeller housing. This turned out to be my JG fittings at both the in and out ports on the pump

I replaced them twice, pva taped them into the screwthread of my tap, but still no joy.
So I got rid and mounted tube direct to pump and tun ports. No more air, but what air was there was already in the pump, led the wife to say....not in this house

Aha thought Vossy, try the new Totton pump recently purchased on E-bay for a bargain £23.
10 ltr/min, more powerful than old Totton pump....surely there could be no problems........wrong.
This pump is far quieter than my original and doesn't get as hot, but Vossy was thinking the flow rate doesn't look quite right

The pump has a hydrostatic head of 2m and a flow rate of 10ltr/min.
I was using it at 0.5m....so what flow rate would you expect.....
I disconnected the hose from the return manifold and directed it at tun height into a bucket.
At the very least I expected better flow rate due to no resistance from the manifold.....wrong

A dreadful 4ltr per min.
This means the V1 brewery is without a pump


Back to the drawing board

All I need now is for Man Utd to lose and my night of misery will be complete

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