Bottling bucket dip tube

[AFewTooMany]

Looking to get a new bottling bucket and intrigued by an American forum thread to simply remove the back nut off the tap and screw on a pvc elbow pointed at the bottom of the bucket.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=94812

Ideally wanting this set up





Sadly cannot find any of these 3/4 bsp elbows in PVC or similar on sale in the UK. Anyone had any luck with trying this out before?

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Something like this

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[AFewTooMany]

Something like this

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Looks great but at £11.41 with delivery very steep

Can't understand why screwfix/usual suspects don't carry these

[VANDEEN]

£2.96 in Brass? http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p41492?table=no

& you can add a stub of copper pipe to get as low to the bottom as you want?

[irv]

i use a 15mm right angle copper joint with a stub of 15mm pipe, long enough to rotate and get near the bottom of the bucket.
i jam it into the internal diameter of the bottling tap with a bit of ptfe tape to make a seal/keep it place.

[AFewTooMany]

£2.96 in Brass? http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p41492?table=no

& you can add a stub of copper pipe to get as low to the bottom as you want?

Brass should be OK in contact with starsan and oxi? Normally only use it pre cooling so don't need to sanitise