Cheap Pump Options

[therook]

The magnetic coupled pump is what I have an and what TonyM refers to as an "april pump" (better than March). It has been used successfully to transfer boiling wort from kettle to chiller and fermenters as well as from a lauter grant to the kettle. At the brewday I did the pump ran for probably an hour with mash temps passing through it and then probably another half an hour with boiling or near boiling wort running through with no ill effect. Search for my name and whole bag brewday and you will see photos of it in action as well as a gallery post somewhere.

One thing to watch out for is that there is a dead space in the pump body where the magnet sits on the shaft. I suspect I have picked up an infection a few brews after that brewday as the last weizen I brewed tasted nasty and I disassembled the pump further than normal to find it did not smell very nice! I am buying another new one this week as at $60 new I would rather that than chance the old one. The dead space problem could also be of my own making as there is a small drain port into the chamber but how I had the pump mounted did not have this at the bottom to allow free drainage. I will try and post a few pics in this thread over the next few days

Cheers ausdb

PS TonyM I think a brew day is in order when you christen the new pumps!!!!!

ausdb,

How did the new pump go and were are your pictures. I wouldn't mind getting a pump down the track, but the price they want for a marchy is out of my ball park..

rook

 

[Franko]

Just come across this pump on ebay says its good for 110 C

Link here

Franko