How Long Can You Leave Equipment In Sanitiser

[jonocarroll]

... I have found that it does something kinda weird to PVC, and makes it go milk and slimy, obviously it is breaking down the plastic ...

Brilliant use of the word 'obviously' there. Also, the Sun obviously goes around the Earth, which is obviously flat.

The 'slime' you refer to is more likely to be the saponification of the oils on your hands. I also get the 'milky' look with various bits of plastic if I leave them in percarb too long. I usually try to avoid this if it's unnecessary.

 

[unrealeous]

PVC is one of these said "things" that should not be left in water for periods longer than a few hours...that milkiness is not chemical breakdown, but the chemical structure swelling and allowing water in. IF there are microbes in the water, these can also take up residence in the structure of the PVC.

AFAIK - PVC products are not food safe and thus I'd avoid using them in your brewery.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_chl...alth_and_safety

 

[flano]

I store almost all my equipment inside a franger?
I leave my hop sock out to air dry.

 

[raven19]

I have some lambics with no rinse sanitiser in the airlocks, and they are still going strong after 12months+.

 

[Nodrog]

AFAIK - PVC products are not food safe and thus I'd avoid using them in your brewery.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_chl...alth_and_safety

Most water networks in Aus, NZ, and other places lucky enough to have reticulated water, are made from PVC pipes.

Don't believe its PVC that's the problem, its a nearly inert polymer, its the crap they put in the PVC to make it easy to mold, extrude, colour, etc etc thats the dodgy shit.

Believe the greenies hate PVC cos making it involves a shed load of chlorine, not all of which ends up as PVC

 

[manticle]

I have some lambics with no rinse sanitiser in the airlocks, and they are still going strong after 12months+.

Rubbish.

I bet they're infected.

 

[Charst]

Rubbish.

I bet they're infected.

Would'nt be Lambic if it wasn't.
(Brewer notes not all infections are good ones)

 

[michael_aussie]

I store almost all my equipment inside a franger?
I leave my hop sock out to air dry.

what's a franger???

 

[raven19]

Rubbish.

I bet they're infected.

Infected - most definately yes, but it has not dissolved the plastic on the airlock... yet

:icon_offtopic: (Speaking of lambics...)

 

[MaltyHops]

I store almost all my equipment inside a franger?
I leave my hop sock out to air dry.

what's a franger???

It's an old, funny name for a third leg sock :blink:

Was going to say this is getting off topic but then frangers often
have sanitisers in them don't they? :lol:

 

[going down a hill]

what's a franger???

It's a dinger.