plumbing for drinking water doesn't need to be food grade?
Pok
I've been looking at these today and the largest I've seen so far is just over half a metre
If you search hard enough the subject has come up before and I cant be arsed searching for you but I recall the general consensus was that they have too small a bore to get any real flow through them when using a pump.Im just a bit concerned if the actual tubing is too small for flow
Pok
I've been looking at these today and the largest I've seen so far is just over half a metre
Bought a 2m long one just last week from Bunnings. A Boston brand one for Washing machines and dishwashers. Cut it up and stuck it in my mash tun, have yet to snip the extra length off, see here:
http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...showtopic=22627
Cheers,
GT
I recall the general consensus was that they have too small a bore to get any real flow through them when using a pump.
plumbing for drinking water doesn't need to be food grade?
Who says they are for drinking water? I've never seen one connected to a tap.
cheers
Browndog
Every temprite drinking water fountain at my place of employment is connected via one of these, so are the taps in my kitchen. And my place of employment kind of knows about foodgrade issues in liquid applications.
Not sure why Vlad had problems with his flow rate and a march - mine is working just fine. But, I am only running through just one connector ATM, so perhaps the line resistance of plumbing a whole system, added to the smaller bore size becomes an issue??
Vlad seems to be the only one who has actually tried to plumb his brewery with them, so I'd say his experience is the standard. But if you are brave enough to repeat the experiment for validation purposes... I'd certainly be interested in the results.
You can get bigger diameter ones, saw them in Bunnings. It'd be an exercise in bling though, they were a lot more expensive than silicon hose.
Thirsty
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