Neil Whittaker
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This might be a bit of an odd question, but are camlocks 100% safe.
Some context. I recently bought a new external brew pump & camlocks. Now have camlocks on the brewzilla tap, external pump, counter flow chiller and of course the brewzilla sparge arm.
I was playing with the setup to gain experience, so using just warm water and cleaning solution when I noticed a little leak. It was the camlock coming undone. The little arms were raising up if the attacked silicon hose was moved.
It only took a small wiggle to make it leak, but after moving the hose more it fully disconnected. I was a little shocked. I tested all the camlocks and some were solid and others would disconnect with varying amount of wiggling the joint.
I recorded a quick 1 min video: (Somehow messed the first 3-5 second sup) :-p
So question is:
1. Was my expectation of cam locks too high?
2. If Yes, what silly thing am I doing wrong. I expect I should be using those rings on the end some how.
3. I now see there are many type of cam lock safety clips, looks like i need to buy some.
TLDR:
CamLock open themselves if you move the attached pipework around. Most probable user error.
Some context. I recently bought a new external brew pump & camlocks. Now have camlocks on the brewzilla tap, external pump, counter flow chiller and of course the brewzilla sparge arm.
I was playing with the setup to gain experience, so using just warm water and cleaning solution when I noticed a little leak. It was the camlock coming undone. The little arms were raising up if the attacked silicon hose was moved.
It only took a small wiggle to make it leak, but after moving the hose more it fully disconnected. I was a little shocked. I tested all the camlocks and some were solid and others would disconnect with varying amount of wiggling the joint.
I recorded a quick 1 min video: (Somehow messed the first 3-5 second sup) :-p
So question is:
1. Was my expectation of cam locks too high?
2. If Yes, what silly thing am I doing wrong. I expect I should be using those rings on the end some how.
3. I now see there are many type of cam lock safety clips, looks like i need to buy some.
TLDR:
CamLock open themselves if you move the attached pipework around. Most probable user error.
