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Crikey am I talking to meself again but by email ? A form of modern insanity I spose ! So now I am the proud owner of a pumped CFC set-up complete with boiler re-circulation. If anyone's interested I will try and find how to enter my pics in the photo files section. You must have a giggle at my...

Hi Folks, I use a couple of commercial 10 gallon barrels to store my beer in, has anyone found a UK supplier of seal kits for the various keg connectors ? John H

I am quite a dumb-ass aren't I... I may as well carry on now with my upgrade and go for the full re-circulation set-up. Right where's me blow lamp again. I'll let you know how things turn out

My quote: 'Only one disappointment in tonight's test is the very slow run-off speed from the boiler into the FV, (in my gravity set-up just 15L or 3 galls took around 20 minutes), I do 10 gall brews so I would like a bit more speed'. - -...

Right then so I've made me CFC (gravity set-up) and wow is it surprisingly efficient, no problem chilling down from 90ish to 15 (my present mains water temp). I went for Eskimo's 8mm copper design and just yer normal 1/2" ID garden hose. Personally I found threading the 10 metres of copper...

S'pose threading a "fishing wire" down the hose first may to help pull the 8mm through ? Deffo a warm day type job I think so the hose is soft and flexible :idea: John

I TOLD YOU SO!!!!! Te-Hee, I know you're probably right but I will have a go at it if only to give you lot a giggle. You never heard of KY jelly btw :shock: John

Not sure it will help you decide but here it is. Click on the picture for details... That's brilliant Eskimo, thanks, So I see you went for 8mm copper that makes sense. So long as my lack of head does not slow down the run-off too much or even worse stick, I should be OK. Right I have absorbed...

Right Eskimo and t'others, I really need to see the photos now to clarify wtf to do, if owt at all, I assume you all have yer pics here so I will try to find them again (not used to this site quite yet). I own a couple of Stuart RG 550 pumps but I don't consider them suitable to shift hot sticky...

Ok then let's see it, and explain to me in simple "2 pint terms" how it works... (I've usually had two by ten o'clock). :wha: Only 3.5 ish though honest ! I'm such a ba-ad boy John

Oh I gerrit! But please tell me that when I'm Barley wine like you I don't have to look like that photo... Be-jaybers :rofl:

[especially If I feed the coolant to the second coil through my Plate chiller while driving it with my Beer cooler python line :party: Show-off :mrgreen: Hey I don't even know what you mean by all those things so why the envy? Do you know after these chats I may just stick to me trusty...

Ahah ! That sounds a good idea, I was going to make mine a bit longer anyway. Do you know I have spent all day on and off trying to source 3/4" ID hot water hosing to no avail. Don't you just wished you lived in America, you can everything there! John.

Cheers for response Vossy, :cheers: What's a dual cfc mate? Not heard of one of those. Ah yes syphonage would pull it through wun tit, I usually consider syphonage my enemy in brewing, but for once it may actually help. Must say I am still dubious about how reliable a very "low head" run-off...

Hi folks, I am a new member, I've been doing 10 gallon all grain brews for years now and have finally decided to upgrade my set-up from an immersion chiller to a CFC. I brew in my shed so have a very limited head or available height from the boiler through the CFC into the FVs. I am a heating...