Beer engine with corny setup questions

[MCRBrew]

What thread size are sparklers?

Possibly 5/8 26 TPI? Specced here:

https://rlbs.ltd.uk/short-nozzle-extension.html

Found via this thread:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/beer-engine-sparkler-thread-match.642641/

 

[MashBag]

thanks & again for the link. Seems some one might be ahead of me....Will have a good read.

 

[RoomWithABrew]

Has anyone thought about using a hand water pump...

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I think the answer is yes. Earliest reference I can see is 1997, but can't access the link in BYO.

But this link has the same tech.

https://beerandbrewing.com/diy-beer-engine/

 

[Wigglebutts Brewery]

I love my Angram! I looked at the DIY but for all the effort go with the real deal. UKBay prices are incredible but US shipping almost doubles cost. I’d love to have a double. The poor man’s regulator (propane) is all that’s needed. I naturally carbonate with 1.5 oz dextrose. I bought another that needed TLC for fun and a portable option.

 

[MashBag]

I think the answer is yes. Earliest reference I can see is 1997, but can't access the link in BYO.

But this link has the same tech.

https://beerandbrewing.com/diy-beer-engine/

I fancy a simple and highly portable jobby.

Wooden wine box.
Containing 2x 5l bag in box and the pump.
In use: box standing on end, pump attached ready to serve. Micro bar.

 

[RoomWithABrew]

I fancy a simple and highly portable jobby.

Wooden wine box.
Containing 2x 5l bag in box and the pump.
In use: box standing on end, pump attached ready to serve. Micro bar.

Go for it. With room to throw a few ice packs in to keep the cellar temps.

 

[MashBag]

Does anyone know if there is a duotight or JG fitting to connect 8mm push fit hose to 5/8 male?

 

[RoomWithABrew]

Why?

 

[Buffers brewery]

Does anyone know if there is a duotight or JG fitting to connect 8mm push fit hose to 5/8 male?

https://ikegger.co.uk/products/duo-tight-8mm-push-fittings?variant=20717947682919

 

[MashBag]

@RoomWithABrew I need a bit of gas hose with a 5/8 male thread on the end

 

[MashBag]

https://ikegger.co.uk/products/duo-tight-8mm-push-fittings?variant=20717947682919

Nearly I was hoping to get threaded bit on the push fit?

 

[MCRBrew]

If this is to fit a sparkler, I think that a 5/8 shank on a beer tap is BSP (14 TPI) and if the reference I previously posted is correct the sparkler is 5/8 26 TPI. Don't think you'll get a Duotight or JG fitting at this pitch.... happy to be proved wrong though!

I wonder if you could do something with the extension that RLBS sell and some epoxy?

 

[peebee]

Gas hose? 5/8 inch male (thread, what thread)? 8mm pushfit?

This is adding up to something potentially very scary. No wonder @RoomWithABrew asked "Why?".


Ah, @MCRBrew has a less pessimistic idea of what's being attempted! Still (a person like me has undying pessimism) there's no mention of gas in his reply. @MashBag; explain.

 

[MashBag]

If this is to fit a sparkler, I think that a 5/8 shank on a beer tap is BSP (14 TPI) and if the reference I previously posted is correct the sparkler is 5/8 26 TPI. Don't think you'll get a Duotight or JG fitting at this pitch.... happy to be proved wrong though!

I wonder if you could do something with the extension that RLBS sell and some epoxy?

Yeah 5/8 26 TPI hose tail was my next thought.

 

[MashBag]

Gas hose? 5/8 inch male (thread, what thread)? 8mm pushfit?

This is adding up to something potentially very scary. No wonder @RoomWithABrew asked "Why?".


Ah, @MCRBrew has a less pessimistic idea of what's being attempted! Still (a person like me has undying pessimism) there's no mention of gas in his reply. @MashBag; explain.

8mm hose fits beautifully into a party tap.
Add to that a sparkler and all I need to do is estimate the pressure excerted by a hand pump....

 

[peebee]

8mm hose fits beautifully into a party tap. ...

Then don't mention "gas hose"! Your focus does jump about a bit and we could imagine some "alternative" horrific scenarios from what you were asking.

 

[MashBag]

Then don't mention "gas hose"! Your focus does jump about a bit and we could imagine some "alternative" horrific scenarios from what you were asking.

I like to keep you on your toes

So what horrific ideas had you come up with.

 

[MashBag]

I am struggling to get find any type of sparkler fitting in male (spout bit)

 

[peebee]

So what horrific ideas had you come up with.

"Gas hose" (the talk was all beer-line before that). "5/8 male" and "BSP" (a common thread diameter for compressed gas cylinders - i.e. even higher pressure than liquid CO2). "Duotight or JG fitting to connect 8mm push fit hose to 5/8 male" (that's enough; he might have had much to do with gas cylinder filling, allegedly, but this banter is getting dangerous).

Push fits and other "bus-line" components generally have a max. pressure tolerance of 10 BAR (147 PSI). A compressed gas cylinder can hold two to three thousand PSI!

Get it! You should be able to think of your own horrific ideas from that.


On the subject of big bangs ... It's November 5th oooo, wheeee

(I'm not quite sure why it's something to celebrate through).

 

[MashBag]

Point taken