Home made keg/fermenter washer

[Peteyb]

Hi guys,

Just thought I'd post this on here. Probably seen it before but I made a fermenter/keg washer!
Was super simple and only cost me £42, it also had twice the power of the ones you can buy.
All I got was a 300w submersible draper pump from toolstation, a 32mm P trap (only used the 90° for the threaded to compression end), a length of 32mm pvc pipe and a 32mm plug. Drilled a few holes around it and at the top
It all sits in a bucket and the keg/fermenter sits in some stainless mesh that the pipe fits through.
If you're thinking of buying one off the shelve I'd suggest making it. No skill needed and took me 1 hour to get the bits and make it

 

[George Hawkins]

I’m planning on building this exact same thing. How did you attach the pipe to the pump? Was it threaded? Cheers!

 

[RoomWithABrew]

The pump I'm waiting to be delivered is 2000 litres / hour. I can't see it's wattage on the details. I'm hoping to fit the CIP ball on the top of the tube. Am planning to use 30 celsius PBW thru it to clean the fermentasaurus and kegs, shoud be okay temperature wise?

 

[Peteyb]

I used an inch elbow compression that fits into my pump, from the elbow is just a length of inch pipe with holes drilled to spray all over (not too many though) I use the standard pump fitting with a length of hose and a quick disscont that hooks up to a line cleaner I made (pictured). This also recircs into the bucket.

the pump I use is 108l/m. Although the temp said nothing above 30°c I use 60+ degrees with no issues. I'd suggest getting a plastic or staistainl grating to sit the kegs of fermenters on, make sure the grating is large enough to allow the pipe through

 

[George Hawkins]

Nice one thanks for the pics!

 

[RoomWithABrew]

I used an inch elbow compression that fits into my pump, from the elbow is just a length of inch pipe with holes drilled to spray all over (not too many though) I use the standard pump fitting with a length of hose and a quick disscont that hooks up to a line cleaner I made (pictured). This also recircs into the bucket.

the pump I use is 108l/m. Although the temp said nothing above 30°c I use 60+ degrees with no issues. I'd suggest getting a plastic or staistainl grating to sit the kegs of fermenters on, make sure the grating is large enough to allow the pipe through

Thanks for the info, I think the fermenter says to not use more than 40 degrees on it, friend did deform his when doing a beer kit and pouring hot water onto the malt extract. I expect even at 60 degrees it's much cooler than this by the time the spray hits the vessel walls.

I look forward to building mine on Saturday if it arrives in time.

 

[dcbrookes]

Inspired by this thread I have just made one, using a submersible pump I already had. I used some 22mm copper pipe with a spray ball on the top (my pump already had BSP fittings and an elbow). For mesh I used the malt screen from my Brew Monk (which I no longer use) with the central hole enlarged to 40mm diameter. The malt screen is supported on stainless L brackets bolted to the side of the bucket. The whole thing cost about £10 for some bits I didn't have in stock, and works brilliantly. Thank you Peteyb for the inspitration!