Horrrs upon Horrors

[Godsdog]

Bunged a brew in the FV last night (the old bucket) as I already have one going in the conicle and couldn't find my other airlock so I put a 12 inch piece of tubing in the grommet and put other end in a glass of boiled cooled water to act as a blow off from the FV,got up this morning and the FV has syphoned/sucked the water out the glass into the brew,never thought that could happen.i just hope it hasn't contaminated the brew :-o

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I use a blow off tube every time i use my FV and that has never happened. :-?

 

[Godsdog]

around 18 inches,it was ok last night and had just started a slow plopping

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Was the glass on top of the FV or stood next to it?

 

[Godsdog]

on top of the FV lid,maybe I should have put it on something a little lower to avoid a syphon effect happening?strange though

 

[Godsdog]

my on the go fix,lets see the water going uphill,lol

 

[LarryF]

I think that as you took the precaution of boiling the water first that you should be ok. You've covered all the bases in sterilizing the equipment and boiling the water let's hope the Beer Gods smile on you. It's certainly a lesson learned, I've never boiled the water my blow off tube goes into but I will from now on and more by luck than judgement my water is always below my FV so I don't get the siphon effect that it sounds like could have happened here. Good luck with it Godsdog, I've got my fingers crossed for you.

 

[Godsdog]

its plopping along nicely now,its a strange thing ,when I can hear it plopping it must be a comfort blanket to me

 

[LarryF]

its plopping along nicely now,its a strange thing ,when I can hear it plopping it must be a comfort blanket to me

I switched back to my old "S" airlock as the newer one was far too quiet. I've always regarded the blub blub as an audible manifestation of my future drunkenness, something I take great comfort in.

 

[Steved53]

Sounds like you may have started with the temperature in the fermentation vessel a little higher than ambient. A delay in the production of co2, and a reduction in temp. could produce such a situation. If you had started with a slightly lower temp in the fermentation vessel, then the rise in temp. would have produced a positive pressure in the vessel, even if there was a delay in the commencement of active fermentation.

 

[Steved53]

Ah! Just noticed that you placed the container on top of the fermenter - a no brainer then. Any slight reduction in temperature of the the contents of the fermenter would create a syphon effect. Once started, it wouldn't stop until the glass was empty!

 

[Pirate_Pete]

I don't even bother with an airlock. On a brew I have going at the moment I have a bit of duct tape covering the hole.
Anyhow sounds like your brew is going now.