plastic tube - where to manually buy?

[Eightball]

Does anyone know what the standard name is for clear plastic tubing that you use for siphoning purposes is? I want to get some from screwfix in order to brew today, b and q were sold out.

 

[gl0ckage]

What are you siphoning? Wilkinson has siphons.

 

[hairybiker]

Isn't it just pvc tubing? (Food grade of course)

 

[Eightball]

General wort transfers and bottleing.

I normally get it off the reel from B and Q but they had sold out, so was hoping to get it a screw fix, but can't find it on their website and they didn't know what I was after.

Yes, PVC tubeing is what it should be called, but b and q had it down as "poly tube"

 

[rpt]

I can't find anything suitable from Screwfix but I can't find it on the B & Q website either. Is this for cold wort? Tubing for hot wort needs to be silicone.

 

[Eightball]

Oh.... thanks RPT.

Well I was going to use it to siphon from the kettle to my counter flow wort chiller..

Is there a reason why to not use in on the hot side?

Another question... I have been using white malt vinegar to clean the copper pipes, can I then run vmp through to sterelise them? An online guide said to use "percarbonate-based cleaners like PBW", but I have no idea if VMP is PBW?

 

[rpt]

The PVC tubing in my auto syphon is marked with a maximum temperature of 65C. Above this temperature it will go very soft and won't be food safe - it can leach chemicals into your beer.

 

[rpt]

Did you mean VWP? That's chlorine based so isn't the same as PBW.

 

[hairybiker]

I've been running a length of pvc tubing from my MT to my boiler for several years with no issues <twitch> :
And some 1/2" stuff on my pump from <where ever> to <where ever> including boiling water to clean the pump after transferring to the FV.
OK Silicon is better. But lots more expensive and harder to get.

 

[Eightball]

Ok, I think I can come up with a copper pipe work around.

What I don't know how to do is sanitize the copper pipeing. This PBW star san seems rare than rocking horse....

Maybe if I just pull some boiling water through before? Would this suffice? It is going to come in contact with the wort

 

[NickW]

As long as the wort is boiling hot you shouldnt need more than a quick rinse of the piping.

The temperature will kill off the nastiest :thumb:

 

[Eightball]

So let some boiling wort pass through the wort cooler before turning on the cold water, yeah I can live with that.