Pumps

[seanipops]

Hi All

My brewing chum Alex brought these two pumps in today, neither of which are self priming which he wants to link up with three shiny pots. Do you think they are appropriate for the purpose?

I'm hoping Alex will come on here and answer any further questions so we can get a solution.

Cheers
Sean

 

[Aleman]

The first one is a Stuart Turner RG550 ad if you have a big enough brewery you can use it. I use one for Clean in Place operations on mine. You can add flow control by adding a bypass loop to it Connect inlet to outlet via Ts and a valve. . . You will need to do this or you will empty the brewery in short order.

The second pump is a shower booster pump noo use in a brewery

 

[Alexuk10]

Aleman. Many thanks for your reply back to Sean. Much appreciated. Looks like neither pump is much good then. Can you suggest a couple of suitable pumps. I have three 70 litre pots. Have limited head room so intend to sit all three on a bench at the same level and threfoire need to pump top all three. Any advice would be much appreciated. Alex

 

[Aleman]

You can use the RG550 pump, but in order to do so you just need some plumbing that takes a loop from the outlet back to the inlet via a valve this is used to control the flow rate. . . . Do NOT RUN IT DRY - You'll crack the seals in short order

The perfect pump for this is the March may 809 HS with the polysulphone head . . . but It will set you back 140 quid in the UK.

Totton do several pumps that are suitable for all but boiling

Theselittle pumps are cracking for water. . . They will do wort but are easily blocked by grain / hop debris . . . and handle boiling quite happily . . . I drive mine with an LED Dimmer which was 2 quid from China via eBay

 

[unclepumble]

The following pump is on eBay

Item number: 180653957532
It's a march may condensate pump
I have one and it's very good indeed as an automatic underback and currently only 70quid , it controls itself (has inbuilt level switch that switches the pump on or off) really easy to clean and a bargain if you can get it for under 140quid, they are about £340 from march may.

Your rg550 has a brass head so I would only personally use it for water not wort.
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[Alexuk10]

Guys, I really appreciate your replies. Much appreciated. Its 8 in the morning, the sun is shining and I feel a brew coming on. Thanks again

Alex

 

[simonranson]

The following pump is on eBay

Item number: 180653957532
It's a march may condensate pump
I have one and it's very good indeed as an automatic underback and currently only 70quid , it controls itself (has inbuilt level switch that switches the pump on or off) really easy to clean and a bargain if you can get it for under 140quid, they are about £340 from march may.

Your rg550 has a brass head so I would only personally use it for water not wort.
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I thought it was worth a bid, so put one in..... and just won it for £70 :party:

 

[Lanark]

Is this the dimmer you used Aleman?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LED-Light-Dimmer- ... 7457890379

 

[Aleman]

Is this the dimmer you used Aleman?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LED-Light-Dimmer- ... 7457890379

Looks very like it :thumb:

 

[Lammatron2000]

Theselittle pumps are cracking for water. . . They will do wort but are easily blocked by grain / hop debris . . . and handle boiling quite happily . . . I drive mine with an LED Dimmer which was 2 quid from China via eBay

Are these really no good for wort? I have onw of these and was hoping to use it on my next brew. I was ideally thinking of getting another one for all my pumping needs to save faffing about with the tubing mid-brew. The reason I went for one is that I see loads of them on here, so I'm a bit surprised by this coment?

 

[Aleman]

The impeller is really small, you get the smallest bit of grain / hop debris through your filter and it will block (the debris gets stuck between the pump impeller and the wall) . . . People may get away with it, but that is not to say that we all will as our kit is not the same

 

[leedsbrew]

If you've got a good enough hop stopper in your kettle you shouldn't have any probs, but like Aleman said, very easily blocked! :thumb:

 

[Lammatron2000]

If you've got a good enough hop stopper in your kettle you shouldn't have any probs, but like Aleman said, very easily blocked! :thumb:

Hmmm ok, I was hoping to use it to recycle the wort in the mash tun and then transfer it to the boiler. Looks like I might only be able to use it from the HLT to the Mash tun. which is a pain

Thanks for the info.

I'll have a play with it on my next brew any way. I was intending to jug the first 10 - 15 pints or so back through the mash tun before connecting the pump, but I still get a few grains coming through no matter how slow I recycle. I'll give it a whirl though.