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11-06-2008, 10:15 AM
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Why plastic fermenters are better than glass carboys
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Tonight water pipelinie at my street broke, and it made major flood in my cellar - water 5 feet deep! I had there 5 batches fermenting and lagering in plastic buckets - over 100L of beer! I taught it is all lost, but when I managed to open the door, it turned out that they gracefully float on the surface, with airlocks on.
The only damage is a temperature contoller, I think electronics will not survive the bath.
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11-06-2008, 10:34 AM
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Wow you were lucky, even plastic buckets can tip over.
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11-06-2008, 10:06 PM
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That's funny... I can only imagine...
Your cellar is flooded but your first reaction is - "F#%@ my Beer!"
Classic Sir - Glad everything turned out ok...
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11-06-2008, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Piotr
Tonight water pipelinie at my street broke, and it made major flood in my cellar - water 5 feet deep! I had there 5 batches fermenting and lagering in plastic buckets - over 100L of beer! I taught it is all lost, but when I managed to open the door, it turned out that they gracefully float on the surface, with airlocks on.
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Pics or you're lying!
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11-07-2008, 06:56 AM
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Pics or you're lying!
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Sorry - I din't feel like making pictures standig up to chest in 40F water. I fished out my babies and ran to hot shower  |
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11-07-2008, 09:09 AM
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At least I'm not the only one who has they priorities staright- Good luck on the cleanup
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11-07-2008, 10:05 AM
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If your electronics were not turned on when the water hit them, they probably survived, just make sure they are dry before you try again,...
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11-07-2008, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by walther
If your electronics were not turned on when the water hit them, they probably survived, just make sure they are dry before you try again,...
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+1; Clean'em good with rubbing alcohol and blow dry.
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11-07-2008, 02:20 PM
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if the main broke in the street you can and should file a claim against the town or the water authority homeowners does not cover flooding
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11-07-2008, 04:51 PM
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if the main broke in the street you can and should file a claim against the town or the water authority homeowners does not cover flooding
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The OP is in Poland. 
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