USCDiver
Well-Known Member
I can't recall seeing this idea done much if at all on these boards, but it seems like an interested possibility. I was wondering about welding triclover fittings onto a Chugger pump head.
I have two stainless center inlet chugger pumps with Triclover X FPT fittings. The ID of a 1" triclover fitting is approx 7/8" which is larger than the ID of the 3/4" NPT on the inlet. However eyeballing the pump head it looks like it would fairly straightforward to cut off the threads and ream out the input to 7/8" and then weld on a 1" triclover ferrule. Something similar could be done with the output going from 1/2" NPT to 3/4" triclover.
I wonder though what effect this would have on the pump's performance. Would you still get good flow or would the increase in diameter of the input and output cause a problem? For much of the pumping done during a brew, the output is going to be throttled back anyway, but it would be nice to be able to transfer fluid from one place to another at a faster rate if possible. Not to mention, eliminating threaded connections, although that is a secondary concern, really.
Thoughts?
I have two stainless center inlet chugger pumps with Triclover X FPT fittings. The ID of a 1" triclover fitting is approx 7/8" which is larger than the ID of the 3/4" NPT on the inlet. However eyeballing the pump head it looks like it would fairly straightforward to cut off the threads and ream out the input to 7/8" and then weld on a 1" triclover ferrule. Something similar could be done with the output going from 1/2" NPT to 3/4" triclover.
I wonder though what effect this would have on the pump's performance. Would you still get good flow or would the increase in diameter of the input and output cause a problem? For much of the pumping done during a brew, the output is going to be throttled back anyway, but it would be nice to be able to transfer fluid from one place to another at a faster rate if possible. Not to mention, eliminating threaded connections, although that is a secondary concern, really.
Thoughts?