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Old 09-07-2008, 07:42 PM   #1
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any ideas on building a sparge arm without spending any cash or disconnecting my girlfriends shower.


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Old 09-08-2008, 04:03 PM   #2
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A shower head, or a stainless watering can head works well, you have to manually move it back and forth though.
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Old 09-08-2008, 04:04 PM   #3
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Do you want something motorized or just an arm? I built mine out of cpvc and it works great.
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Old 09-08-2008, 04:14 PM   #4
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Yeah look up BM's bucket sparge system.
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I use the pie pan method and keep the water above the grains while fly sparging. The pan has holes to keep the water from channeling while dropping from the HLT tubing into the mash-tun. I adjust the flow to 1 quart a minute for a 12 gallon brew session.
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Old 09-08-2008, 08:25 PM   #6
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thanks a lot


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