Spray Balls

Cede · 12-01-2009, 03:05 AM

Hi,

is anybody using a spray ball like this

for sparging ?
I'd like some comments on usability and effectiveness.
I saw a brewery using this but can't get hands on website

Thanks

**doggage** · 12-01-2009, 04:19 AM

Your pic isn't showing up.

**bendavanza** · 12-01-2009, 04:23 AM

pic showed up fine for me.
I think that a spray ball like that is going to give you more temp loss and possible boogeyman hot side aeration, but be very effective at making a mess.
Aren't the spray balls for cleaning/sanitizing?

Cede · 12-01-2009, 04:55 AM

Quote:

very effective at making a mess.

That's why I asked

Yes they are supposed to be used for in place sanitizing.

ClaudiusB · 12-01-2009, 05:26 AM

I use spray balls for cleaning only.
Sparging is done with a spray nozzle.

My edit
http://breweryparts.com/index.php/equipment-and-supplies/cleaning-equipment-amp-chemical/cip-spray-ball.html

Cheers,
ClaudiusB

**Domminigan** · 12-01-2009, 10:00 AM

I thought this thread was going to be going in a different direction...

**jpc** · 12-01-2009, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bendavanza

pic showed up fine for me.
I think that a spray ball like that is going to give you more temp loss and possible boogeyman hot side aeration, but be very effective at making a mess.
Aren't the spray balls for cleaning/sanitizing?

Not to beat a dead horse, but how would putting sparge water through such spray ball cause HSA? It's not like he would be putting the wort through it...

**motobrewer** · 12-01-2009, 05:41 PM

i was drastically let down by the title of this thread.

**doggage** · 12-01-2009, 06:06 PM

Hah! For some reason the pics didn't show up for me earlier. Now, like the previous posters, I'm disappointed.

**Walker** · 12-01-2009, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jpc

Not to beat a dead horse, but how would putting sparge water through such spray ball cause HSA? It's not like he would be putting the wort through it...

Agreed. I don't see it as any different that those whirling spraying sparge arms.

Your mash should be above 170 before sparging, which denatures the enzymes that lead to HSA in the tun.

Splashing and getting air into the mash is OK at sparge temps.