Just wanted to give Mike at Chugger Pumps a shout out about his products, he truly stands behind the products and provides great customer service.
I have one of the early pumps (green body) which has problems keeping primed with just 4 feet of head pressure, I sent them an email about the...
I have been considering building some type of dumping system for my stand (2-tier) and am liking the ideas so far, now i just need to draw up a design and break out the welder. I recently brewed on a MoreBeer 2050 which had the tippee dump and it definitely makes cleanup much easier...
Those kegs look awesome powder coated, and I love the legs (nice work and those welds look professional). I ferment in a Sanke and use the Brewers Hardware setup and it only has 1/2" SS tubing for the blow off and it's plenty big, and I don't see any reason why your suggested setup wouldn't...
But most manual defrost freezers contain coils integrated into the shelves so you'd have to bend those up in order to use it to ferment in, whereas the "frost free" units typically do not contain coils integrated in the shelves...so I'd suggest looking for a "frost free" model. I have a 13.6...
I received my probes last yesterday and tested all 3 out and they worked perfect. They are only 3 wire, what appears to be a 4th wire is just heat shrink that they used to keep the stainless braiding that's in between the outer wire cover and the inner 3 wires. They aren't the standard colors...