larrystephens
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I just got a medical grade vacuum pump off ebay and am amazed at how many bubbles I am getting during degassing. I have some questions:
The batch I just finished was at its degassing step, I had already used a whip on drill a few days ago, but put it on the pump. I am using an orange carboy cap with one port capped and a tube running to the pump. The gauge is showing 21 and 525 depending on the scale (not sure what that means). I pumped it for about 3 hours last night, getting bubbles all the time and finally called an end to it. Is that too much? Does it help to keep pumping until no bubbles.
Another question: I just took a batch that is a couple of days from bottling and put it on the pump. It's getting a lot of bubbles. Am I damaging the clarity or helping by getting out more co2? Is it pumping out oxygen too?
Thanks in advance for any help I can get!
The batch I just finished was at its degassing step, I had already used a whip on drill a few days ago, but put it on the pump. I am using an orange carboy cap with one port capped and a tube running to the pump. The gauge is showing 21 and 525 depending on the scale (not sure what that means). I pumped it for about 3 hours last night, getting bubbles all the time and finally called an end to it. Is that too much? Does it help to keep pumping until no bubbles.
Another question: I just took a batch that is a couple of days from bottling and put it on the pump. It's getting a lot of bubbles. Am I damaging the clarity or helping by getting out more co2? Is it pumping out oxygen too?
Thanks in advance for any help I can get!