I bought a Coleman Xtreme 36 qt. cooler about a month ago. I already have a SS braid hooked up to the valve for sparging, but I also want to build a manifold. So, I was at my local home improvement superstore today, and I got impulsive. I bought 10' of 1/2" CPVC piping, as well as a bunch of CPVC tees and elbow joints (90 and 45 degree varieties).
The question I have is, the hole where the wort drains out is actually in a channel, so it's below the bottom of the cooler. I was hoping some folks here have already built CPVC manifolds for this type of cooler so I could get some ideas of how to tackle it. I think I know what I need to do, but my writing skills aren't good enough to accurately describe what I'm thinking (believe me, I've written and deleted about five paragraphs in this post alone )
For those unfamilar with the Coleman Xtreme that may want to give input, the bottom of my cooler is app. 8.5" X 20". The hole where the bulkhead goes is app. 1" below the bottom surface of the cooler, with a long sloping channel running about half the length of the cooler.
The question I have is, the hole where the wort drains out is actually in a channel, so it's below the bottom of the cooler. I was hoping some folks here have already built CPVC manifolds for this type of cooler so I could get some ideas of how to tackle it. I think I know what I need to do, but my writing skills aren't good enough to accurately describe what I'm thinking (believe me, I've written and deleted about five paragraphs in this post alone )
For those unfamilar with the Coleman Xtreme that may want to give input, the bottom of my cooler is app. 8.5" X 20". The hole where the bulkhead goes is app. 1" below the bottom surface of the cooler, with a long sloping channel running about half the length of the cooler.