I saw a post a while back where someone used a hose to force water into his March pump inlet to prime it. I'm planning on building something similar, a hose bib quick attached to a 1/2" copper pipe, then a 1/2 tee with one end going to March pump inlet and the second outlet of the tee going to whatever I want to pump.
Any downsides to this approach? Any contamination issues if I used it after the boil to start my CFC?
I have a pump stand with a bleeder valve and it works pretty well, but I do sometimes struggle to prime. I was doing a test of my heat sticks recently and when I tried to drain some hot water from my keggle to the pump, it didn't work. Opening bleed valve didn't work either. I had to turn on valve with pump disconnected. Then reattach hose and it worked. I figure force priming will make this 100% straightforward.
Thanks for the input.
Any downsides to this approach? Any contamination issues if I used it after the boil to start my CFC?
I have a pump stand with a bleeder valve and it works pretty well, but I do sometimes struggle to prime. I was doing a test of my heat sticks recently and when I tried to drain some hot water from my keggle to the pump, it didn't work. Opening bleed valve didn't work either. I had to turn on valve with pump disconnected. Then reattach hose and it worked. I figure force priming will make this 100% straightforward.
Thanks for the input.