Phil's sparger - won't spin

dblvsn · May 15, 2007

Alright, I bought one of these cheap looking Phil's sparge arms for doing my partial mashes. I got everything situated and flipped on the water to it and the stupid thing won't spin. I had plenty of gravity and water to feed it. If you constantly flicked it with your finger it would spin, but that kinda defeats the purpose. Any tips or tricks for getting this thing to work right?

The Pol · May 15, 2007

Did you have alot of excess hose, or was it a pretty straight shot????

grampska · May 15, 2007

Yeah, remove some of the excess hose. Mine wouldn't run with a longer host that winded around.

CollinsBrew · May 15, 2007

While this may seem pretty obvious, some people don't realize that there are end caps that have to be put into the part that spins. Otherwise, the water doesn't build up enough pressure.

RichBrewer · May 15, 2007

Does it spin freely when you flick it? Mine has always worked quite well. I'm thinking maybe something is sticking.

The Pol · May 16, 2007

My SS sparger came with like 5' of hose... it wont run with all of that hose. I cut it off, there is now only about 10" and it runs great, there is always too much hose.

dblvsn · May 16, 2007

I will try cutting off all but the hose I need and see if that helps. Yes I do have the end caps in the sparger. And yes it does spin freely when helped. Will check it out tonight and if I have any more troubles sounds like I just might have to exchange this one. Thanks for all the quick replies.

beeraggie · May 16, 2007

I have a small SS pump that does 4 gallons a minute. I hooked it up to a VFD drive to slow it down and tube it to the sparger and it works great. I then use it to CIP all my stuff at the end of the day. Put the pump full speed and recirculate the cleaning solution!!

allphoto · May 16, 2007

nice bent, too bad Vision went out of business. I got a '98 VR40

knipknup · May 21, 2007

I have one of these with the same problem. If I put the lauter tun high enough to make it spin, the sparge water sprinkles so hard, it sprays out the top of the mash tun and not into the grain. Frankly, the thing sucks. I batch sparge now...

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