phoenixs4r
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Same here. I was recirculating last night fine for most of the night. Once it came time to pump the post boil wort through the plate chiller it was a problem. This has happened the last few times we've brewed and its frustrating me intensely. It took me 1+ hours to transfer 5 gallons of wort to the carboy. I lost about 1.5 gallons due to trying to constantly re prime the pump, which I thought was the problem.
I built a manifold on the pump to prevent it from losing prime for this reason. Still doesnt help.
Here is a picture of the setup I had running last night (felt like doing an extract)
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/62262/Phil/IMG_20120613_205257.jpg
Everything was great up until 180 degrees +. I didn't know what the issue was, I was even cursing the trub filter thinking it was blocking/slowing the flow rate to nothing. So I of course took it off and splash boiling hot wort all over.
Someone please help me with this before I go clinically insane
Mobile version of homebrewtalk is acting up really bad. I recently built a brewstand and mounted the pump like you have it, with the actually mounting bracket vertical, instead of horizontal like most folks. Ran fine for one brew day, and then couldn't pump anything, cold water, hot water, wort, anything!
Mounted the actual motor horizontal again and have had smooth sailing.
I tried to explain the issue to Mike@chugger but he couldn't picture what I was trying to say, mind if I use your picture?