MTHarrington
Well-Known Member
So, I wanted to run this past you guys to see why I'm having troubles with my pickup tube.
I've had this tube for awhile, but last nite ran into the most trouble I've had with it. I started with this tube and doing gravity drains - not a big deal, it all worked pretty good as long as all the connections were tight.
Now, I've got a March Pump and am using that to move the hot wort out of the kettle and blow it though my CFC.
Last nite I was brewing a 10 gallon batch porter and had some pretty fun times. I wasn't able to get any good flow from my output with the valve open.
I have brass QD's going from the keggle to the pump etc. But this problem happend with ONLY one hose hooked onto the keg and not the pump (I have QD at both input and output ends of my pump too)
Anyhow, I would open the valve and get a trickle - a trickle on 11 gallons.
My hops were leaf and in a bag.
So, I have this piping hot wort I just want to get into my pump so I can start sanitzing my CFC. The wort won't move, it sort of "pee's" out of the male QD past the valve.
So, I figure maybe something is jambing the works up. Maybe I carmalized something at the end of the pickup tube. So I get the air compressor and blow a little air thru the tube . Great. Air moved. If something was stuck, it isn't now.
But, I try to open the valve again, with JUST a hose (no check valves on the QD's either) and get the same slow trickle.
I'm super perplexed. I don't have any break settled because my boil is still going or freshly done. My hops are bagged. The bag didn't open. I didn't have a scrubby on the end of the tube because I figured i wouldn't need one with hot wort and bagged hops.
I would have thought that 11 gallons or so of wort would have had enough head to blown whatever air was in the pickup tube out and I would have gotten good flow.
Anyhow, I got the wort out by putting the input hose in the kettle and sucking it out that way. Success.
I tried to replicate my issue with just cold water.. But I couldn't
Not sure if it was the viscosity of the wort, or what.
Any ideas? Look at my pickup tube, what could I be doing wrong?
And yes, I do have about 3/8 clearance under the tube intake to the kettle.
my QD are brand new - they sure don't leak under pressure, not sure if they are leaking under vacuum?
I've had this tube for awhile, but last nite ran into the most trouble I've had with it. I started with this tube and doing gravity drains - not a big deal, it all worked pretty good as long as all the connections were tight.
Now, I've got a March Pump and am using that to move the hot wort out of the kettle and blow it though my CFC.
Last nite I was brewing a 10 gallon batch porter and had some pretty fun times. I wasn't able to get any good flow from my output with the valve open.
I have brass QD's going from the keggle to the pump etc. But this problem happend with ONLY one hose hooked onto the keg and not the pump (I have QD at both input and output ends of my pump too)
Anyhow, I would open the valve and get a trickle - a trickle on 11 gallons.
My hops were leaf and in a bag.
So, I have this piping hot wort I just want to get into my pump so I can start sanitzing my CFC. The wort won't move, it sort of "pee's" out of the male QD past the valve.
So, I figure maybe something is jambing the works up. Maybe I carmalized something at the end of the pickup tube. So I get the air compressor and blow a little air thru the tube . Great. Air moved. If something was stuck, it isn't now.
But, I try to open the valve again, with JUST a hose (no check valves on the QD's either) and get the same slow trickle.
I'm super perplexed. I don't have any break settled because my boil is still going or freshly done. My hops are bagged. The bag didn't open. I didn't have a scrubby on the end of the tube because I figured i wouldn't need one with hot wort and bagged hops.
I would have thought that 11 gallons or so of wort would have had enough head to blown whatever air was in the pickup tube out and I would have gotten good flow.
Anyhow, I got the wort out by putting the input hose in the kettle and sucking it out that way. Success.
I tried to replicate my issue with just cold water.. But I couldn't
Not sure if it was the viscosity of the wort, or what.
Any ideas? Look at my pickup tube, what could I be doing wrong?
And yes, I do have about 3/8 clearance under the tube intake to the kettle.
my QD are brand new - they sure don't leak under pressure, not sure if they are leaking under vacuum?