agusus
Well-Known Member
So I was all excited for the first brew with my new 9 gallon brew pot, and had the mash water at strike temp in it, when I noticed it's leaking from the spigot. It's coming from the threaded "close nipple", at the threaded joint on the brewpot (not at the point where the threading joins with the ball valve). About 1 drop per second.
So now I had to switch back to my old 5g pot and am mashing in that now.
Did I do something wrong? Or is the pot defective? It's this one:
http://www.homebrewing.org/ONE-WELD-9-Gallon-Stainless-Steel-pot-_p_1683.html
which I posted about a few weeks ago:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/whats-benefit-spigot-your-brew-pot-232980/
I got the brass ball valve and close nipple as the owner of the store told me I would need.
The close nipple is a two-way threaded pipe (http://www.homebrewing.org/12-X-12-close-nipple-2_p_1446.html), and I screwed it in to the ball valve and pot as far as I could get it with hand tightening. Should I take a wrench to it? I don't want to get it stuck on there cause I'll need to take it off for cleaning sometimes I assume.
So now I had to switch back to my old 5g pot and am mashing in that now.
Did I do something wrong? Or is the pot defective? It's this one:
http://www.homebrewing.org/ONE-WELD-9-Gallon-Stainless-Steel-pot-_p_1683.html
which I posted about a few weeks ago:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/whats-benefit-spigot-your-brew-pot-232980/
I got the brass ball valve and close nipple as the owner of the store told me I would need.
The close nipple is a two-way threaded pipe (http://www.homebrewing.org/12-X-12-close-nipple-2_p_1446.html), and I screwed it in to the ball valve and pot as far as I could get it with hand tightening. Should I take a wrench to it? I don't want to get it stuck on there cause I'll need to take it off for cleaning sometimes I assume.