Funkenjaeger
Well-Known Member
So I made a sparge arm finally:
I'm still not 100% on the design, especially since the parts are cheap enough that I can make a different one for dirt cheap. I might try one with no pipe-end outlets, but rather a series of drilled holes in an otherwised closed ring of pipe. We'll see when I get a chance to try it out, anyway.
The vertical section is slip fit for now, and will go through the lid of my MLT cooler. I've got a metal collar with set screw on its way which I will put on there to hold it at the right height so that the outlets are just below the liquid surface during recirc (and during fly sparging, if I ever get around to trying that) It's assembled with the standard purple CPVC cleaner and orange CPVC cement. Thus, everything should be safe for potable water and good to at least 180 degrees.
Anything I need to know about preparing it for use? Once it's entirely dried (no more solvent smell) I was probably going to stick it in a pot of water and hold it at 170ish for a while, just in case there's anything left that wants to dissolve, and then give it a good hot water flush.
I'm still not 100% on the design, especially since the parts are cheap enough that I can make a different one for dirt cheap. I might try one with no pipe-end outlets, but rather a series of drilled holes in an otherwised closed ring of pipe. We'll see when I get a chance to try it out, anyway.
The vertical section is slip fit for now, and will go through the lid of my MLT cooler. I've got a metal collar with set screw on its way which I will put on there to hold it at the right height so that the outlets are just below the liquid surface during recirc (and during fly sparging, if I ever get around to trying that) It's assembled with the standard purple CPVC cleaner and orange CPVC cement. Thus, everything should be safe for potable water and good to at least 180 degrees.
Anything I need to know about preparing it for use? Once it's entirely dried (no more solvent smell) I was probably going to stick it in a pot of water and hold it at 170ish for a while, just in case there's anything left that wants to dissolve, and then give it a good hot water flush.