Ok, I have learned that a 14.4 gallon conical is heavier than $#it to lift, carry, and then put back up on the shelf. I think I actually strained a nut the last time I did this.
I have a March pump, and I was thinking that instead of using my counter flow chiller, I was going to use my 50 ft immersion (there is a fittings issue), and then pump the wort out of the boil kettle up into my fermentation room and into the fermenter.
--it should work--the concerns I have is that the pump is an impeller driven pump, and there are obviously sanitation concerns since I will be simply unplugging the pump from the HERMS/Sparge, and hooking it up directly to the boil kettle.
Does anyone else do this, and if so, any pointers??
I have a March pump, and I was thinking that instead of using my counter flow chiller, I was going to use my 50 ft immersion (there is a fittings issue), and then pump the wort out of the boil kettle up into my fermentation room and into the fermenter.
--it should work--the concerns I have is that the pump is an impeller driven pump, and there are obviously sanitation concerns since I will be simply unplugging the pump from the HERMS/Sparge, and hooking it up directly to the boil kettle.
Does anyone else do this, and if so, any pointers??