Hopfan
Nice Beaver....
I decided to make time to brew today and did an AG version of Cheesefood's Caramel Cream Ale. Everything was going so smoothly, I even commented to SWMBO that this was the smoothest brew session I ever had. So having said that, Murphy decided to screw with me a bit. During the sparge, I see the water slow to less than a drip through the sparge arm. The pump was still running but wasn't pushing much water through (It's the March high temp pump). I opened the valve all the way and still nothing so I switched to the other el cheapo pump that I control with a rheostat and all seems well again. Until that pump just died altogether. I ended up putting a funnel into my sparge input and hand pouring the sparge water for the next 1/2 hour. On the plus side, I got 91% efficiency and man does it smell great. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed because my yeast didn't seem to take off as well in the starter as it normally does. I usually read a good temp increase while it's on the stir plate but nothing this time.
So, any thoughts on the pump situation? The March has only been used 3 times and only with hot water. I opened up the pump head and the impeller spins freely. The motor runs smoothly???
So, any thoughts on the pump situation? The March has only been used 3 times and only with hot water. I opened up the pump head and the impeller spins freely. The motor runs smoothly???