Anyone use silicone tubing with an autosiphon?

[bovineblitz]

Does it work well? I like the idea of being able to boil my tubing for sanitation.

 

[DeafSmith]

I do. I have the large size autosiphon and use it with 1/2 inch silicone tubing - works great!

EDIT - I think it's 3/8 inch silicone tubing I use, not 1/2

 

[bovineblitz]

I do. I have the large size autosiphon and use it with 1/2 inch silicone tubing - works great!

EDIT - I think it's 3/8 inch silicone tubing I use, not 1/2

Oh so you use 3/8 tubing with the 1/2 inch siphon? I was thinking of either trying that or using a hose clamp.

 

[passedpawn]

I use silicone tubing with my autosiphon. Works great. I do not boil it.

 

[kh54s10]

There is no pressure, so determine the proper inside diameter of the tubing for the siphon and use that. Forget the clamp it would probably, eventually, crush the siphon tube .

 

[BrewThruYou]

I used a thin wall thermoplastic one on my autosiphon. It needed a zip tie to create a siphon. I ended up trashing it...the tubing bent too much and kinked.

 

[bovineblitz]

There is no pressure, so determine the proper inside diameter of the tubing for the siphon and use that. Forget the clamp it would probably, eventually, crush the siphon tube .

The clamp is just to ensure that no bubbles get in since I use autosiphons for bottling. I currently use two with the vinyl tubing and it works, one was letting bubbles in. I guess I won't be able to tell if there's bubbles through silicone tubing though.

 

[DeafSmith]

Oh so you use 3/8 tubing with the 1/2 inch siphon? I was thinking of either trying that or using a hose clamp.

I checked my equipment, and it is 3/8 ID tubing. I spray the autosiphon with StarSan and the tubing is wet from boiling, so the tubing stretches over the autosiphon and slides on easily - no clamp needed - it makes a good airtight seal.

 

[bovineblitz]

I checked my equipment, and it is 3/8 ID tubing. I spray the autosiphon with StarSan and the tubing is wet from boiling, so the tubing stretches over the autosiphon and slides on easily - no clamp needed - it makes a good airtight seal.

Awesome, thanks for checking

I'll be switching to silicone in the near future