asterix404
Well-Known Member
I have had great luck with a square cooler and a torpedo tube, I am currently having great luck with a stainless braided tube and a circular cooler (which I love way more FWIW) but I keep on seeing really cool manifolds and I sort of want one.
For a start, I am slightly handy, I saw, use wood working power tools and generally fix things around my apartment but I have never used a torch or done any plumbing what so ever. I have never bent copper tubing or done pipe fittings short of putting together 2 pieces of PVC using the connector. I have done quite a lot of soldering though, a long time ago when I was a EE major.
Should I or can I attempt to make a manifold, if so out of what material? I think I saw an example of one made out of PVC or IPVC or something like that. What are the benefits of making a manifold?
My second question is, should I make a sparge arm if I can? I currently do batch sparging and get very high to awesome efficiencies (high grav single infusion 75-80%, normal grav single infusion 80-90%, high grav decoction 85-95%, normal grav decoction 90-97%). At this point, it's not about getting better efficiencies so much as building something and making my setup cooler. I have never seen a fly sparge in action, are there benefits to doing it? What is a fairly simple design for a fly sparge setup?
Thanks!
For a start, I am slightly handy, I saw, use wood working power tools and generally fix things around my apartment but I have never used a torch or done any plumbing what so ever. I have never bent copper tubing or done pipe fittings short of putting together 2 pieces of PVC using the connector. I have done quite a lot of soldering though, a long time ago when I was a EE major.
Should I or can I attempt to make a manifold, if so out of what material? I think I saw an example of one made out of PVC or IPVC or something like that. What are the benefits of making a manifold?
My second question is, should I make a sparge arm if I can? I currently do batch sparging and get very high to awesome efficiencies (high grav single infusion 75-80%, normal grav single infusion 80-90%, high grav decoction 85-95%, normal grav decoction 90-97%). At this point, it's not about getting better efficiencies so much as building something and making my setup cooler. I have never seen a fly sparge in action, are there benefits to doing it? What is a fairly simple design for a fly sparge setup?
Thanks!