Thats awesome....I need to buy some 1.5" and 2" TC covers so I can do cleanings like that....
I have a 2" one as well, but I never use it. Want to buy it?
I don't have the full leg extensions I have the shortys so I'm not sure if that setup will work for me.
If you keep it on the ground, probably not. If you build a stand for the fermenter with an opening between the legs, maybe it would work that way.
Do you keep the sight glass attached the whole time?
I do. The PBW cleaning solution works wonders there, and the valve, being opened up, is cleaned as well. Clean...in...place. Hot PBW solution works wonders.
You can see in the pic that I have a hose running into the top of the fermenter to partially fill it with hot water. When done, I'll replace the cooling coil and let it get a good cleaning too, rotating it 180 degrees after 5 minutes so both sides see the cleaning solution. Then I remove it, rinse it off in the sink, and stick it in a bucket of star-san while I do the rest.
When I doing this, I'll disconnect the long line of tubing from the pump to the CIP ball and put it in the sink to drain out the cleaning solution. I'll add back some fresh water, then reconnect the tube to the CIP ball, and recirculate and let it rinse. But it's not pure water yet, so I'll do the same thing, i.e., move tubing from CIP ball to sink to empty. Typically this is about a gallon or so. Then repeat again, then again. Takes about 10 minutes.
You have to be careful to spray out or flush the insides of the ports to which the valves attach to ensure gunk there is cleaned out. Usually that's taken care of with the first rinse-down of the inside of the fermenter.
Then I'll open it up and rinse it again with the sink sprayer, with the pump emptying the fermenter. I also spray the underside of the lid, and have rinsed it out completely. Then spray down the lid and inside the conical with Star-San, making sure it coats everything including the sight glass, button it up, re-attached the now-clean and rinsed sampling and racking valves, and I'm ready for the next time.