Using a march pump to cycle chemicals from through the posts of a corny keg.

[vonZwicky]

Thought I would share. I pieced these hoses together so I could use my march pump the cycle cleaning solutions from the dip tubes and back into the "gas in" posts of my corny kegs. Because I'm too lazy to disassemble them every time, and too cheap to waste CO2 for this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mKgbdRh14E&feature=youtu.be

 

[mux]

Nice!

 

[ThreeBrothersBrewery]

Very cool!

 

[mux]

Where did you find those fittings?

 

[ThreeBrothersBrewery]

Where did you find those fittings?

x2

 

[annasdadhockey]

Dude, why is your March pump so loud?

 

[vonZwicky]

Where did you find those fittings?

The unusual fitting is the triclamp x male 'beer thread' adapter which I found at stpats.com ... You have to look in the sanitary fittings section and scroll down the page for it:

http://stpats.com/index.htm

These are not NPT, but "beer thread." It's the same thread used on faucet shanks & sankey couplers.

This allowed me to attach a standard 3/16 draft barb, washer & nut to a to the male triclamp fitting shown above. The other ends of the lines are just stainless corny quick connects, flare nuts, and 3/16 barbs. All these parts can be found at morebeer. It's my goal to make my entire brewery triclamp interchangeable, even the draft/cold side. A bit pricey, but very convenient for things like this.

 

[vonZwicky]

Dude, why is your March pump so loud?

You don't hear my pump in the video. Thats all noise from other machines.

 

[vonZwicky]

I'm sure the same procedure can be done with different (and cheaper) parts. Of course, the pump needs to be primed. I found that tilting a slightly more than half full keg was enough to flood the loop & pump head. Start the pump and away she rolls.

 

[annasdadhockey]

You don't hear my pump in the video. Thats all noise from other machines.

Oh, OK. I couldn't imagine a pump that loud...but that explains it.