Thats cool! it works by hooking up to a keg with cleaner and pressuring up? No pump.. I still need to do something for washing my "yet to be broken" 5 gal jugs. I'm still leaning on oxyclean and hot water for cleaning my fermenters.
I bought it a few years back for work from (stpats.com). I had to replace it due to a faulty spring clip that constantly let the head pop off after cleaning for a bit, some work with a dremel got it working again. They aren't cheap, but work good...
Ah, its just a basic chugger with a center inlet. It works good, actually have to choke it back a bit at the valve. These spray heads are pretty cool, they put out quite a bit of force and are designed to work with standard household water supply.
I had a spinning barrel washing head sitting around and decided to make a CIP tank washer out of one of the leftover bottoms from making my keggles.
Pretty sweet for cleaning, hot water + PBW and hooking up a pump to the bottom drain and hose up to the CIP head. When one is finished, set it...
I'd just go ahead and re-pitch with another packet. I had the same thing happen with some older yeast. Pitched yeast and waited three days, no activity. Went down to LHBS and grabbed another yeast packet - pitched and fermented, the beer turned out great even with the delayed start. Go for it!
This was the most entertaining 3 hours of reading that I've had in a while... Best of luck akthor and thanks for the final summary :)
For others considering going pro.
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