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Picked up 2 O rings at the hardware v store, works like a charm, I was told that the thread count is justa little bity off.

I did like 4 wraps and still drip drip drip, looks like it's tone to venture to the hardware store.

Maybe some kind of food grade/food safe epoxy or glue that I could put on the threats that would seal it and handle 100 C water temps and not leach into my wort?

Hey, I have a slight problem, on the input side of my pump (about 1 inch of male plastic threading) I over tightened a house barb (brass about 1/2 inch of female threading) and in doing so I chipped off some of the male threading on my pump. Now it has a drip that's a little too persistent to...

You are correct on the external counterflow chiller, I'll have to look into installing the bulkhead valve, any good links to how I can go about doing this? Thanks!

I just figured it would be easier to prime my pump from a spigot line, looks like I'll need to get a large metal pot and tap that then? Other suggestions?

Hey All, I'm planning on getting a bottling bucket and using it as an intermediate storage, pouring from my boil kettle into the bucket, then hooking the spigot up to 1/2" hose to a pump to more hose to my wort chiller. I'm just curious about how well the bucket and the spigot will handle the...

New winner, a Toshiba ac adaptor with 12V and 2Amp output

Found a Philips ac/dc converter at the thrift shop for 99cents, it's 15V output @ 800mA, do you think the ectopic 3V and .1Amp would stress and burn out the motor or do you think it's fine?

so hard wiring one of these two? http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNIVERSAL-ADAPTER-AC-DC-110V-220V-VARIABLE-OUTPLUG-PPP-10-1000-NN0779-/361059240948?hash=item5410cecbf4:g:4~AAAOSwfcVUICLu https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U1SUFBK/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 - i like the dimmer switch, seems like it'd be...

Think something like this would work if I stripped and hard wired it to the pump? the pump I linked is rated for .7 Amps and a lot of the other AC/DC converters are above that, but this one is 500mA or .5 Amp - so thats within the rating, and it has variable outputs 1-12V...

A lot of these pumps are DC, so is there an easy way to convert them to wall plug ins? Do I need to build/buy a rectifier or a rechargeable battery? Just not sure how to go about doing that, electronics and circuitry was my least favorite part of physics.

thoughts on this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-Solar-Hot-Water-Pump-Circulation-High-Quality-Food-Grade-212-F-w-Coupler-/381005463497?hash=item58b5b1ffc9:g:vnAAAOSwq7JUIoLW I don't really wanna wait 2 weeks for shipping from China though... but if time wasn't a concern, probably a good secondary...

note: don't worry, I won't be using that drill pump, that was most definitely a mistake, I mean learning experience - now I have to clean oily lube out of my chiller - experience is the best teacher.

Hey all, I'm working on building my counterflow chiller and was just wondering if you have suggestions on which pump I should get. It needs to be strong enough to pump from my kettle (I have about 4' hose) to and through my chiller (2' hose followed by 20' of 1/2" copper pipe and a bit more...

I was talking about pouring hot wort after flame out and she was warning me about hot oxidation, good to know that that's in dispute, I still like the idea of just pumping it through though for ease of chilling and cleaning, thanks all for the suggestions, I think I will go with that chugger pump.

Yeah, the pump was an after thought, was initially going to just funnel but the lady at the be shop freaked me out about oxidation, any suggestions on the pump

Hey all, I've been building a countercurrent chiller and got this 10$ Everbuilt Drill pump figuring it'd be good enough to pump a few gallons of wort but when I tested it, it pumped a few globules of oil/grease that was used as an internal lubricant into my copper piping that is meant to be food...