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Samc, This was my first brew with this setup. I had done all PM or extract with an immersion chiller and just dumped it into everything. I did gravity feed with this setup during testing but I would have to raise the HLT too high and didnt want to mess with that.

Mordantly, I think I'm safe... my junk won't fit in the 1/4 tubing...might leave a little hickey on it though.

I did use my neighbor's 6.2 cfm vacuum pump during testing. it pulled the 6 gallons in 7 minutes. I did have to fiddle with it because it would crush the vinyl tubing. I finally got it to work without crushing the tube. My whole deal with that is if I'm spending 150.00 for an actual vacuum...

That's why I drilled the extra holes. There are 6 open holes about 5/16" in the cap to keep from burning up the vac. I have been using this shopvac in this capacity for over 5 years.

13 minutes for 6 gallons through the chiller. I didn't time from the carboy to the bucket.

I brewed my first all-grain today. I learned so much from lurking and reading on this site. To say thanks I'm posting this. I'm surprised it hasn't been covered before but I never found it in all of my research over the last several weeks. I have been using my shop vac as a vacuum pump for my...