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[Yunus]

So, because a flat washer is thicker than a fender washer, couldn't I just use 2 of those on the outside instead of 3 of the thinner fender washers?

Or does it have to be three? I'm just guessing that two of the regular 5/8" washers is close to the overall thickness of 3 fenders. Am I way off here?

I didn't even need 3 on mine, I got away with 2. It just has to be enough to prevent leakage.

 

[mangine77]

Why does the original poster of this tutorial say in the post that if you are a fly sparger, this isn't the setup for you?

I thought that this would work well for fly sparging.

 

[flyangler18]

Why does the original poster of this tutorial say in the post that if you are a fly sparger, this isn't the setup for you?

I thought that this would work well for fly sparging.

Because the SS braid encourages channeling, something you don't want with fly-sparging. You want the bed to set and be as undisturbed as possible during the sparge.

If you want to fly-sparge, manifold. If you want to batch sparge, SS braid or manifold.

See: http://www.howtobrew.com/appendices/appendixD.html