wildwest450
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Brewing today, only 8 batches on the new setup (new march 809). I was re-circulating the mash and stepped out of the room for a minute, when I came back in the pump was off. Not a big deal since it turns on and off with a controller. A minute later and the gut wrenching smell of electric burning filled the air, I grabbed the housing on the March and promptly burned my hand, she was seized up!
I unplugged it, let it cool and tore it apart. The impeller spun, but not freely. I pulled it off the shaft and there was just the tiniest bit of crud on it. I rinsed it off and reinstalled, it spun freely now. Re-assembled and to my amazement it fired back up. I had to empty the mashtun into a bucket, but the pump worked fine for re-circ on the boil, then pumped into the carboy via chillzilla.
After all 8 batches I run 140f (approx) PBW through the pump and chiller for 15 minutes, followed by a hot rinse. To me this seems thorough enough a cleaning. Is it necessary to pull these apart and clean every so often? It only has maybe 8 total hours on it.
I unplugged it, let it cool and tore it apart. The impeller spun, but not freely. I pulled it off the shaft and there was just the tiniest bit of crud on it. I rinsed it off and reinstalled, it spun freely now. Re-assembled and to my amazement it fired back up. I had to empty the mashtun into a bucket, but the pump worked fine for re-circ on the boil, then pumped into the carboy via chillzilla.
After all 8 batches I run 140f (approx) PBW through the pump and chiller for 15 minutes, followed by a hot rinse. To me this seems thorough enough a cleaning. Is it necessary to pull these apart and clean every so often? It only has maybe 8 total hours on it.