Cheap compact wort pump

[mendozer]

yup. I've lost many a dollar to HBT threads

 

[res291que]

so the CTS is like a sharkbite fitting of sorts? Just slide it on and voila?

Yes that is how they work, they also have an o ring inside to seal it.

 

[johns]

I thought about these connectors also but everyone here goes with the camlocks. For about the same price I did too. Just courious how they work and maybe I will buy some for my prechiller

 

[Weezy]

What sold me was that its true NPS thread and I need to go to copper too. (I'm a fan of plastics too)

 

[mendozer]

I thought about these connectors also but everyone here goes with the camlocks. For about the same price I did too. Just courious how they work and maybe I will buy some for my prechiller

I'm considering them bc I've head nothing but good things and they're much cheaper than QDs

 

[theCougfan97]

Has anyone found the 1/2" BSP fittings for the beige pumps? I know 1/2" will work but it I would like to do it right if at all possible. All I find on google and all major sales sites is stuff in Europe. I am trying to use 2 pumps together and would like to just find a 1/2" BSP union or coupling or even 2 hose barb fittings, but I get nothing.

 

[sennister]

This looks like a great idea. I am going to order up a few of the pumps as well.

 

[mendozer]

Has anyone found the 1/2" BSP fittings for the beige pumps? I know 1/2" will work but it I would like to do it right if at all possible. All I find on google and all major sales sites is stuff in Europe. I am trying to use 2 pumps together and would like to just find a 1/2" BSP union or coupling or even 2 hose barb fittings, but I get nothing.

Pretty sure NPT fittings thread right on to BSP. UK guy told me

btw go cougs

 

[alien]

Yeah 1/2" BSP and 1/2" NPT are compatible at low pressure. I've tried both on my pump and either is fine. Just put plenty of PTFE tape round the threads.

 

[theCougfan97]

Go cougs indeed.

So nobody has found BSP fittings in the US? I know 1/2" NPT will work but "lots of thread tape" and low pressure wasn't exactly what I was going for.

 

[mendozer]

Oh no I meant the UK guy told me:

You should not need ptfe tape at all. The seal is made with a soft washer and hand tightening.
Peter

So just put a washer into the NPT OR use teflon. What are you using it for?

 

[Spellman]

Go cougs indeed.

So nobody has found BSP fittings in the US? I know 1/2" NPT will work but "lots of thread tape" and low pressure wasn't exactly what I was going for.

I understand your concerns, but in reality it doesn't effect these pumps. They really don't take that much more tape (maybe an extra turn or two) and go on quite easily. It isn't recommended to interchange bsp and npt in high pressure situations, but this is not one of those. These pumps only do 1.7 gmp and are not capable of such high pressure. The hose or tubing that most people use is going to start leaking before the fitting connections on these do.

 

[theCougfan97]

Oh no I meant the UK guy told me:

You should not need ptfe tape at all. The seal is made with a soft washer and hand tightening.
Peter

So just put a washer into the NPT OR use teflon. What are you using it for?

Gotcha, I am going to use 2 together for recirculating my mash tun and whirlpooling.

 

[tre9er]

What sold me was that its true NPS thread and I need to go to copper too. (I'm a fan of plastics too)

I just sweat a 1/2" NPT copper fitting onto my CFC and threaded the cam-groove fitting onto it. I'm now 100% camlock, which is nice. Pressure rated, no shoving/pulling hoses on/off, I love it.

 

[tre9er]

Has anyone found the 1/2" BSP fittings for the beige pumps? I know 1/2" will work but it I would like to do it right if at all possible. All I find on google and all major sales sites is stuff in Europe. I am trying to use 2 pumps together and would like to just find a 1/2" BSP union or coupling or even 2 hose barb fittings, but I get nothing.

I'm using PTFE tape, pumping with only a cracked-open valve (ie. considerable pressure) and zero leaks with NPT fittings on the pump. It's a no brainer. I put maybe 3 rounds of tape on there, maybe. Not a "ton".

 

[Spellman]

This question may be a bit vague and not directly apply to this thread, but how are others clearing you lines after pumping? I feel like I have a fair amount of wort left over in the silicone tubing I am using. Maybe I'm just being too greedy trying to get every last drop out. This is especially an issue after I run it through my garden hose cfc. I have noticed the height of the pump in relation to the cfc has an effect on how well it runs. I have been lifting the pump up and allowing gravity to clear the last bit out, but this is a bit hard to do sometimes with one person, unfortunately I only have two arms and sometimes it needs three to keep everything where they should be. I'm also collecting items and components to make a pump box(not sure yet if it will actually have the pumps in it or outside of it yet). What are other people's experience in height placement of equipment? Right now when I brew outside I typically have my three vessels on a table(I see a sculpture someday in my future) on a single plain. When I brew indoors in my kitchen I gravity hlt into mlt from off the counter-top, then pump into the top of the keggle bk that is on a wheeled stand. Any suggestions or experience will help out a lot with where and how I place these pumps.

 

[tre9er]

This question may be a bit vague and not directly apply to this thread, but how are others clearing you lines after pumping? I feel like I have a fair amount of wort left over in the silicone tubing I am using. Maybe I'm just being too greedy trying to get every last drop out. This is especially an issue after I run it through my garden hose cfc. I have noticed the height of the pump in relation to the cfc has an effect on how well it runs. I have been lifting the pump up and allowing gravity to clear the last bit out, but this is a bit hard to do sometimes with one person, unfortunately I only have two arms and sometimes it needs three to keep everything where they should be. I'm also collecting items and components to make a pump box(not sure yet if it will actually have the pumps in it or outside of it yet). What are other people's experience in height placement of equipment? Right now when I brew outside I typically have my three vessels on a table(I see a sculpture someday in my future) on a single plain. When I brew indoors in my kitchen I gravity hlt into mlt from off the counter-top, then pump into the top of the keggle bk that is on a wheeled stand. Any suggestions or experience will help out a lot with where and how I place these pumps.

I add water to the kettle sometimes and pump some through the line to push wort through, stopping before the water goes in my fermenter. Then I rinse the kettle on my PVC blast-rinser thingy I made, then fill it with some oxyclean water, run that through the pump and lines. Then I rinse the kettle once more to get oxy residue out and put some clean water in it, pump that through, then remove all lines.

Sounds like a lot, but it takes less than 10 minutes to do.

 

[jlb307]

any idea if this pump would be sufficient to use in jkarp's countertop brutus 20?

 

[ianw58]

I used mine to pump liquids, from 65°F to 212°F, over a height differential of 3 feet, today. No problems. I love this pump. The stainless QDs and tap cost more than the pump!

 

[theCougfan97]

I bought the tan pump but cant seem to get it to work!

I went to Goodwill and for 99 cents picked up a power supply. The brick says:
OUTPUT
5Vdc -- 2.5A
12Vdc-- 1.5A
I used my multimeter and identified the yellow wire providing 12 Volts. I attached this to the red wire from the pump, attached black to black (ground) and capped the red 5 volt wire from the power supply. I flipped the switch (on my surge protector) and nothing happens.

What am I missing?

 

[fluidmechanics]

Question for any of you using a "wall wart" transformer with the little tan pump: how hot does the transformer get?

I'm thinking of running power in to a plastic closed junction box with a switch mounted on it to run the pump. I'm concerned with heat build up in a closed, water proof box.

I use an old computer monitor power supply for my small tan 12v pump, with and off to fill power speed control. It works great and hardly gets hot at all.

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

Yea i just went to the local Good Will they have piles of AC/DC supplies.

Found like 6 different 12V ones, all the same price. Ended up taking a old Gamecube power supply for $3, since it was rated up to 3A...well beyond what the pump will ever need and it was the same price as the others.

 

[user 144271]

Help a brother out

Anybody got a good fleebay 120ac to 12vdc with speed control?

 

[theCougfan97]

I bought the tan pump but cant seem to get it to work!

I went to Goodwill and for 99 cents picked up a power supply. The brick says:
OUTPUT
5Vdc -- 2.5A
12Vdc-- 1.5A
I used my multimeter and identified the yellow wire providing 12 Volts. I attached this to the red wire from the pump, attached black to black (ground) and capped the red 5 volt wire from the power supply. I flipped the switch (on my surge protector) and nothing happens.

What am I missing?

Anybody have any ideas?

 

[Rys06Tbss]

Anybody have any ideas?

PC power supply?

 

[theCougfan97]

PC power supply?

Got one of those and neither of the pumps seem to work when I wire them up, seems odd that both pumps could be bad.

 

[Spellman]

One of my power supplies doesn't work if the socket is plugged in and run from a switch. I have to disconnect the wires and connect them again for it to fire up. Try that and tell us how it works.

 

[theCougfan97]

One of my power supplies doesn't work if the socket is plugged in and run from a switch. I have to disconnect the wires and connect them again for it to fire up. Try that and tell us how it works.

Yea still nothing, I hope both my pumps aren't duds, something tells me the customer service from ebay china won't be great.

 

[Huff360]

Anybody have any ideas?

Connect the pump to the battery in your car just to be sure your power supply is not at fault.

 

[tre9er]

Well, my pump stopped sometime during racking through my cfc this Saturday. Luckily my setup was more or less gravity-friendly, so it all racked over, but cleaning everything out was a bit more difficult. I'm going to check the PSU to make sure it's not faulty, and I verified liquid flowed through the pump, so the impeller doesn't seem to be stuck (plus, it's making no audible noise). If it's fried I'll try to get the seller to send a new one but I'm also probably saving for a Chugger.