DIY glass rinser?

[SanPancho]

so havent had much luck finding any DIY builds for glass rinser assembly. mostly just folks installing the setup they purchased somewhere.

had a thought when i saw this item though, easy to find, relatively cheap, and could likely be hacked into something approximating a glass rinser.

it might have to be a two-hand process, one to hit the water, the other to hold the glass. but i dont think thats a big deal.

here's the item-

http://www.homedepot.com/p/EZ-FLO-Single-Handle-Cold-Water-Dispenser-Faucet-in-Chrome-10896LF/205807766?cm_mmc=Shopping%7cTHD%7cG%7c0%7cG-BASE-PLA-D29B-Faucets%7c&gclid=COzGrdWAn9ECFUOSfgod2VkNxw&gclsrc=aw.ds

three thoughts-

1-maybe installed upside down, then poke some holes in a plastic cap that would be super glued to the faucet stem in place of the black one showed here. kindy of unwieldy to design though upside down.

2- cut off the gooseneck where it starts to bend, and then either clamp/weld/solder a new spigot/spray cap onto the open stem piece. not sure of the dimensions, but im guessing you would have enough length in the straight part of stem to run it up through a hole drilled in the bar top and have the spigot almost flush with the surface. the faucet valve would be just a few inches below the bar top im guessing. give it a blast and then pour a beer.

3- cut the faucet stem right above the valve handle, fit it with a spigot/spray tip somehow, and mount the whole faucet assembly into your drip tray. you simply turn glass upside down, activate the valve handle with the rim of your glass and it sprays away. water runs down and drips into drain tray.

sound reasonable? anybody know if cutting/welding/soldering is easy on something like this?
im wondering if you could just solder it? basically you'd build up a cross bar pattern on the cutoff faucet stem, and keep adding solder to the cross until it shoots a decent spray?

 

[John Paul Stoddard]

Do you have a Sink or Just want a rinser?

I have seen several done with a Garden hose Nozzle where you have to turn the Water on each time. The ones that are pressure Activated are crazy..

Also seen several done with a sprinkler head also.

 

[day_trippr]

I've often thought about adding a rinser to my humble keezer, and one idea I had was to install a vertical nozzle through the grating and towards one end of my surface-mount drip tray (which has a drain port plumbed to a 1/2 gallon catch vessel inside the keezer), run a 1/4" reinforced Tygon tube out the back edge of the lid down to floor-level and under the keezer to a foot-operated valve out front - something like this (24USD on ebay)


I'd install a "getting close to full" sensor to the catch vessel and connect that to the RPi2 that runs my keezer and all my ferm chambers to provide an indicator on my tap list that it's time to empty the catcher.

Haven't gotten 'round tuit yet - it's pretty deep in the current Priority Stack - but it might happen...

Cheers!

 

[SanPancho]

Do you have a Sink or Just want a rinser?

I have seen several done with a Garden hose Nozzle where you have to turn the Water on each time. The ones that are pressure Activated are crazy..

Also seen several done with a sprinkler head also.

this is for a drip tray plumbed into waste line, so no issues with drainage.

garden hose nozzle is a no. but a sprinkler head sounds like it could be promising, assuming its small enough. stainless probly isnt in the cards, but maybe could find one in brass.

any pix or links would be great if you got em.

foot valve looks interesting, but its the same price as the water glass filler, so not sure that is much of an advance in simplicity terms. although i guess if i could find some sort of spray tip end that we could thread or attach into drip tray then that could work too.

anybody know where to find a fitting that would work to create multiple spray jets? especially anything that's threaded.

 

[day_trippr]

I was thinking an 1/8" NPT cap (NOT a plug) drilled with a handful of tiny holes in a ring, drilled at an angle to radiate outwards from the center to assure full wetting.
Probably go with LF brass for ease of drilling vs SS, and I'd position the cap so its top is flush with the drip tray grate...

Cheers!

 

[jmcquesten]

I'm thinking for the price, I might try something like this before diy, if I needed a glass rinser.

http://www.homebrewing.org/Glass-Ri...ium=shopping&gclid=CPnD0JuqoNECFZaLswodQ20FWA

 

[John Paul Stoddard]

here is just a replacement center if your not needing a whole tray
http://www.micromatic.com/drip-tray-parts/glass-rinser-replacement-sprayer-gr-1581

 

[flars]

I use my jet washer to rinse glasses. A small diameter supply line would reduce the pressure and volume of water. The jet washer can be modified for one hand use by extending the bar that would be the contact point for the mouth of a bottle or carboy.

 

[day_trippr]

here is just a replacement center if your not needing a whole tray
http://www.micromatic.com/drip-tray-parts/glass-rinser-replacement-sprayer-gr-1581

Ahah! They both use a cap nut with tiny holes drilled in it...

Cheers!

 

[bruce_the_loon]

Since you already have the water supply and drain infrastructure, you could build one using a push button valve of some sort, this one is for a garden hose, push to open, push to close. You get others that are push to open, release to close as well, like they use on water fountains.

Feed that into a 1/4" or 3/8" spiral jet nozzle and you should get a spray that reaches everywhere in the glass. Those nozzles are designed for firefighting sprinklers or production line cleaners and get water EVERYWHERE.

 

[John Paul Stoddard]

I have seen this type of head used in Glass Rinsers and Bottle Washers
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Orbit-Plastic-Adjustable-Spray-Head-Nozzle/4006675