The way I see it, I need at least 4 female and 2 male quick disconnect fittings to get my 3-keg single tier going.
3 bulkhead drains (female)
March pump lines in and out (male)
CFC chiller input (female) (the output will just have a hose clamped on.)
Based on Morebeer pricing:
Female CPC with MPT = $11.75 x 4 = $47
Male CPC with hose barb = $6.75 x 2 = $13.50
You know, I was thinking that outfitting the whole system with these would break the bank but $60 isn't all that bad. Am I forgetting something?
Has anyone had a CPC female fitting leak? I'm throwing around the idea of threading the female fitting directly into the bulkhead couplings and leaving that as the only seal to stop flow out of the vessel (when the male is not connected obviously). Am I nuts? I'm trying to think of when I'd need to stop the flow while the hoses are connected.
Having the males on the march pump hoses means that when I disconnect, I'll leak whatever liquid I have in those lines since males are non sealing. If I reverse them so that the males are on the vessels, I need to put ball valves on the bulkheads but I save some money in buying less females, more males. The liquid in the pump lines would be trapped until the next transfer. Maybe less dripping?
I'm just thinking out loud and would like to hear your experiences with these fittings and how you've oriented them.
3 bulkhead drains (female)
March pump lines in and out (male)
CFC chiller input (female) (the output will just have a hose clamped on.)
Based on Morebeer pricing:
Female CPC with MPT = $11.75 x 4 = $47
Male CPC with hose barb = $6.75 x 2 = $13.50
You know, I was thinking that outfitting the whole system with these would break the bank but $60 isn't all that bad. Am I forgetting something?
Has anyone had a CPC female fitting leak? I'm throwing around the idea of threading the female fitting directly into the bulkhead couplings and leaving that as the only seal to stop flow out of the vessel (when the male is not connected obviously). Am I nuts? I'm trying to think of when I'd need to stop the flow while the hoses are connected.
Having the males on the march pump hoses means that when I disconnect, I'll leak whatever liquid I have in those lines since males are non sealing. If I reverse them so that the males are on the vessels, I need to put ball valves on the bulkheads but I save some money in buying less females, more males. The liquid in the pump lines would be trapped until the next transfer. Maybe less dripping?
I'm just thinking out loud and would like to hear your experiences with these fittings and how you've oriented them.