Hello,
I've been slowly upgrading my equipment and I'm finally getting around to building an actual stand. I have a CFC I've been using gravity for and want to move to using a pump. I've been searching around and every time I think I'm close to figuring it out, I confuse myself. The question I have is, where should the shutoff valve be? Right now I have the shutoff valve on the outlet of the CFC combined with an inline thermometer so I know the outlet temp. I always leave it wide open because with my gravity differential I can't get much of a flow anyway. My plan was kettle -> pump -> CFC with shutoff valve on outlet -> fermenter. Or should I put the shutoff valve on the outlet of the pump?
Technically I also have a shutoff valve on the kettle to open it up and start the flow when it's time. But that would be wide open with or without pump. I just don't know if I should use the shutoff valve after the pump or after the CFC to control the flow.
Thanks.
I've been slowly upgrading my equipment and I'm finally getting around to building an actual stand. I have a CFC I've been using gravity for and want to move to using a pump. I've been searching around and every time I think I'm close to figuring it out, I confuse myself. The question I have is, where should the shutoff valve be? Right now I have the shutoff valve on the outlet of the CFC combined with an inline thermometer so I know the outlet temp. I always leave it wide open because with my gravity differential I can't get much of a flow anyway. My plan was kettle -> pump -> CFC with shutoff valve on outlet -> fermenter. Or should I put the shutoff valve on the outlet of the pump?
Technically I also have a shutoff valve on the kettle to open it up and start the flow when it's time. But that would be wide open with or without pump. I just don't know if I should use the shutoff valve after the pump or after the CFC to control the flow.
Thanks.