So I was lucky enough to get a March 815 pump for xmas, however it only came with a repair parts list and very sparse instruction paragraph.
So my main question is about fittings as I believe I read somewhere that you shouldn't have any elbows on the inlet side? I was planning on doing a Camlock A on the inlet side and then a ball valve and a Camlock F on the outlet. Are there any other suggested fittings for the pump?
My pump came with both the inlet and outlet on the horizontal axis, but I've seen many people have rotated their head so the inlet is on the high vertical axis and the outlet on the low vertical axis. Is there a performance gain to doing this?
Lastly, I plan on ordering high temp silicone tubing but I don't know if there are suggested min/max lengths for the input side or output side? What fittings should I look at for the tubing?
At least to start I'll primarily be using this from the brew kettle to the fermenter (Carboy to start, brewhemoth on order). I'd like to use this for my mash tun, but I havent' been able to find a camlock that's 3/8" threaded npt though maybe I can find a 3/8 - 1/2 step bit.
So my main question is about fittings as I believe I read somewhere that you shouldn't have any elbows on the inlet side? I was planning on doing a Camlock A on the inlet side and then a ball valve and a Camlock F on the outlet. Are there any other suggested fittings for the pump?
My pump came with both the inlet and outlet on the horizontal axis, but I've seen many people have rotated their head so the inlet is on the high vertical axis and the outlet on the low vertical axis. Is there a performance gain to doing this?
Lastly, I plan on ordering high temp silicone tubing but I don't know if there are suggested min/max lengths for the input side or output side? What fittings should I look at for the tubing?
At least to start I'll primarily be using this from the brew kettle to the fermenter (Carboy to start, brewhemoth on order). I'd like to use this for my mash tun, but I havent' been able to find a camlock that's 3/8" threaded npt though maybe I can find a 3/8 - 1/2 step bit.