Oxygen for oxygenating wort

[ITV]

I will probably try to do something similar when I finally break for a CF10. However, I don't think I will clean with caustic on every brew since my brewery is on a septic system. But with heat sanitation, it should be OK.

The CF10 is small enough to clean by hand.

 

[DavidWood2115]

The CF10 is small enough to clean by hand.

Agreed.
I was thinking about the discussion above about needing NaOH to properly clean the oxygen stone. I have also heard concerns about cleaning plate chillers, which no doubt benefit from using caustic as well (and certainly need recirculating some kind of cleaner at a minimum).

 

[VikeMan]

I was thinking about the discussion above about needing NaOH to properly clean the oxygen stone. I have also heard concerns about cleaning plate chillers, which no doubt benefit from using caustic as well (and certainly need recirculating some kind of cleaner at a minimum).

I don't own a plate chiller, but if I did, I would CIP with a strong alkaline cleaner in both directions and then the same again with an acid cleaner. I've seen some pretty awful stuff come out of a previously half-ass maintained chiller. It was clear that just looking at the apparently "clean" water being flushed through wasn't a good indicator of what was really inside.