Scrub Master 3000 Version 2.0

[DrunkleJon]

Its threaded, right? I'll toss mine in the car tonight- I need to grab some homer buckets Friday for grain splits in a group buy- I'll see if I can match it to anything there- you may be able to make your own replacement...

Yeah, it should be a 1-1/4"which is the threading on the pump itself (from the site) though for some reason they dont even list the part for this particular pump on their site http://superiorpump.com/adapters.html I am just wondering about the threadding. Getting it threadded to the threaded PVC was a little tight as it is.

Thanks!

 

[Baja_Brewer]

Yeah, it should be a 1-1/4"which is the threading on the pump itself (from the site) though for some reason they dont even list the part for this particular pump on their site http://superiorpump.com/adapters.html I am just wondering about the threadding. Getting it threadded to the threaded PVC was a little tight as it is.

Thanks!

Shoot- I went this AM and my the part was in my work bag at home. Sorry Drunkle- if you know its 1 1/4 I would give any pipe threaded piece you can find a shot, worked on the outlet....

 

[DrunkleJon]

No worries. I will figure something out.

 

[paulshe]

I built this last weekend. If you go into the sprinkler section of home depot you'll find the hose (female) to pipe swivel that you can use to connect the pump to the pvc. I do think the inch pvc is overkill but it makes it look impressive. Doing the build with 3/4 is probably just as good. The part numbers seemed off when i went to lowes so I just pieced it together in the store.

Also, I skipped the little 90 degree parts and just made all my tools connect to the threaded pvc. Made a hose attachment to pump ice water thru my IC. Did the mfl connection for keg lines. Everything worked out fine other than when i forgot to plug the center hole when i was testing the IC flow.

I also bought a little 3 gallon bin since when running something like hose cleaning you only need a little water/cleaner and can fit the pump in there.

Oh, my motivation here was as much to save water as anything else (since we are now the dry state known as California) . But a side bonus is when you have the carboy washer attachment and no carboy it's a great high powered sprinkler. Will get put to use at the first summer party.

I will say this is my fave latest homebrew related DIY.

 

[Yesfan]

Bump.


I finally got around to putting mine together. I've had the pieces for about two months now, but have had other projects get in my way. Here's some pics.

I used a dremel to cut down the width of the wire shelving. I also bent the sides down to where they snugged the sides of the tube a bit better. I need to paint them before using.

The tub was about $7 at Home Depot. It's a perfect fit as I can store everything in it and close the lid! Gonna try to fire it up tomorrow as I have quite a few kegs to clean.


Thanks to Ray for supplying the parts list. Huge help!

 

[raysmithtx]

Thanks to Ray for supplying the parts list. Huge help!

You are welcome. I'm guessing you have had time to use the system by now. If it works like mine it makes very short work of cleaning just about anything brewing related.

 

[Yesfan]

You are welcome. I'm guessing you have had time to use the system by now. If it works like mine it makes very short work of cleaning just about anything brewing related.

Sure does. I've gotten a bit lazy and haven't kept up with my keg cleaning when I should have. I had seven kegs to wash yesterday and got all of them cleaned in under a couple of hours. That probably would have lasted all evening if I had to do each one by hand.


Now the only ones dirty are the three I have in use.

 

[KindofBlues71]

Anyone have any ideas on how to incorporate a way to wash multiple beer bottles at once with the SM3K?

 

[Beek]

Anyone have any ideas on how to incorporate a way to wash multiple beer bottles at once with the SM3K?

I'm sure you could easily incorporate Malfet's bottle washer into the scrub master. Should be fairly simple.

 

[BrianGee]

I'm sure you could easily incorporate Malfet's bottle washer into the scrub master. Should be fairly simple.

Definitely. I built a Malfet-style bottle washer modified to the the dimensions of FastRacks (since this photo I've added PVC supports under the frame).

The expensive part is the pump. Building the PVC parts to wash carboys and kegs would cost less than $10. Just unscrew the hose barb from the pump's threaded adapter, screw on the straight capped pipe, and put the shelves in place.

The line cleaner parts would be more expensive because of the fittings and valves, but still inexpensive when you consider you can wash pretty much anything with the finished project.

 

[Beek]

Definitely. I built a Malfet-style bottle washer modified to the the dimensions of FastRacks (since this photo I've added PVC supports under the frame).

The expensive part is the pump. Building the PVC parts to wash carboys and kegs would cost less than $10. Just unscrew the hose barb from the pump's threaded adapter, screw on the straight capped pipe, and put the shelves in place.

The line cleaner parts would be more expensive because of the fittings and valves, but still inexpensive when you consider you can wash pretty much anything with the finished project.

Do you happen to have a build thread for yours? I like the look of it a lot.

 

[BrianGee]

I don't, I'm brand new here. But I did take some photos during my build and have some thoughts about it. I'll post in the Malfet thread tomorrow.

 

[Beek]

I don't, I'm brand new here. But I did take some photos during my build and have some thoughts about it. I'll post in the Malfet thread tomorrow.

Perfect. Thanks! Also welcome to the forums

 

[BrianGee]

Posted!
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showpost.php?p=7127813&postcount=223

 

[Yesfan]

Posted!
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showpost.php?p=7127813&postcount=223

Nice! Great that the Fast Rack has another use to it. I may have to add that to my washer.

Great job Brian! :rockin:

 

[Dr_Jeff]

What about using automatic dishwasher detergent instead of oxyclean?
It is semi caustic and is designed to get organic material off of things i.e.-foodstuffs. Most rinse clean. Designed for use in hot water, etc.

 

[iijakii]

Are you guys leaving the cleaning solution in there a couple rounds or dumping it after a batch clean? Also, how are you rinsing with plain water afterwards? Whenever I leave things assembled I always fear I'm not getting enough water through the poppets/QD etc. Guess I could just get a second bucket and plop the pump in there with clean water for the rinse, or am I missing something easier?

 

[Yesfan]

Are you guys leaving the cleaning solution in there a couple rounds or dumping it after a batch clean? Also, how are you rinsing with plain water afterwards? Whenever I leave things assembled I always fear I'm not getting enough water through the poppets/QD etc. Guess I could just get a second bucket and plop the pump in there with clean water for the rinse, or am I missing something easier?

I pre-rinsed all my kegs before running them through the cleaner. Afterwords, I rinse the clean kegs again, then put the lids back on after they dried. I didn't dump the cleaning solution at all on this last round of keg cleaning.


I'm still going to break the kegs down every so often as I guess it wouldn't hurt to inspect the posts, seals, etc.. for more thorough cleaning/seal replacement . I do the disconnects on my beer lines the same way. After a few batches, I swap them out with clean spare disconnects, then precede to break down and clean the dirty ones.

 

[wbarber69]

Star San makes a non-foaming sanitizer. That's what I will be using for final rinse when I finally get around to building a scrub master

 

[raysmithtx]

Are you guys leaving the cleaning solution in there a couple rounds or dumping it after a batch clean? Also, how are you rinsing with plain water afterwards? Whenever I leave things assembled I always fear I'm not getting enough water through the poppets/QD etc. Guess I could just get a second bucket and plop the pump in there with clean water for the rinse, or am I missing something easier?

I keep the same homemade PBW solution for several cleanings. I also use the tub/solution to submerge bottles in to get the labels off. After each cleaning I slosh some water around to semi rinse them. After several cleanings I have quite a bit of equipment to sanitize. I dump the used up cleaning solution pour 5 gallons of starsan in the tub (I generally keep about 5 gallons of Starsan in a 5 gallon bucket for brewing). I run the Starsan solution for a couple of minutes on each keg/carboy, etc. then remove it. If it's a keg, I turn it upside down to drain for about a minute then put the lid on and use a little CO2 to pressurize it. I have had kegs stay pressurized and sanitized for months before I am ready to use them. I then pour the Starsan back in a 5 gallon bucket to be ready for my next brew session.

 

[shemp]

What size tubing do you use to slip over your faucets? I'm worried if I daisy chain them together they may build up sufficient pressure to "blow off" the faucet.

 

[DrunkleJon]

What size tubing do you use to slip over your faucets? I'm worried if I daisy chain them together they may build up sufficient pressure to "blow off" the faucet.

I just use an old piece of racking cane tubing. I think it is 5/16 thinner walled stuff that i bought at the LHBS. It fits perfectly inside (not outside) my Perlik 525s. It also makes a great growler filler when paired with a drilled stopper.

 

[raysmithtx]

I use the high temp. Silicon hose and slip it on the outside of the faucets. The small diameter of the keg line restricts the flow and the pump doesn't have that much pressure with the restricted flow. I've never had a line blow off but they must be dry when putting them on or the will slip off.

 

[shemp]

I just use an old piece of racking cane tubing. I think it is 5/16 thinner walled stuff that i bought at the LHBS. It fits perfectly inside (not outside) my Perlik 525s. It also makes a great growler filler when paired with a drilled stopper.

How does the growler filler work?

 

[DrunkleJon]

Quite well actually. And to clarify since my brain is still on snowdays. The tubing I used was old tubing that was connected to my autosiphon. I am using a drilled stopper that fits inside a beer bottle mouth. I can fill pretty much at pressure, crack the seal a little and it fills to the top. Then I pull the whole thing out of the bottle and can cap on foam. Tend to get pretty good fills this way too.

I will take a picture of my ugly junk bottle filler. Its not counterpressure but it sure keeps my from filling the bottle half full of foam.

 

[wbarber69]

Technically it is counter fill if you use a stopper to build up pressure, but yeah it's not a pro-counter p but it works a charm. this is my preferred method

 

[DrunkleJon]

As promised thought little late. Here is my under pressure bottle filler.
It fits in there tightly too.

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[wbarber69]

As promised thought little late. Here is my under pressure bottle filler.
It fits in there tightly too.

I did the same thing only I used an old bottling wand at the end keeps things slightly less messy

 

[Wolfbayne]

I like the build...trying to wrap my head as to how to configure it to sanke keg washer? Have to be same type build but ball float out of the connector to allow it to drain...more thinking.

Great build thread!

 

[DrunkleJon]

You have to pull the ring out ofter bottom of the sankey adapter and the ball float will fall out. Not sure though how the restriction change from the beer nut to the adapter will affect cleaning pressure