ss toilet braid VS bazooka screen

[Denny]

Technically, you do get channeling. But, it does not matter because all the sugar is mixed up in the liquid. Channeling=fast and that is why batch sparging is awesome.

Well, that's a different definition of channeling than what I think of.

 

[Montanaandy]

Well, that's a different definition of channeling than what I think of.

Me too.

On a completely unrelated bent, I am glad we have taken to calling the braid a "water heater braid" rather than a "toilet braid". The later was making me a bit queasy...

 

[Denny]

Me too.

On a completely unrelated bent, I am glad we have taken to calling the braid a "water heater braid" rather than a "toilet braid". The later was making me a bit queasy...

Dude, mine is from a toilet hookup line...no way around it.

 

[Montanaandy]

Dude, mine is from a toilet hookup line...no way around it.

I know, mine is too but I just don't want to think about it

 

[KarlHungus76]

Think of it as a point of pride. You can still make great beer with surplus toilet parts. For what it's worth, I use a Home Depot 10 gallon, and it's been good to me so far with batch-sparging (thank you Denny) No stuck sparges, no collapsing. I had a bazooka screen in my brew kettle...it's clogs with even a modest hop brew.
I did put a brass plug on the end of the toilet supply line to keep it from floating as well.

 

[Montanaandy]

Think of it as a point of pride. You can still make great beer with surplus toilet parts. For what it's worth, I use a Home Depot 10 gallon, and it's been good to me so far with batch-sparging (thank you Denny) No stuck sparges, no collapsing. I had a bazooka screen in my brew kettle...it's clogs with even a modest hop brew.
I did put a brass plug on the end of the toilet supply line to keep it from floating as well.

I was just messing around. My system is such a Rube Goldberg setup that I could care less if the mesh I use in the cooler is from a toilet supply line vs a water heater supply line - unless we are talking a used toilet supply line. That might pose a potential problem...

 

[DaNewf]

I was just messing around. My system is such a Rube Goldberg setup that I could care less if the mesh I use in the cooler is from a toilet supply line vs a water heater supply line - unless we are talking a used toilet supply line. That might pose a potential problem...

What problem? You're going to boil the wort right after it flows through the used toilet water braid, right?


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Ah crap! Sorry for the Zombie thread. That's what happens when you do a Google search and one of the hits you get is a thread on a forum you already spend a lot of time on. I got interested in the thread and forgot how I got here.

Apologies.
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