Stainless Head Mag Drive Little Giant Pump-Grainger

[HenryHill]

...for $145.

Anybody got positive or negative info on this? Seems too good to be true....it has the Ryton, 1/25 hp, 1/2 mpt, 6 foot cord, bracket....brand name....

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/ww...e=Hot+Water+Circulating+Pumps&searchIndexId=2

I was told that Grainger had a SS head pump for a comparable price to the March, not sure this is it. Paper catalog I saw at work said SS head; online catalog does not specify stainless....online price is a little more ($159) but I found a cheaper place...

http://www.plumbersurplus.com/Prod/...399/Cat/1006?gclid=CJLZu92hoZACFTaEOAody0Mb8A

 

[RadicalEd]

Looks like a fantastic pump to me. Little Giant pumps are pretty fantastic performance wise, and will last you a good long time. The price on a comparable plastic head version is about $120-30 iirc, so it makes sense that the SS version is $20-30 more.

Here's the important bit I'd gleam from grainger's site:

or highly corrosive chemicals (pH 3 to 11) at temperatures from 32 Degree to 200 DegreeF or pressures to 40 psi*.

Wort falls within those bounds; I think it should be OK.

I'd just find the cheapest supplier, myself.

 

[Bobby_M]

I'm a little worried about the 200ºF limit. I like to recirculate my boiling wort to sanitize the chiller.

 

[HenryHill]

What I was thinking-March's is 250°, but I see a lot of people mention Little Giant pumps and brewing, so I wonder if I am just looking at the wrong model...

 

[AiredAle]

These pumps have Ryton (polyphenylene sulfide plastic) heads not SS heads which is why they are only rated to 200 F.

 

[RadicalEd]

Good catch there. Yeah, ignore everything I said earlier if it is indeed non stainless .