Thermoplastic or Silicone

[Snafu]

With a little luck my pumps will be showing up this week, whats the preferred hose for these? I think in most of the videos I've seen, you can see the wort moving through the hose, so that's Silicone right?

 

[PantherCity]

Silicone baby!
You can see though it and it is safe up to 500 degrees.

Also if you are using camlocks you can use type "b" and stretch the silicone over the threads to get full flow. If you went with the stiffer thermoplastic you would be stuck using the type "c" which has a true I.D. closer to 1/4".

 

[Snafu]

Whew!! I chose wisely! Got 20' on the way, damn expensive tho.... and those food grade quick disconnects OMG, it may be cheaper to run it all in gold.

 

[bad67z]

Whew!! I chose wisely! Got 20' on the way, damn expensive tho.... and those food grade quick disconnects OMG, it may be cheaper to run it all in gold.

Keep an eye on ebay and this forum for your replacement hose. Generally someone posts when an ebay seller is having a sale. About a year ago I bought 100' for $ 48 shipped. Which qd's are you referring to?

 

[Snafu]

The Polysulfone disconnects. I was thinking SS but wanted to try these out first. The el cheap o's I buy for my water hose never last longer than one year, always split or crack or just plain leak. But for the wort side of my process I needed food grade, not cheapo's.
How often are you replacing it (silicone)?

 

[mfox79]

I just replace my poly disconects with S/S cam locks. the o-rings inside the disco's tend to get verry stick when hot. as for sillicon tubing I have yet to replace mine after 15 batches but time will tell.