Understanding pumps

[detlion1643]

I'm intrigued at all these projects everyone does, so my brain started thinking. However, I felt like I should put this down in a thread to gain some insight.

Little steps first, so I'm looking at an easier way to transfer from a carboy into a bottling bucket (but including the sanitizing and afterwords, washing/sanitizing again). I have begun searching through pumps that can fit 3/8" hosing and I found a lot of options. Overwhelmed I wasn't sure what kind of pump to look at, until I saw a couple useful keywords. I eventually landed on a marine utility water pump that runs on 12v and doesn't seem to outrageously priced. I do have access to 12v so no worries there. Pump located here: http://www.grabcart.com/product/Spo...e-Power-4830-12V-Dc-Marine-Utility-Water-Pump.

Will it work if I put hosing into a primary (1" or so from bottom) to the pump, and from the pump into the bottling bucket, then when it turns on, it should automatically "siphon"/pump all the primary liquid into the bucket, correct? That's step 1.

I was then thinking on getting another carboy to keep full of diluted sanitizing water, and run another pump with hosing to that. Then from this pump split the output to connect to 2 hoses. 1 going to the bucket, the other being the hose from primary, going through the original pump and corresponding hose, thus cleaning/sanitizing those in the process. Is it possible to run something through 2 pumps at basically the same time? Or if that doesn't work, would it ruin the sanitizing liquid to run the primary hose into it and skip the 2nd pump?

 

[Varroa]

Two words for you: "Food Grade". Any pump you look at has to be food grade or you risk contaminating your beer with oil or other impurities. Also, most beer pumps are rated for high temps which this probably isn't.

 

[day_trippr]

For such a trivial task, I'd consider a pump the nuclear option. And frankly, not a good nuclear option.

I recommend an autosiphon. Simple, easy to clean and sanitize, and cheap...

Cheers!

 

[carlisle_bob]

Hi

For simple liquid transfer stuff, you probably want a diaphragm pump. The advantage is that they will pump air as well as water. That allows them to self prime. Priming a pump for something like this is actually harder than just using a siphon ....

Bob

 

[static]

For such a trivial task, I'd consider a pump the nuclear option. And frankly, not a good nuclear option.

I recommend an autosiphon. Simple, easy to clean and sanitize, and cheap...

Cheers!

This....

An auto siphon really is the simple, cheep, easy, effortless solution.

 

[detlion1643]

I understand the ease of the autosiphon. Currently have 1. I was trying to do something different and to have a sort of cool effect. Maybe sometime after the necessary stuff is made easier.

 

[bad67z]

I own two food grade (Chugger) pumps,and I prefer to use Co2 to push my beer out of the fermenter and into a keg or bottling bucket. I use a carboy cap, a couple pieces of hose, C02 cylinder and a regulator.




Not my photo, but very similar to my setup.

 

[carlisle_bob]

Hi

Now, if you decide you want to toss a filter into the setup, a pump is going to be a useful item. With most of the filters people seem to use, a high(er) pressure low(er) volume pump seems to be the best choice.

Bob

 

[jfrizzell]

For such a trivial task, I'd consider a pump the nuclear option. And frankly, not a good nuclear option.

I recommend an autosiphon. Simple, easy to clean and sanitize, and cheap...

Cheers!

This

 

[static]

I understand the ease of the autosiphon. Currently have 1. I was trying to do something different and to have a sort of cool effect. Maybe sometime after the necessary stuff is made easier.

Ah ok. I see. Well I can see the benefit if you're going to run it through a filter.

I know i think about stuff like that and then I worry about making things more complicated than necessary. I would be cool to automate everything though.