Your Auto-Siphon will melt at...

[sirsloop]

202°F... probably less. That is all.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

202°F... probably less. That is all.

My auto siphon is made from the same plastic as my now bent and curly racking cane......So I concur.

 

[zac]

I melted one transferring 180* sparge water. I didnt learn my lesson & ruined another one @ 165 for mash water.

Some folks never learn.

 

[zac]

LG, get in chat.

 

[Saccharomyces]

LMAO.

 

[zac]

Thats why I started buying back-ups. I have a redundat system. Every time I purchase a batch of ingredients, I get a new airlock or a new auto siphon, or bottling wand etc etc. I can't double my whole brewery, but if I do something stupid, like auto siphon sparge water, at least that dosent shut me down.

 

[Christian]

I have never melted one but i have broken the damn things several times. I always break the damn bend. So with my last one i bought, i sawed it off close to the bend and haven't had a problem since.

 

[mev]

Airlocks don't stand a lot of heat either. I threw mine in the boiling wort the other day thinking I could sanitize it and immediately realized it might be a bad idea. I fished it out, and the middle piece was deformed already. It still works fine...

 

[eschatz]

I too am in this boat! It sucks. Bent auto-siphon is no way to go...

 

[uglygoat]

mine(racking cane) is stainless steel, and hard as feck. it burns me when it gets hot.

 

[Schlenkerla]

I'd like to get me a SS auto-syphon.

 

[eschatz]

Where would you get a SS autosiphon?

 

[Cornertown_Brewer]

I melted mine transfering sparge water too......so I hung it permantly above the HLT as a reminder NOT TO DO THAT AGAIN!!

 

[wildwest450]

Airlocks don't stand a lot of heat either. I threw mine in the boiling wort the other day thinking I could sanitize it and immediately realized it might be a bad idea. I fished it out, and the middle piece was deformed already. It still works fine...

I've read a lot of crazy stuff on this site, but sir, you take the cake. Congrats, your sig worthy, and may God have mercy on your soul.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Where would you get a SS autosiphon?

I think you have to make your own or find a high temp hand drum pump.

 

[mev]

I've read a lot of crazy stuff on this site, but sir, you take the cake. Congrats, your sig worthy, and may God have mercy on your soul.

thank you, I feel special now, in a special sort of way. I'll stick to one beer during boil, then indulge...

 

[Coastarine]

I have also conducted experiments on melting autosiphons. All in the name of science.

Yeah right. Oops.