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rwshields
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I am following the instructions on the pump assembly found here: http://www.theelectricbrewery.com/pumps?page=4
I have spent an embarrassing amount of time attempting to get the elbow piece on my pumps to face outward. All attempts of tightening have failed. Is there some trick to this step I am missing?
I appreciate the help!
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rwshields
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Thanks for the advice. I kept trying and just couldn’t get it.
I went out and bought a new elbow and it worked perfectly. The threads on my original one must have been messed up...
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kal
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Walts Malt
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Glad someone posted this topic as I always struggle with this, but resorted to what Kal says above and that seems to work fine. I’ve considered switching most of my brewery over to Tri-Clamp stuff, but just not sold on the benefit vs. the money.
Kal, your thoughts on Tri-Clamp vs. threaded?
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kal
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| Walts Malt wrote: | | Kal, your thoughts on Tri-Clamp vs. threaded? |
Funny, someone was just asking me this on Instagram last night as they were asking about my preference of Blichmann kettles vs others that may have tri-clamp (TC) on them. I need to add some info on this as I redo the build intructions, but here's my short answer:
There are cerrtainly many different types of kettles available today but if I had to buy again, I'd still do Blichmann as I love their borosilicate sight glasses as for me and how I brew (see my BREW DAY STEP BY STEP guide) it really makes life easier. Etched markings inside the kettle like many others have are frankly a pain (kettle has to be opened, can't use level markers like a binder clip) and useless (there's often foam and the level jumps around when boiling so you have no idea on the volume). Etchings are much cheaper to build.
I use both tri-clamp (TC) and quick disconnects (QD) in my brewery where it makes sense: TC on the cold side (fermentation), QD on the hot side (wort creation). TCs are a paint to use (more work, require 2 hands, etc) but are sanitary so I use them where sanitary makes sense which is the cold side. They're pointless on the hot side as everything will be boiled anyway, and there's absolutely nothing sanitary about the most vessels on the hot side anyway. For example, the grain you dump into your MLT is not sanitary. Each sack of malt has a certain allowable amount of rat/mouse hair and feces (yummy) as per the FDA, just like a box of breakfast cereal. So having TC fittings on a kettle where you dump unsanitary stuff in every time you brew is pointless and just creates more work/cost. TC is easier to take completely apart to sanitize but again, that's not required / there's no point.
I think people use TC because they like the look and are mis-guided by sellers because it's sanitary (true, but irrelevant on the hot side). By all means use it on the cold side where it's really beneficial. TC is also used extensively everywhere on the hot side for large pro sized brewery setups simply due to the size of the vessels required. On our homebrew sized setups (under 100 gallons) it's just not required and will only make the setup harder to use everything you got use it.
Cost aside (TC is more expensive) if I had to rebuilt everything today I'd still do QD on the hot side and only use TC on the cold side.
Good luck!
Kal
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