National Homebrew Club Ireland

General Discussions => Chit Chat => Topic started by: Hop Bomb on December 14, 2013, 07:47:52 PM

Title: Urgent! Pump needed Galway area
Post by: Hop Bomb on December 14, 2013, 07:47:52 PM
My solar pump is dead. Can someone loan me one ASAP. Ive a brew on and badly stuck. Can't chill without it. Cheers.
Title: Re: Urgent! Pump needed Galway area
Post by: Kevco5 on December 14, 2013, 08:26:04 PM
You can take mine if you can collect it!
Title: Re: Urgent! Pump needed Galway area
Post by: Hop Bomb on December 14, 2013, 08:39:57 PM
Good man Kev! Il have it back to you tomorrow. You still in the same gaf?
Title: Re: Urgent! Pump needed Galway area
Post by: Kevco5 on December 14, 2013, 08:45:44 PM
Yep! Same Gaf! 127!
Title: Re: Urgent! Pump needed Galway area
Post by: Hop Bomb on December 14, 2013, 08:46:08 PM
Jumping in the car now.  :)
Title: Re: Urgent! Pump needed Galway area
Post by: Ciderhead on December 14, 2013, 09:57:54 PM
UCking solar pumps
My advice is always carry a spare, I am seeing more and more examples of where they are turning out to be unsuitable for brewing purposes.

Chugger will deffo be T now HB:(


Title: Re: Urgent! Pump needed Galway area
Post by: Hop Bomb on December 14, 2013, 10:05:33 PM
Cheers for sorting me Kev.

There isnt any reason for the pump to be broken. It never clogged & was working as normal last brew (that was Sept though). Its not the power plug as I tried a few so its a pump failure. Buy cheap buy twice I guess but it had a good run. Almost 12 months.

The chugger will be a welcome addition now. No rush though. Cheers.
Title: Re: Urgent! Pump needed Galway area
Post by: Shanna on December 15, 2013, 05:43:39 PM
Quote from: Hop Bomb on December 14, 2013, 10:05:33 PM
Cheers for sorting me Kev.

There isnt any reason for the pump to be broken. It never clogged & was working as normal last brew (that was Sept though). Its not the power plug as I tried a few so its a pump failure. Buy cheap buy twice I guess but it had a good run. Almost 12 months.

The chugger will be a welcome addition now. No rush though. Cheers.

Hop bomb just out curiosity were you running wort through it?  If so have you flushed it through with with child clean water for about 15 minutes afterwards?

Shanna
Title: Re: Urgent! Pump needed Galway area
Post by: Hop Bomb on December 15, 2013, 06:41:42 PM
I use it for fly sparging & for recircing boiling wort from kettle to plate chiller back to kettle. It then gets used to transfer from kettle to fermentor. It gets the full works as I use it to push PBW through my plate chiller then a cold water rinse cycle after that.