Wanted-Solar Pump or Mini Pump

[garciaBernal]

Anyone got a little solar pump they are looking to sell? Worth a shot before I buy one from Brew Builder or Amazon.

[DEMPSEY]

What are planning to use it for. A solar pump will break your heart on brew days if you are trying to use it to pump sticky wort.

[garciaBernal]

What are planning to use it for. A solar pump will break your heart on brew days if you are trying to use it to pump sticky wort.

Will it do a job for pumping mash water only without giving me a broken heart? Cheers for the tip.

[DEMPSEY]

Water only. Any bits passing through will just stop the propeller in the pump turning. A chugger will just push the grit through.

[DEMPSEY]

Switch one on and as the water is pumping through,put your thumb on the outlet and you can stop the flow of water. Do that with a chugger and it will blow your head off

[Ciaran]

Not selling but I have two of the brewbuilder ones and very happy with them so far, would recommend them.

https://www.brewbuilder.co.uk/ts5-mini-mag-pump.html

[garciaBernal]

Not selling but I have two of the brewbuilder ones and very happy with them so far, would recommend them.

https://www.brewbuilder.co.uk/ts5-mini-mag-pump.html

Do you run hot wort through it or any issues with hop particles? Or just water?

[darren996]

You wouldn't want any hop particle going through the brewbuilder ones,  they handle wort and some grain particles. I went through two brewbuilder ones in a year.  The bridgewater ones clog very easily.
I got a chugger in the end and haven't looked back.

My advice would be to buy a mains voltage magnetic drive pump and save yourself the heart ache

[Ciaran]

Do you run hot wort through it or any issues with hop particles? Or just water?

I use one for the HLT/sparge water and one to recirculate/transfer the mash with no problems (so far). Using a hop spider from the group buy for the boil so no hop material getting through.  Can't comment for whirlpooling if that's your plan. 

[Vermelho]

I have one I'd be willing to sell. Bought on eBay. I'll pull out the specs for ya.

[Vermelho]

http://m.ebay.com/itm/181527321176?ul_ref=http%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F0%2Fe11400.m1842.l3160%2F7%3Feuid%3D0ca7c6a0c0a74a27a8332d5e6e51c8ea%26loc%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fcgi.ebay.com%252Fws%252FeBayISAPI.dll%253FViewItem%2526item%253D181527321176%2526ssPageName%253DADME%253AL%253AOC%253AIE%253A3160%26srcrot%3De11400.m1842.l3160%26rvr_id%3D0&_mwBanner=1

There it is. I have one brand new and never used and one used about 5 times when I had the counter flow chiller. I paid $43 dollars but I see they're cheaper now with the exchange rate. Say 10 for the new one and I might keep the other as a spare.

[garciaBernal]

I'll take it off your hands for ten so.