Recos for CIP ball

[Pheeel]

Does anyone have any recos for CIP balls? I want to use one to clean kegs. It doesn't need to be shiny

[Leann ull]

Recos?

You can find video where I compared my balls in equipment section(herms return). One was spinning, one was full of holes. Whayhaaay

[Simon_]

Reconnaissance soldier! He's looking for reconnaissance.
That or recommendations

[Pheeel]

Reconnaissance soldier! He's looking for reconnaissance.
That or recommendations

Yes the latter. Just wondering which ones folks have bought and had good experience with!

[Leann ull]

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[nigel_c]

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[Leann ull]

that's fecking enigma code, there is only one "a" in sake

[nigel_c]

[Pheeel]

Well this has gone Pete Tong...

[Will_D]

Lets get this thread back on the rails.

Before you buy a ball you need to know your pump capacity!

CIP is not just about spraying the solution over the containers surfaces. Some degree of physical water pressure is required to dive the ball and also to pressure jet bits of crud.

Then it gets complicated:

High Pressure pump, High delivery and too many big holes - poor performance.

What pump are you using?

And don't say chhugger!

Its reall about getting these two correct. A lot of trial and error or a good recomendation as the OP was about.

Did I say that the ball needs to spin really freely (i.e. be well made!)

[Pheeel]

Thanks Will. It's a pond pump that runs at 1400L per hour. BTW I checked, no lead

[Leann ull]

http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/forum/index.php/topic,15745.msg150947.html#msg150947
Chugger Pumping that, full throttle no good for spinning one tbh, HopBomb got the spinning one for Galway Bay.

I'm using pressure washer as skibeagle recommended without CIP head now and its the DB's.

Regime is now cold rinse to get the dregs out, them pbw mix in hot, lid on pressurised and drain off through a tap into bucket to see what comes out then powerwash spray to get real crud out then power washer in.
Power washer sitting directly over the tops of the posts and it blasts all the crap off the poppets.
Tip everything out and then starsan as above

Every second use of the corny gets the full strip otherwise its a flush with hot pbw and starsan.
Only down side is I also end out covered in PBW and SS

If you have a pond pump just use pbw and stick a copper pipe on it with some holes and a blank at the top with some more holes.
I did one of those years ago. They look pretty but in my experience don't beat a blast from a karcher with the karcher spinning head which to me strips skin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPwP-qIxNsk

[dcalnan]

I sourced the exact same pump the use in the marks carboy washer, http://www.petrolscooter.co.uk/water-pump-350-3500-lph-1-83m-4m-cable-uk-eu-plug-garden-pond-water-feature.html (the 3500lph one), next is to get a few fittings and some pipe and then I should have a washer build.

[Leann ull]

I think the other reason I never stuck with it was that for the carboys even leaving it for 30 mins running I could never really get rid of the krausen line with the same performance as my lazy (patent pending) roll soak on its side in OXY

Probably a vid here somewhere...   edit  pre vid just pics I'm afraid, I knew it was the profs fault I bought that thing more "gadget goading"

http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/forum/index.php/topic,5616.msg73955.html#msg73955
Even Barry (Bazza) said "Bang! and the stain is gone"

Let us know how you get on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N97hyo_Qr9s

[Pheeel]

Well I did tell the wife we needed a pressure washer for the garden... Okay I'll go with the pipe for now. I'm only using it for keg cleaning so less crud than a carboy