Kegkingdom Brewpump 3000

[Spud395]

Will do John, be a simple no frills 3 vessel system. Combination of gravity and pumped, fully manual, frugal as ever  no fancy pots here ( yet anyway)

[Leann ull]

It's the mothers milk it makes tho

[Spud395]

 

[Damofto]

Going to include a bleed system to prime the pump

Spud how were you planning on doing this? I used mine for the first time at the weekend with Bulldog brewer and it was airlocking on me. I thought at first I had a stuck mash but when I put it on the Sparge Water heater the same thing was happening. 

[ferg]

Just got mine, the connections (plastic) on it don't seem to bsp though? What did yous do? Lots of plumbers tape and just force the threads?

[darren996]

Do not force the threads. You need female bsp 1/2" threads.

[Damofto]

The stainless hosetails that I bought on Ebay didn't fit either even though they were 1/2 BSP and I damaged one of the threads slightly, so I ordered a Brass set from a different supplier and they seemed to fit better but I'd be afraid to take them off again.
The plastic threads are a bit of a downside to this pump.

[darren996]

I would recommend getting onto Matt at keg kingdom about getting the exact connections, seems to be a common issue.

[Spud395]

I'm after forgetting how to post pic's here, it's the old age I'm sure.
I may have attached some, or not

Any way @Damofto I've a stainless elbow into an inline tee with a valve going straight ahead and one off to the side.
Bleed with the valve to the side and control your flow with the inline valve when pumping

[Spud395]

At least I can see the pic, let me know if you can't.
Attached another for clarity, only mocked up btw, wouldn't leave it like that.

Yeah CH solar pump in the last build.

[Leann ull]

Looking good, I never bothered myself with a bleed and just cycle a few times at the start or half way through, but I've have seen enough of others to know they work and worth the effort.

[DEMPSEY]

I had a bleed off on my Chuggers to allow me to flood them

[Leann ull]

If it's below level of mt no problem

[Damofto]

Thanks very much Spud that helps a lot. I hadn't a clue where to start but should be able to put something similar together easy enough at the weekend I think.

[Frasach]

Hi Darren, haven't posted before but had a question on brewpump 3000. I have a single tier 3 keggle system and bought one of these pumps from Ali express to get a stainless steel head. Arrived today and I have installed under my keggle. It is sitting below the keg about 18 inches or so but I attached it to the bench so it's screwed  pointing upward.

When turned on it was struggling to pump up to the next keg, I reckon just over a metre. I gad to lift the outflow hose down until water flowed out then lift into keg to get it flowing. 

Looking at your video,  and others on Web it looks like every one has them on the flat. Do you reckon it makes a difference?