A spot of pumping

[Will_D]

The spec rates the outpput of this at 1.8 litres/min at no head.

Is it really that low?

OK for re-circulating but a bit slow to transfer 50 litres?

[brenmurph]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-Mini-Plastic-Gear-Pump-Self-Sucking-Water-Pump-0-100-Food-Grade-ZC-A210-/201025040428?pt=BI_Pumps&hash=item2ece06b02c

thats the one, its done me very good service for quite a lot of usage so worth a bash at 15 euros.

well with the self-priming u dont have to worry about gravity. If ur pump is on a bench u can suck water up from a bucket on the floor and then onwards to a higher level, as I said I pump up to my conical from bench height. Fills 34 litres in 15 mins or so

[brenmurph]

Wheres the fire will, just have a cup of tea or a beer...or do the post brew clean up while its doing its thing.

i dont think everyone has to have a 200 euro chugger pump for a once a month brew day

Ask Dodge how to do a chilled brewday.  hes the expert! slow... slow....medal...medal

[Hop Bomb]

Enough of the sly digs at us chugger owners!   Worth every penny! (payed 125 GBP for mine btw)

There she is now all tucked away in her kennel. A sight to behold. 



* if my solar pump didnt die I wouldnt have bought the chugger. Glad I did though.

[Will_D]

Wheres the fire will, just have a cup of tea or a beer...or do the post brew clean up while its doing its thing.

I know I just didn't want someone expecting too much from this pump.

Does look great value though. If only I didn't have 2 solars sitting in a box somewhere. Must really get building but am up to my proverbials in cider and wine making!

[DEMPSEY]

I have 3 solar pumps that are fine but just will not push hard enough and need alot of coaxing. Going to do what I should have done and go for the chugger pump. I will find a project that best suits my solar pumps. A multi bottle washer perhaps with a dozen washing spears to help wash beer bottles maybe .

[montofk]

Good to get all the opinions, I had reservations about buying a little solar pump, then having it fail then buying another, then fail, then buy etc.... wouldn't be long getting up to near Chugger pump territory.... 

For 15quid though it's worth a shot on this one Bren is suggesting, I'll be realistic with my expectations of it, and if it survives half as many brews as his I'll be happy.   I did see the Chugger GB starting on another thread, and it did get me tempted for a minute  : but I'll be good and stay out of it, as Bren said it's hard to justify that expense for a once a month brew session.

[DEMPSEY]

I thought the same but you have it for life and others have said they all are happy once they made the decision to go for the chuggers. I have not had one person say they are sorry for buying one .

[Ciderhead]

If your intention longer term is to herms or recirculate then chugger or march and you can control outflow with valve or smaller out bore.
I use the former and get 7l a minute allowing me herms typical batch every 2 minutes.
I got here having gone through 3 solars which gave me 4l/min but all packed up after circa 10 brews

[Hop Bomb]

@ Bren - Its not about patience or lack of it for some of us. Ive personally put a lot of time & money into building my dream brew setup. Its an ongoing project which needs to be finished before I get married. Yes of course people get lots of medals & great results on budget gear but some of us like building & over building things. Basically, building a ferrari when a push bike would get us from A to B with same or similar results. I dont want cheap wheel trims on my ferrari though. I want big shiny alloys! 

[brenmurph]

Im confiused theres two threads on the same thing...anyways folks Im well aware of all the different passions for all things beer and stainless steel.

My point was purely financial. China make most opf the stuff in ur car, your house and your telecomunications and industry. Im not saying dont get a chugger made by slaves in mexico, im saying go direct to the factory in china a factory that makes industrial stuff. and a chugger style pump will be 50 dollars not 170 euros.

For thoose on a budget buy a cheap pump thats up to the job, the 15 dollar impeller pump isnt up to it, other 15-30 dollar pumps certainly are

I think the pumps pack up for numerous reasons.

1 dempsey smashes one into 10 bits
2  dempsey connects 240 volt to a 12 volt one
3 they overheat coz arnt up the the job of pumping wort, they are made for water :
4 the wrong ones are being chosen. :

Good luck with your Chggy buy, personally I have 3 pumps that suit our brewhouse well

[brenmurph]

@ tube
me i didnt mash up any pumps, I did freeze one with my beer  cooler while testing its efficience at  wort chilling.. didnt survive that, but it wasnt rated at -8c

my other two pumps are banging along nicely    so leave me out of this murderous pump issue, Im not a serial killer,  dempsey is

[DEMPSEY]

Anybody who has bought the chugger have atested to it being 100% what they want from it. This is not so with stuff on Alibaba. That is why I want to get something tried and tested by btewers here and in UK

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

@brenmurph, Bren do you use this pump to pump from your kettle through a xflow cooler or is it only used to circulate through the Herms coil? My feeling is I might need a Chugger for the hot end work but would get away with your pump for circulating the mash?

[brenmurph]

as mentioned I use the pump for mash circulate and pumping cooled wort to conical

My best guess would be that a plate chiller would need a stronger pump, maybe someong who uses one could comment