30cm SS false bottom for cooler

[imark]

Aye, mine is finished. Siphon effect doesn't really work as the 1/2" pipe isn't a snug fit in the tap. It's Irish half inch tho, and I may use UK half inch as it's a gee hair bigger, and I reckon I'm only a gee hair out.

Would a plastic half inch washer get you by?

Or maybe a rubber o ring? I bought a bag of epdm o rings on Sunday to get mine up and running. I'm not sure if they are food safe tho.

[Ciderhead]

If its a TPE it is, if its a TPV it isn't there is no way of tell unless you have it analysed. If it smells of rubber, dont use it

[imark]

If its a TPE it is, if its a TPV it isn't there is no way of tell unless you have it analysed. If it smells of rubber, dont use it

That's the Vatican line too. 
But seriously, I've used it this weekend. It's a black rubber smelling o-ring. How bad is it? Is the batch for the drain?

EDIT: Shite...looks like a potential cancer risk! Looks like that batch is headed for the bin. How are they selling this stuff in the plumbing section of B&Q?

[Shanna]

In fairness most of those bog standard orings are not supposed to be used in a food application at high temp. If your using them in contact with boiling wort they need to be high temp food safe.

Shanna

If its a TPE it is, if its a TPV it isn't there is no way of tell unless you have it analysed. If it smells of rubber, dont use it

That's the Vatican line too. 
But seriously, I've used it this weekend. It's a black rubber smelling o-ring. How bad is it? Is the batch for the drain?

EDIT: Shite...looks like a potential cancer risk! Looks like that batch is headed for the bin. How are they selling this stuff in the plumbing section of B&Q?

[imark]

Maybe so. I'll replace with a silicone one anyway. Ordering up on eBay tonight.
Really pissed off about dumping the beer . Waste of a day and ingredients.

[Ciderhead]

1 batch will not kill you...sorry for your trouble!

[johnrm]

Don't dump it, keep it for the big homebrew fest!
Get silicon rings and do a side by side taste test.

[imark]

I'm confused now!  :

[Garry]

Give it to the in-laws 

[Ciderhead]

you have put worse things than that in your mouth lurve, trust me, I had a summer job working in a factory making salads and coleslaw

[imark]

Like it!

[johnrm]

Cigarettes give you cancer.
Alcohol gives you cancer now.
Sunshine gives you cancer.
The toxins in the air we breathe.

Lets face it, we're all fucked, so may as well have a tasty brew.
Change the rings, rebrew and have a safer tasty brew.

[DEMPSEY]

You know there is alot to be said for the comment "ignorance is bliss"

[imark]

That's what the lads smoking woodbines in the asbestos factory said! But it does seem a shame to waste beer. Think I'll have a bbq and invite the awkward neighbours 

[Covey]

Whats with the scaremongering , im not toxicologist but i reckon its fine no need to replace. and certainly no need to dump the beer. Most are relatively inert after a good rinse i reckon.