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Phil Lapp
Junior Member
Username: Phil_lapp
Post Number: 43
Registered: 06-2005
Posted From: 216.107.194.217
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 05:19 pm: | 
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I don't have a brew stand. Basically, I set up the burners, cooler, chiller, etc. every time I brew on some tables, stands. I am looking to start using a pump. How do folks mount / use their pump when the whole thing gets torn down and rebuilt for each brew session?
I am not doing a RIMS, just moving wort and speeding up the chill. Thoughts? phil |
Gary Muehe
Member
Username: Garymuehe
Post Number: 171
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 75.57.106.88
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 05:31 pm: |
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I use a pair of vise grips to clamp the pump to my brew stand. The pump is mounted on a bracket a friend of mine welded together for me. The same guy who welded the brew stand together. The original plan was to permanently mount the pump and bracket to the stand at the lowest point possible. The I got cold feet about leaving the pump out in the garage during the winter months as it mught have some liquid left in it to freeze and bust the pump head. |
JimTanguay
Advanced Member
Username: Pizzaman
Post Number: 625
Registered: 02-2003
Posted From: 24.18.213.14
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 05:47 pm: |
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I throw down a piece of plywood and the pump sits on that but I don't attach it. |
Drew Pattison
Member
Username: Droopy
Post Number: 175
Registered: 06-2003
Posted From: 143.115.159.53
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 07:15 pm: |
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I now have a permanent stand that the pump is fixed to but used to put up and tear down like you do. In those days I just put the pump on the ground. It doesn't need to be mounted to anything. |
Bill Pierce
Moderator
Username: Billpierce
Post Number: 6111
Registered: 01-2002
Posted From: 24.57.224.220
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 07:33 pm: |
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I would mount the pump to a piece of 3/4 inch plywood or a 2x6, which can be set on the floor or the ground when brewing. |
Tom Gardner
Advanced Member
Username: Tom
Post Number: 925
Registered: 01-2001
Posted From: 75.71.179.187
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 09:33 pm: |
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I brew outside and just put it on the ground. I use high-temp 1/2" ID silicone tubing and polysulfone QDs on each kettle and the CFC. Tom |
Bob Wall
Advanced Member
Username: Brewdudebob
Post Number: 619
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 139.76.128.71
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 09:59 pm: |
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http://morebeer.com/product.html?product_id=17322
Give a man a beer and he'll waste an hour. Teach a man to brew and he'll waste a lifetime.
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robert rulmyr
Advanced Member
Username: Wacobob
Post Number: 865
Registered: 02-2003
Posted From: 24.155.7.171
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 01:51 pm: |
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I keep my pump just barely off the ground. Bolted to a piece of wood that I can hang from a cart. One little spill outside and you have wort/water on the ground. I want to keep my pump above that! |
Phil Lapp
Junior Member
Username: Phil_lapp
Post Number: 45
Registered: 06-2005
Posted From: 216.107.194.217
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 03:06 pm: |
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Thanks all. That gives me a good sense of what works out there. phil. |
Tim Wi
Advanced Member
Username: Riverkeeper
Post Number: 674
Registered: 03-2005
Posted From: 170.141.68.2
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 04:33 pm: |
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Phil,
I mounted my pump in an ammo can. I got the idea from a thread on NB site where a guy used an electrical junction box.
I'll post pics later.
Tim |
Tim Wi
Advanced Member
Username: Riverkeeper
Post Number: 675
Registered: 03-2005
Posted From: 170.141.68.2
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 06:01 pm: |
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Phill,
Check out the photos on this NB thread...
http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?t=37082&highlight=march+pump
johnplctech is the guy I got my idea for mounting my pump from. I bought a new March 809 from Tate Engineering (ebay). It did not have a stand and I had to wire in a switch and power cord, no big deal. Anyway, I used an old ammo can, cut a hole large enough to accomodate the shaft and pump head mounting screws, and it looks like what John did. There is a thread where he describes the way he mounted it in detail on the NB forum. Pretty cool. Mobile and protected from liquids, dust, etc.
It is here:
http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?t=32592&postdays=0&postorder=asc&s tart=0
Another good NB thread on pump set up... one pic showing the pump with a gravity brewery like what u describe...
http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?t=36095&highlight=march+pump
Tim |
Tim Wi
Advanced Member
Username: Riverkeeper
Post Number: 676
Registered: 03-2005
Posted From: 170.141.68.2
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 06:10 pm: |
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I see Tate is still selling these pumps for $90 buy it now with $10 S&H:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Home-Brewing-New-March-Pump_W0QQitemZ160066056822QQihZ006QQc ategoryZ38172QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
Tim |
davidw
Senior Member
Username: Davidw
Post Number: 1671
Registered: 03-2001
Posted From: 65.163.6.62
| | Posted on Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 03:57 pm: |
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I've got mine mounted permanently to a 1x4 with a couple holes that drop down over two threaded studs on the base of the brewing stand. Then I just use a couple wing nuts to hold it down. I'm still in the process of finishing my garage, which isn't heated yet, so I too was concerned about leaving it out in the cold.
Pic:
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Tim Wi
Advanced Member
Username: Riverkeeper
Post Number: 680
Registered: 03-2005
Posted From: 24.158.157.254
| | Posted on Friday, December 29, 2006 - 02:21 am: |
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Pictures as promised.
Plenty of room for storage of odds and ends inside, plus, note gasket in lid. Waterproof from above.
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Dave Witt
Advanced Member
Username: Davew
Post Number: 908
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 64.53.226.78
| | Posted on Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 04:49 pm: |
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After looking at the links showing the pump you got your idea from, as well as your pump, Tim, are you concerned with the pump over heating? I loosely form a piece of foil over the top of my pumps to keep them dry. Crude, but it works. |
robert rulmyr
Advanced Member
Username: Wacobob
Post Number: 867
Registered: 02-2003
Posted From: 24.155.44.240
| | Posted on Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 06:05 pm: |
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I agree with Dave, overheating is not good. I put an old coffee can over my pump. |
Tim Wi
Advanced Member
Username: Riverkeeper
Post Number: 683
Registered: 03-2005
Posted From: 24.158.157.254
| | Posted on Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 08:10 pm: |
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No. Not worried about it. I only run it about 40 minutes max in the box. I've left that black motor sitting in full sunlight and it gets much much hotter than it does running in my box.
The 809 pump is designed for 24/7 use in solar heat applications in tight spaces moving very hot water. So long as air flow is not restricted to where it can't pass in and out of the motor housing, everything is slick.
Tim |
Scott Folsom
Member
Username: Sfolsom
Post Number: 169
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 68.227.205.171
| | Posted on Sunday, December 31, 2006 - 05:33 am: |
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I know it's late, but here's what I did.
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Vance Barnes
Senior Member
Username: Vancebarnes
Post Number: 2589
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 208.49.148.10
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 08:44 pm: |
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A quanset hut for a March pump. Pretty cool. Nice O2 inline injection too. And I'm definately stealing the O2 canister holder idea. There's been several times I've had to catch mine as it toppled over. Seems like it could be pretty spectacular if the regulator end hit the concrete. |
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