Spinny spargey arm thingy

mrlard
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Re: Spinny spargey arm thingy

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spinning sparge arms aren't needed in small set ups...

I understand their need in big rigs but not for what homebrews do. Give me 2 meters of hose and i will show you how to hit 85% everytime.

your money is better spent elsewhere - flow rate out of the tun is far more important than how you add liquor.
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I_used_to_brew
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Re: Spinny spargey arm thingy

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Sounds good Tim. I was considering a non spinning dribbler/spray matrix until I got this. Something slightly hypnotic about the spinning :)
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I forgot to say 1 of mr lards pumps make the spage arms work perfectly !
And they are hypnotic lol
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Re: Spinny spargey arm thingy

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Just to clarify, I did not build the sparge arm , I bought it and I think it was identical to this
http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/aca ... j8ZkZ5watE
I did however adapt it to higher flow rates by drilling out the holes a bit which allows a 2l/min flow and a good even spray.
I do like them and they do look great and have used them for years but as mr lard says they don't make much odds. I have done it with and without and got the same efficiency. This was after Mr lard said the pipe laid on the mash bed with a couple of cm coverage works a treat. Roger, I think your jump in efficiency is the false bottom (Mrlard one) as its over the entire bottom of the vessel so you get even flow through the mash bed.

Cheers

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Could be right Rich, I had no need to recirculate at all which was a bonus too.

Lardy gear is well thought out and works efficiently. I have a pretty much 100% Lard-derived brewkit now.
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Re: Spinny spargey arm thingy

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it does what is says on the tin ;-)
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