Upgrade for my conical
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 7:51 pm
I am tired of having to disassemble my ball valves every time I clean my conical. So I ordered a pair of these
http://conical-fermenter.com/Butterfly-Valve.html
If you ever buy a conical, brew pot, mash tun, or anything else that requires a valve I highly recommend spending the extra $ to go with butterfly valves.
It is essential that I disassemble my ball valves every time I clean my conical because trub and stuff gets caught in there where it doesn't get washed out. This last time I dumped my sanitizer in my conical it came running out the ball valves like they were opened up. Turned out I didn't torque them tight enough last time I cleaned them. I had a huge puddle of sanitizer I had to clean up. That frustration was enough to get me to let go of a hundred bucks for an upgrade. Had I taken the upgrade when I bought the thing it would have only been $50.
http://conical-fermenter.com/Butterfly-Valve.html
If you ever buy a conical, brew pot, mash tun, or anything else that requires a valve I highly recommend spending the extra $ to go with butterfly valves.
It is essential that I disassemble my ball valves every time I clean my conical because trub and stuff gets caught in there where it doesn't get washed out. This last time I dumped my sanitizer in my conical it came running out the ball valves like they were opened up. Turned out I didn't torque them tight enough last time I cleaned them. I had a huge puddle of sanitizer I had to clean up. That frustration was enough to get me to let go of a hundred bucks for an upgrade. Had I taken the upgrade when I bought the thing it would have only been $50.