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Post by Leftympfrmde on Oct 13, 2023 11:53:10 GMT -6
..when you swap out two pumps in one day .
Back in '21 won a blichmann riptide pump as a door prize at big brew day. Last two brew sessions, if I ran it once, stopped, and try to run again, it would bog down and work intermittently. After trouble shooting, I have no patience for it. If anyone wants a project, I'll mail it to you- just cover postage. 2 years is unacceptable for it to fail.
Installed my original March 909 pump. Hasn't ran in a couple years, so greased the bareings, and did a bench test. After 12 years of service, the shaft is bent to wear it seized. Feck.
Enter pump #3- picked it up for a song when someone was getting out of the hobby- chugger pump. It was part of my mobile set up for group brews. Installed it, and now, the home system is up and running.
Lesson learned- hold on to your spare gear 😎
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Post by Ken on Oct 14, 2023 8:07:07 GMT -6
I have always used gravity .. in 24 years of brewing I have never used a pump. That said, I hate things that don't have a lifespan. I hate things that don't work.
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Post by brewbama on Oct 25, 2023 6:58:44 GMT -6
You know you’ve been too long when…
a problem arises and you calmly and quietly but quickly go thru your options, weigh pros/cons of each, develop a course of action, solve the problem, and continue the mission.
It sounds simple but I recall when issues would arise the inevitable outcome would be a ruined beer (or so I thought).
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Post by denny on Oct 25, 2023 13:05:07 GMT -6
You know you’ve been too long when… a problem arises and you calmly and quietly but quickly go thru your options, weigh pros/cons of each, develop a course of action, solve the problem, and continue the mission. It sounds simple but I recall when issues would arise the inevitable outcome would be a ruined beer (or so I thought). That's the way I look at it, too. |
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Post by Ken on Oct 26, 2023 9:05:54 GMT -6
You know you’ve been too long when… a problem arises and you calmly and quietly but quickly go thru your options, weigh pros/cons of each, develop a course of action, solve the problem, and continue the mission. It sounds simple but I recall when issues would arise the inevitable outcome would be a ruined beer (or so I thought). Right. I used to be a very much a "brew by the numbers" person. If there was any wrinkle or obstacle I might panic. Not now. I'm sure we have all encountered things we didn't expect so we navigated around them, continued and then by the time that keg made it to the taps, we'd forgotten there was even an issue.  |
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Post by denny on Oct 26, 2023 11:59:12 GMT -6
A good friend once said the best brewing advice I ever gave him was "you're an intelligent person. Deal with it"
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Post by Ken on Oct 26, 2023 14:13:46 GMT -6
A good friend once said the best brewing advice I ever gave him was "you're an intelligent person. Deal with it" Yeah, that's good. When you're a new brewer you might think you did something that might cause a problem (and maybe you did!) but you usually find out that it's all good. I remember the clamp on my chiller coming loose as I began to chill and cold hose water started spraying all over my garage including IN the kettle. I posted about it and most people said that the wort was so hot nothing bad could happen and someone from my area reminded me that our water has a good amount of chlorine in it so low chances anything was living in it. Now if I could just figure out why some batches are better than others.  |
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Post by Megary on Oct 26, 2023 15:02:38 GMT -6
I think homebrewing can have problems and PROBLEMS. The more you brew, the more you don’t sweat the problems and you learn how to avoid the PROBLEMS.  |
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Post by Ken on Oct 26, 2023 15:17:34 GMT -6
I think homebrewing can have problems and PROBLEMS. The more you brew, the more you don’t sweat the problems and you learn how to avoid the PROBLEMS. This should be on a t-shirt. I'll have some made up. Everyone just tell me which color and which size.  |
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