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Small fountain pump

Hi all

I was just wondering if any of you had considered using a small fountain pump (yes I'm talking about something you would get from a garden center) to move your wine/beer instead of siphoning?

I have been looking for a way to speed up filtration and I thought that instead of a siphon what about pumping it? Then I got to thinking about the pump. Now a small fountain pump will easily fit in the fermented and has a small tube size so it will easily fit on to the filter (well with a slight mod anyway, oh and a jubilee clip to holed it in place!). From a fish keepers point of view we are always being told to only use plastic that is of food grade whenever we put anything in our tanks. This should therefore mean that a fountain pump must be designed with that in mind. I know that they have stainless steel inside so no rust. I know that you would want to leave the pump in some sterilizing fluid etc probably overnight to clean it up.

I look forward to your comments....
Thanks
Noah

 

Hey noah

You anticipated my first thought about the food grade material.

Would there be something appropriate from a restaurant equipment store? I assume something you got there would definitely be food grade.

Maybe something like the pump from a champagne fountain, where the glasses are stacked and the champagne's pumped to the top and trickles down?

 

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