Transamguy77
Well-Known Member
So a few months ago I started thinking of putting something together to circulate ice water through my chiller and now with the summer months coming and my ground water going to be in the 70's I should get started.
The wheels really got going when I received an email from Midwest supplies about a keg washer that was on sale, I thought I could make something to not only circulate ice water but double as a keg washer too. As any DIY homebrewer I am always looking to use what I have or come across to use in my brewery, so sometime ago I replaced an electric water pump on a 5 series BMW (it still pumped but didn't cool the car) at the time I couldn't get it to power up so I put it aside, now I was determined to get it to work so I sent a few emails, made a few calls and had a few of us at work put our heads together and got it to work!
Now all I had to do was take the image in my head to lowes and buy all the fittings and valves and put it all together. It only took me a couple of hours, would have been sooner but I neglected to check the clock position of the pump and had to use some wood to make a wedge to set the pump up so it would be square with the bin.
The only thing I need to add are the hoses and QD's for the corny posts
I need to hit the LHBS for a set of QD's and I'll be ready to wash kegs. Here are a few pics.
The wheels really got going when I received an email from Midwest supplies about a keg washer that was on sale, I thought I could make something to not only circulate ice water but double as a keg washer too. As any DIY homebrewer I am always looking to use what I have or come across to use in my brewery, so sometime ago I replaced an electric water pump on a 5 series BMW (it still pumped but didn't cool the car) at the time I couldn't get it to power up so I put it aside, now I was determined to get it to work so I sent a few emails, made a few calls and had a few of us at work put our heads together and got it to work!
Now all I had to do was take the image in my head to lowes and buy all the fittings and valves and put it all together. It only took me a couple of hours, would have been sooner but I neglected to check the clock position of the pump and had to use some wood to make a wedge to set the pump up so it would be square with the bin.
The only thing I need to add are the hoses and QD's for the corny posts
I need to hit the LHBS for a set of QD's and I'll be ready to wash kegs. Here are a few pics.