Hey guys and gals,
I just bought a Velo 2 square meter erosion (closed dosing tank) filter and I am having some serious problems with the pump losing its prime. It will filter the first 10 bbls just fine through our 1" racking arm, but then, after there isn't much weight on the outgoing beer, it cavitates and all flow stops. I then throw it into recirc. I have tried slowing it down a lot but that doesn't work. So I figured it must be the fact that I am feeding through the 1" racking arm, so I tried just filtering out of the bottom of the tank (it's a BBT that has had the beer fined into it.) and that's a 1.5" port, and that didn't work either. Tried putting 17 psi on it. Same thing. Luckily, I can get it to run for about 30-60 seconds at a time before it loses the prime, but then it takes about 30 min. to filter the last 5 bbls. I am anything but a filter wiz so I am hoping one of you kind souls can guide me to a the promised land. Any help is much appreciated.
Cheers,
Jeff Erway
La Cumbre Brewing Co.
I just bought a Velo 2 square meter erosion (closed dosing tank) filter and I am having some serious problems with the pump losing its prime. It will filter the first 10 bbls just fine through our 1" racking arm, but then, after there isn't much weight on the outgoing beer, it cavitates and all flow stops. I then throw it into recirc. I have tried slowing it down a lot but that doesn't work. So I figured it must be the fact that I am feeding through the 1" racking arm, so I tried just filtering out of the bottom of the tank (it's a BBT that has had the beer fined into it.) and that's a 1.5" port, and that didn't work either. Tried putting 17 psi on it. Same thing. Luckily, I can get it to run for about 30-60 seconds at a time before it loses the prime, but then it takes about 30 min. to filter the last 5 bbls. I am anything but a filter wiz so I am hoping one of you kind souls can guide me to a the promised land. Any help is much appreciated.
Cheers,
Jeff Erway
La Cumbre Brewing Co.
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