I'm thinking of building a keg washer. It would be a double basin, I don't have room for three. 1 side for rinsing, and the second for caustic (or sanitizing), and then back to the first bowl to rinse again. I think that I'm okay with the rinse side, my quetion lies with the caustic side. I would like to use my existing portable pump for my CIP wash, I would circluate though the liquid side of a sanke tap handle (backflows removed) and drain out the gas side with the keg inverted in the basin. My question lies with the fact that my pump I would recirculate with is 1.5 hp, is this to much for the tap handle or the keg? and if so what is typically used?
Also from what i've read you can usually caustic 4-5 kegs per batch of cleaner, with that in mind if I start with my solution in the high 140 degree range is my heat loss enough that I need an imersion heater or if I lose 8-10 degrees is it just an extra, be nice to have, cost?
Thanks,
Bill Kroft
Also from what i've read you can usually caustic 4-5 kegs per batch of cleaner, with that in mind if I start with my solution in the high 140 degree range is my heat loss enough that I need an imersion heater or if I lose 8-10 degrees is it just an extra, be nice to have, cost?
Thanks,
Bill Kroft
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