Hey guys,
So last week I thought I was pretty clever and added a second head to my home built manual washer. Fired it up this eve and lost my nerve. Now I'm wondering if I plumbed it right.
The 2 head circuits are run in parallel. 3/4" line fed by a 60gpm pump that is then split to two 1/2" lines to the sanke connectors, then 1/2" line back to a 1.5" sight glass (so I can see when the crap is flushed out) and onto 3/4" outflow lines to drain, acid/caustic return, rinse water return, and starsan return.
I have co2 and compressed air connected too.
The process we run is blowout the old beer with air to the drain, rinse with hot (~150F) water - cloudy water down the drain, then switch to a return to the rinse water tank (our BK), then acid or caustic wash for 1-2 minutes, blowout with air back to acid/caustic tank (our HLT), the a water rinse and air blowout back to the rinse tank, then a starsan rinse and blowout with CO2 to the starsan tank (our MLT) , and finally the outflow is closed allowing the keg to pressure up to 5-10psi with CO2.
There are some subtle difference in lengths of the 1/2" lines that feed the sanke connectors, but otherwise the fittings, valves, etc, are all the same. My thought is that the rate limiting step on either circuit is the sanke connector, so a 3' vs a 5' line shouldn't matter. Am I right?? I have the 1/2" tailpieces, but the sanke connectors are tighter than that.
I suppose my post has gone from asking about balancing the pressure and flow to multiple keg washer heads, to also seeking confirmation that my design is ok....sorry about that!!!
Any advice is appreciated.
-J.
So last week I thought I was pretty clever and added a second head to my home built manual washer. Fired it up this eve and lost my nerve. Now I'm wondering if I plumbed it right.
The 2 head circuits are run in parallel. 3/4" line fed by a 60gpm pump that is then split to two 1/2" lines to the sanke connectors, then 1/2" line back to a 1.5" sight glass (so I can see when the crap is flushed out) and onto 3/4" outflow lines to drain, acid/caustic return, rinse water return, and starsan return.
I have co2 and compressed air connected too.
The process we run is blowout the old beer with air to the drain, rinse with hot (~150F) water - cloudy water down the drain, then switch to a return to the rinse water tank (our BK), then acid or caustic wash for 1-2 minutes, blowout with air back to acid/caustic tank (our HLT), the a water rinse and air blowout back to the rinse tank, then a starsan rinse and blowout with CO2 to the starsan tank (our MLT) , and finally the outflow is closed allowing the keg to pressure up to 5-10psi with CO2.
There are some subtle difference in lengths of the 1/2" lines that feed the sanke connectors, but otherwise the fittings, valves, etc, are all the same. My thought is that the rate limiting step on either circuit is the sanke connector, so a 3' vs a 5' line shouldn't matter. Am I right?? I have the 1/2" tailpieces, but the sanke connectors are tighter than that.
I suppose my post has gone from asking about balancing the pressure and flow to multiple keg washer heads, to also seeking confirmation that my design is ok....sorry about that!!!
Any advice is appreciated.
-J.
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