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Permalink Reply by Haish on March 10, 2010 at 5:23pm

I think thats for 10 of them...

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Musther on April 28, 2010 at 7:55am

What sort of flow rate do you get? I'm looking at using one to recirculate the mash, but also to push hot wort through a heat exchanger (18m of copper pipe) and still want a decent flow rate. Any thoughts?

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Permalink Reply by studio1 on May 7, 2010 at 11:56am

Anyone use their march pump to transfer from Carboy to keg? I hate how I have to lift out my carboy from the chest freezer where it has been crash chilling only to stir up all the sediment again!

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Permalink Reply by Reviled on May 7, 2010 at 12:01pm

Have you ever tried syphoning it out with the carboy sitting in the chest freezer?? Or too much hassle?

I would be concerned about how much oxygen the march pump would introduce to fermented beer

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Permalink Reply by studio1 on May 7, 2010 at 12:07pm

doesn't the syphon outlet have to sit lower than the input? yes i see you would really have to prime your pump properly to make sure there is no air bubbling around the head.

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Permalink Reply by Reviled on May 7, 2010 at 12:14pm

I dont know too much about that sorry mate, but pretty sure you could use something like this??

http://www.sella.co.nz/general/building-renovation/tools/other-tool...

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Permalink Reply by Steve Baker on May 7, 2010 at 2:16pm

I got this syphon from Plastic Box. Its very cheap and does the job but the plastic is a bit nasty.

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Permalink Reply by Horace on May 7, 2010 at 3:16pm

You could try something like this with one tube going from near the bottom of the carboy to keg and another from gas to carboy. Using a very low pressure to push beer across. I'm sure the hood would pop off before a carboy broke and would be safer than lifting it any way.

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Permalink Reply by craig rothwell on September 27, 2011 at 7:42pm

Anyone have any idea how good this pump from craftbrewer is:

http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/shop/details.asp?PID=4270

 

Looks like a good alternative to a March pump.  

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Musther on September 27, 2011 at 7:59pm

I have one of those, albeit from Tempercon (in NZ).  They come in different sizes, capacities, heads etc, here's one  on TradeMe:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Building-renovation/Heating-cooling/Heatin...

Click on sellers other listings to see some more, or just search TradeMe for 'magnetic pump'.  

 

As for how good/bad they are; I've never had a problem.  Take 100 degrees without a worry, provide decent head and flow rate, and are pretty compact.  Build quality seems fine.  I can't imagine how a March could be any better really.  Well, you could have the whole thing cast out of 316 stainless, but apart from that :-)

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Permalink Reply by Sparky on September 28, 2011 at 9:58pm

Me too. I've got one of these from Tempercon NZ thru Trademe and it has been a great asset and works well. Same principle as a March and reasonably priced when I bought in 2009. $168 if I remember correctly. Model is WP-MD15R: 8mm & 6mm 20W 2M 15L/Min. Sept 2011 price: $196.

 

Easy to strip and inspect for cleanliness too!

 

Cheers

WayneO

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