March pump (or similar)

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Permalink Reply by Greig McGill on August 16, 2011 at 4:59pm

I have one. I was pretty happy with it, but failed to read the instructions carefully. It required horizontal mounting (stated in smallprint in the manual, which I downloaded) and I mounted it vertically. Shortly after this it became very noisy, and didn't pump quite as well. I emailed the seller, and he told me I really should have mounted it horizontally. Fair enough, my failure.

It also has a max temp. of 80C, which can be a bit touch and go when compensating for cooling in the hose and trying to maintain a good strike temp for sparging. Maybe it was the heat which caused the noise? Anyway, I may get another and be more careful with it. We shall see...

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Permalink Reply by Martin Bridges on August 16, 2011 at 5:01pm

Be aware that some of the "overseas imitations" do not have any thread on the input and output, which makes connecting hoses a little more tricky.

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Permalink Reply by Brendon on August 17, 2011 at 5:02pm

I ended up buying a couple of these:

http://www.tescopumps.com/servlet/the-224/809pl-hs-dsh-c-beer-pump/...

 

Shipping was USD 61.00 in about Feb '11

 

B

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Greig McGill on August 18, 2011 at 7:45am

Nah, that's just mine. Some do. Check the model carefully. ;)

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Permalink Reply by Richard Jack on August 18, 2011 at 9:31am

A protip, thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Mills on August 18, 2011 at 9:17am

You could also go to Pump Machinery in NZ. I got my March 809-PL from them. You can also get replacement heads and stainless steel parts if you want.

 

http://www.pumpmachinery.co.nz/brands_march

 

When you factor the freight it works out to be a reasonable price to go to buy local.

 

Cheers,

Chris

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Permalink Reply by MrC on August 18, 2011 at 10:13am

What are the advantages of a march pump over the tempercon pump?

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Permalink Reply by studio1 on August 18, 2011 at 11:56am

I'm not fully qualified to comment as I don't own the tempercon pump - but March has reputation on its side and that means a hell of a lot to me when it comes to reliability, safety, value hold, serviceability etc

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