I would guess Ace would have some british thread selection, but I got mine from the local Swaglok dealer in Denver. You can certainly get a selection of adapters from McMaster supply online, but the shipping would probably cost too much. Does the braided hose that goes to Brewtus go to the inlet of a vibe pump? That is why I changed to an external rotary pump, because I wasn't aware of how to connect the mains line to the push-on silicone hose fitting which was part of the pump. Since then, I have seen an adapter for that application. I didn't need the external pump, but back then the info was not clear, so my mains line goes straight to the boiler tee where the vibe pump connects to. - Dennis
Bruce Keeler To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 10:14 AM Subject: Re: Plumbing fittings I've attached a cheesy phone-cam picture of "frankenconnector". You can understand why I want to get this cleaned up and sorted out. It's not a scary-looking with the naked eye though, I swear! :) The braided hose at the bottom goes to the B2 and the female connector is part of it. The double-male part with all the tape is something that also came with the Brewtus. I had hoped it was NPT, but it didn't quite fit anything they had at Ace. The double-female is NPT and it almost fits the Brewtus supplied part, but not quite. The top is 3/8 compression from the water supply. Having now read up on BSP it does sound likely that that's what's on the end of the braided hose. Now I guess I have to figure out exactly which size and track down a proper adapter. Thanks for the help, Bruce On 7/23/2009 2:52 PM, Dennis Keating wrote: I didn't know WLL had a plumb in kit. It was promised to be available within one year of the beginning sale of B1 , but never was available, as there was a lot of interest posted on this forum. Instead, WLL used the time to develop newer models of Brewtus. I understand the factory uses a valve to be switched between reservoir and mains supply, and don't see why a part like that couldn't be used with the Brewtus models. Cost per unit , I guess. If you are tapping into the boiler tee inside the machine, (the hole where your vibe pump tube screws into) that thread should be 1/4 British pipe. One simple adapter from 1/4 british pipe to either 1/4 or 3/8 NPT (your choice, but a 3/8 feed in would be better.) The way I understand it, you can get 1/8 british to work woth 1/8 NPT with teflon tape, but not the 1/4 size. It will leak. You should check with WLL because I have no idea what they supplied you with, but it shouldn't need any other adapters for you to get. - Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Keeler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 1:18 PM Subject: Plumbing fittings Well, I finally made it to the homebrew store to buy citric acid to descale my boilers. It's now time to revisit an issue I had when I first bought my BII, which is plumbing. I ordered my Brewtus with the optional plumbing kit. When I went to hook it up I could find no clue as to what size the fitting was. After several trips to Ace hardware and much headscratching, I finally came up with a combination of fittings, couplings and shitloads of teflon tape which only leaked a tiny bit. I'd like to finally do the job right. So, does anyone know offhand just what size/type of fitting I need to buy? Thanks, Bruce --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
