The Pumps

I got the pumps from ebay for about 27 quid each.  They are used but are perfectly clean and serviceable.  They are Totton GP20/12's which are magnetically coupled so that I can control the flow with a ball valve on the "out" side without causing stress on the unit.

I use one pump to pump the wort and another to pump clean water for doughing in and sparging.  Most people seem to use just one pump but this only works if you batch sparge or, when you fly sparge you use gravity for either sparging or transferring wort to the copper.

At the time this photo was taken I had to plug the pumps into an extension lead when I needed to use them.  Now they are connected up with switches as shown below.  So high-tech!

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