connectors for therminator
#1
Posted 29 June 2009 - 12:33 PM
#2
Posted 29 June 2009 - 12:42 PM
#3
Posted 29 June 2009 - 12:43 PM
Edited by pods8, 29 June 2009 - 12:44 PM.
#4
Posted 29 June 2009 - 04:11 PM
#5
Posted 29 June 2009 - 04:29 PM
These are the best prices I've found anywhere for fittings and valves. https://stores.shop....634Q2ec0Q2em322Well, I guess I'll just go to the hardware store. Thanks to everyone for attempting to answer my question.
#6
Posted 29 June 2009 - 05:09 PM
#7
Posted 30 June 2009 - 07:27 AM
which one of those will fit the chiller? I'm sorry, I'm not very plumbing savvy.These are the best prices I've found anywhere for fittings and valves. https://stores.shop....634Q2ec0Q2em322
#8
Posted 30 June 2009 - 11:16 AM
#9
Posted 30 June 2009 - 11:58 AM
Did you mean to use a sarcasm smiley there? I told you exactly what is on my system. You vaguely asked about "connectors" and I assumed you meant these https://www.blichman...ckConnector.htm I only use them on the wort out and at the time spent some time looking for another means but didn't find anything I liked readily available (ie NPT x hose barb with a swivel nut that accepted an o-ring). The wort in uses a standard ball valve on the terminator and then a connection to the brass quick disconnects I use in my pumping system but the connection to the therminator itself is the ball valve. The water side is just plastic garden hose quick disconnects you get at the hardware store for cheap. How did that not attempt to answer your question?Well, I guess I'll just go to the hardware store. Thanks to everyone for attempting to answer my question.
#10
Posted 30 June 2009 - 07:31 PM
My question centered around finding a cheaper source for the same type of connector. You still have not attempted to cite any cheaper source, or even told me anything that I can even remotely understand. I'm not looking for technical jargon, I'm looking to see if I can get the same thing cheaper. If the answer is no, then a simple no would suffice.Did you mean to use a sarcasm smiley there? I told you exactly what is on my system. You vaguely asked about "connectors" and I assumed you meant these https://www.blichman...ckConnector.htm I only use them on the wort out and at the time spent some time looking for another means but didn't find anything I liked readily available (ie NPT x hose barb with a swivel nut that accepted an o-ring). The wort in uses a standard ball valve on the terminator and then a connection to the brass quick disconnects I use in my pumping system but the connection to the therminator itself is the ball valve. The water side is just plastic garden hose quick disconnects you get at the hardware store for cheap. How did that not attempt to answer your question?
#11
Posted 01 July 2009 - 07:36 AM
Since when has "ball valve", "brass quick connect", and "plastic garden hose quick disconnect" become technical jargon and not a regular old description of the product? If you're looking for someone else who provides the exact same part as blichmann, I never found them when I was looking a couple years ago. We're tinkerers on this board and as such tend to have some basic common sense about components, either ask questions nicely if you don't understand something or go buy the finished product if you're going to walk around with an attitude like that since most posts about DIY projects are going to have big words like that. Sorry I didn't have a specific link because you obviously just want some point and click link rather than trying to read a few simple sentences of English.I was trying to point out how I set up my system cost effectively (for what I wanted) by buying only a pack of two of those connectors to make the 3/8" connection to tubing that I wanted to use to go into my fermentor. Those fittings are the best bet to make the transition to 3/8" tubing in my mind. One tube has the thrumometer on it and I swap that out for a plain tube when I do boiling water recirculation because the thrumometer isn't supposed to go over 140. Make sense? On the wort in I used a regular brass ball valve (HOME DEPOT) to connect to the chiller. The other side of the ball valve is a brass quick disconnect I use on my pumping tubes, the same ones many guys on the board use that can be bought from McMaster, if you are unfamiliar and want info try asking rather than being a snot about it.Both water connections I have a basic plastic garden hose quick disconnect male piece (HOME DEPOT) and then on my hoses I attach up to direct water flow I have the basic plastic garden hose quick disconnect female piece (HOME DEPOT).My question centered around finding a cheaper source for the same type of connector. You still have not attempted to cite any cheaper source, or even told me anything that I can even remotely understand. I'm not looking for technical jargon, I'm looking to see if I can get the same thing cheaper. If the answer is no, then a simple no would suffice.
#12
Posted 01 July 2009 - 09:27 AM
#13
Posted 01 July 2009 - 09:37 AM
Sorry for having a dialogue about the some options and trying to be helpful, apparently I didn't get a rule book for responding to chefmiller questions yet about only speaking when spoken to or some BS. Is it okay if I go to the bathroom too?quote: "If you're looking for someone else who provides the exact same part as blichmann, I never found them when I was looking a couple years ago."See, wasn't that simple? We could've be done with this conversation right then.
#14
Posted 01 July 2009 - 10:32 AM
#15
Posted 01 July 2009 - 10:43 AM
But you didn't even post the link to the connector you were looking for an alternative for. There might be a cheaper source I can cite, but I don't know what you're looking for.My question centered around finding a cheaper source for the same type of connector. You still have not attempted to cite any cheaper source, or even told me anything that I can even remotely understand. I'm not looking for technical jargon, I'm looking to see if I can get the same thing cheaper. If the answer is no, then a simple no would suffice.
#17
Posted 01 July 2009 - 11:23 AM
1, the caffeine is going through me.#1 or #2?
Bingo, I assumed he was talking about the ones the manufacturer offers and I posted a link eventually but with a vague intro post I was pretty surprised this poster is throwing attitude out when we're just filling in ways to set up a system.But you didn't even post the link to the connector you were looking for an alternative for. There might be a cheaper source I can cite, but I don't know what you're looking for.
#18
Posted 01 July 2009 - 01:12 PM
Well, you can probably put that together for cheaper than $18 a pair, but only by a few dollars and the shipping charges would kill the deal anyway.
#19
Posted 01 July 2009 - 02:55 PM
And on top of that, there is nothing "quick" about those anyway. You still need to screw these on each time you use it, QDs are so much more valuable, (and actually cheaper too)Well, you can probably put that together for cheaper than $18 a pair, but only by a few dollars and the shipping charges would kill the deal anyway.
#20
Posted 02 July 2009 - 08:41 AM
I agree, a real QD would be much better.And on top of that, there is nothing "quick" about those anyway. You still need to screw these on each time you use it, QDs are so much more valuable, (and actually cheaper too)
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