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[brewman]

Thanks to an unnamed drunken pirate shown below I now have my own keg washer.  It was an easy build and I forgot to take picks for each step but I did get a few. so Here is what I ended up with.

 

Drunk guy who gave me the pump.

 

The pump

 

Pump connection and T

 

Hose connections

 

Connections attached to T

 

All put together

 

Washing my first Keg

 

 

[SchwanzBrewer]

wrong forum drunkie! lol

[brewman]

Whoops.

[Corbin]

Confused. What are the QD's for?

[SchwanzBrewer]

Attach them to the posts and you'll get cleaner to go through them so you don't have to tear them down every time. 

[Corbin]

Attach them to the posts and you'll get cleaner to go through them so you don't have to tear them down every time. 

Brilliant!

[Poptop]

And to think all this time I've used oxyclean and a toilet brush.  What a friggin ape I've turned out to be.

[SchwanzBrewer]

And to think all this time I've used oxyclean and a toilet brush.  What a friggin ape I've turned out to be.

 

If I have time to do it I'll set mine up and go through a keg every 5 minutes. I make sure to use hot water with the PBW. Otherwise it takes me about 30 minutes per keg to do a deep clean. When you are cleaning 20 kegs, that isn't fun.

[Poptop]

20 kegs......  I have 4

[SchwanzBrewer]

20 kegs......  I have 4

 

I'm greedy. 

[djinkc]

Nice!  I couldn't find the 4 way split when I made mine.  You'll love it.

[gnef]

what pump are you using?

 

I've been thinking about building one of these for years, but just have never gotten around to it.

 

I decided to do more research recently, but all the pumps in my price range that I was looking at with the power I wanted were only rated up to 25C and no harsh chemicals. How big of a deal do you think that is? I tend to think with the low overall cycle time, it shouldn't be a problem, but I'd rather not have to buy a pump every year!

[pods8]

Awesome.  I have a fark ton of empty kegs I've been lazy about cleaning... this seems right up the ally for a batch cleaning.

[SchwanzBrewer]

what pump are you using?

 

I've been thinking about building one of these for years, but just have never gotten around to it.

 

I decided to do more research recently, but all the pumps in my price range that I was looking at with the power I wanted were only rated up to 25C and no harsh chemicals. How big of a deal do you think that is? I tend to think with the low overall cycle time, it shouldn't be a problem, but I'd rather not have to buy a pump every year!

 

I can't remember where I got it (I gave it to Dan) except that I think DJ posted a link for a deal on a pump like a woot deal or something like that. It was 80% or 90% and only cost $20 with shipping. So it's usually a lot more. I never got around to using it, I have a sump pump for cleaning already. Dan wanted to make a keg cleaner so I sent it to him so someone would use it.

[HVB]

I think that was me that posted that.  It was about a year ago and it did costs 20 bucks.  I use the same one and so far it has worked fine. 

Mine was from this place https://bensoutlet.com/ they come up there every now and then.

[SchwanzBrewer]

I think that was me that posted that.  It was about a year ago and it did costs 20 bucks.  I use the same one and so far it has worked fine. 

Mine was from this place https://bensoutlet.com/ they come up there every now and then.

 

Yup.

[gnef]

Thanks for the link. If/when I finally get around to this, I'll probably start with a cheap sump pump, and see how long that lasts. haha.

[brewman]

Get a utility pump, sump pumps have a float switch you have to deal with.

[Mya]

Get a utility pump, sump pumps have a float switch you have to deal with.

just a plain dirty water pump?

[brewman]

I wouldn't use one if it wasn't dirty water but who knows I may be wrong.