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Hi,

I'm looking into various pumps that I could use for pumping my wines around... as lifting and racking larger demijohns and barrels isn't really practical for me in my current setup.

I've seen well priced pumps, however they aren't labelled as food grade, but appear to be made from stainless steel. Brass fittings are the most common ones available in my area... I'm assuming these aren't that great of an idea, even in a pump where they wine would see limited contact with the brass. A friend jokingly suggested coating the insides with wax!

I've read some good posts, especially by Don Schiller and his filtering setup in the archives. Anyone have a recommened pump for smaller volumes?

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Charles H
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Reply to
Sky King

I recently purchased an all stainless steel impeller pump from St Pats (stpats.com) for $190USD. It works great so far, though you have to fill the cavity with about a liter of water/juice to prime it. There is also a lot of good info in this group.

Here are some links that may help you in your pump search:

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Good Luck, David

Reply to
David D.

I was also looking at wine pumps but I was told that only gravity should be used for transfering wine. Regular pumps introduce a lot of air into the wine.

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Joe Ae

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J Dixon

I noticed PI sells brass pumps... I read that brass can dissolved by wines... if so, why do they sell such pumps?

Reply to
Charles H

For brass to have any negative effect on wine there must be reasonable contact time. As long as you don't store the wine in the pump, there should be no problem.

clyde (who uses a brass Jabsco 2" pump)

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Clyde Gill

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