Whole House water filters for wine

[grapeman]

Something like that works well for wine and does not create an oil fog. You can certainly use the other one, but you need all the pieces and parts to put it together, and it uses oil.

 

[vacuumpumpman]

Something like that works well for wine and does not create an oil fog. You can certainly use the other one, but you need all the pieces and parts to put it together, and it uses oil.

Question ?
If it uses oil - Where does it go ?
it will either leak or it goes out the exhaust ports ,

thanks steve

 

[grapeman]

Question ?
If it uses oil - Where does it go ?
it will either leak or it goes out the exhaust ports ,

thanks steve

The one I say uses oil would be one like this
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005CO9GX6/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Steve
The vacuum aspirator type are oil free and use no oil in them at all. The oil type ones use a small amount of oil to seal the piston and blow it out the exhaust port along with the expelled air. The kind you are selling I am assuming are oil free and I would choose that any day of the week over the ones that blow the oil vapor out.

 

[Kev]

The whole Shebang

Ok, I think I have fixed up my vacuum mistake. As of 10 minutes ago, I have this on order, but just with one nozzle. I have noticed you guys like pictures, so here you go.

Now will be an oiless pump and all the fittings.

Here is what the fill head looks like:

Also has all the bits for standalone degassing. So that will get done once just after stabilization, and then indirectly at filter bottle time in one step. Iplan to organize, so I can do a few reds at once ( 5 micron) and then a few whites ( 1 Micron ) to get some really good use out of the filter.

Wife is going to wring my neck when the UPS man comes, but sometimes it is easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission. She is already upset about all those carboys encroaching on her exercise area. When I get this stuff I will organize it all real nice, and post a picture.

Kevin

 

[vacuumpumpman]

The one I say uses oil would be one like this
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005CO9GX6/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Steve
The vacuum aspirator type are oil free and use no oil in them at all. The oil type ones use a small amount of oil to seal the piston and blow it out the exhaust port along with the expelled air. The kind you are selling I am assuming are oil free and I would choose that any day of the week over the ones that blow the oil vapor out.

Grapeman;
I misread your post - my wrong !
Yes my pumps are all oil free and I do understand all about oil based pumps as well.

Thanks steve

 

[Wade E]

Kev, I have that exact bottler except I got a vacuum pump off of Ebay for much less with most of the hoses and fitings and also the overflow canister built in but what you bought is just fine, just more money.

 

[Runningwolf]

Kevin, awesome setup!! I am jealous. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Wade E]

Kev, just make sure there is a overflow bottle of sort before the pump and also prfereably hydrophobic filte to prevent any moisture from getting in the pump. Its why I prefer the Medical aspirator pumps as they have all these things built in and are made for hospitals to run a long time.

 

[milbrosa]

I bought one of those oil-filled vacuum pumps a couple years ago, and I can also attest to the unpleasantness of smelly oil mist in the air when using it. Oilless is the way to go.

Wade I'm interested in the type of pump you are referring to. Is this the type?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Medline-Vac...637?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e688ee72d
or
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gomco-400-S...601?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a5a15a309

They are rather expensive new. Since they are medical items, if I was to buy one used, I'd want to know what they are used.

 

[milbrosa]

Ok, I think I have fixed up my vacuum mistake. As of 10 minutes ago, I have this on order, but just with one nozzle. I have noticed you guys like pictures, so here you go.

Now will be an oiless pump and all the fittings.

Here is what the fill head looks like:

Also has all the bits for standalone degassing. So that will get done once just after stabilization, and then indirectly at filter bottle time in one step. Iplan to organize, so I can do a few reds at once ( 5 micron) and then a few whites ( 1 Micron ) to get some really good use out of the filter.

Wife is going to wring my neck when the UPS man comes, but sometimes it is easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission. She is already upset about all those carboys encroaching on her exercise area. When I get this stuff I will organize it all real nice, and post a picture.

Kevin

That looks really nice. Where did you order that from?

 

[Wade E]

That set up is from Valley Vintner and yes Millbrosa that is exactly the pump I used to sell along with a few others. That is a great unit and if its from MedicalUSA they are a very good seller and Id do business with them any day of the week!

 

[Kev]

That looks really nice. Where did you order that from?

http://valleyvitner.com/


http://valleyvintner.com/Merchant2/...de=TVV&Product_Code=VB-10-1005&Category_Code=

You can drop $110 off the kit price by leaving out the carboy ( already have lots of those) and picking a 1 CFM pump instead of two..

Kev

 

[Kev]

Overflow

Kev, just make sure there is a overflow bottle of sort before the pump and also prfereably hydrophobic filte to prevent any moisture from getting in the pump. Its why I prefer the Medical aspirator pumps as they have all these things built in and are made for hospitals to run a long time.

An extra filter housing ( empty ) is planned as the overflow to prevent liquid reaching the pump.

The pump itself does come with some small canister built in but it looks pretty small, so I won't know more until I get it.

Has the filler been reliable?

How many CFM is your pump?

Is the fill speed reasonable?

I assume you screwed or clamped it down?

Kev

 

[Wade E]

That is an oberflow safety shut off. It works like a wet/dry vac where when a liquid goes in there to a certain level the cork or wood ball floats up on closes the vacuum.

 

[milbrosa]

Wade, thanks for the confirmation on the pump.

Kev, thank you for the link to the bottling device at Valley Vintner. That is a sweet setup. I bet you are going to really enjoy that.

 

[Lonzo]

just wanna make sure. if i bought these three things, would i be set? or would i still need to buy fittings?

http://www.filtersfast.com/Pentek-158117-Filter-Housing.asp
http://www.filtersfast.com/Pentek-244047-filter-mounting-bracket.asp
http://www.filtersfast.com/Pentek-PD-1-934-Sediment-Filter.asp

 

[ibglowin]

Pretty sure you would still need to purchase (2) of the 1/4" NPT quick connect fittings. You should be able to purchase from your local hardware store. Try and avoid brass. Stick with plastic ones.

 

[Teamsterjohn]

I think that im going to set up a filter system like you guys are talking about. For red wine, (1) what size micron would I need (2) anything I need to know about the filter, like it should be made out of, or something to stay away from. Thanks

 

[Wade E]

John, I like these filters for whites http://www.filtersfast.com/Pentek-PD-1-934-Sediment-Filter.asp and these for reds http://www.filtersfast.com/Pentek-WPD-110-water-filters.asp
I highly suggest geting the housing and everything here as its actually way cheaper then Home Depot even after shipping!
http://www.filtersfast.com/Pentek-158117-Filter-Housing.asp
http://www.filtersfast.com/Pentek-SW-1A-filter-wrench.asp
http://www.filtersfast.com/Pentek-244047-filter-mounting-bracket.asp
If you cant find the nylon 1/4" NPT fittings to 3/8" racking hose that screw in to the housing let me know as I still have a bunch of these.

 

[Teamsterjohn]

Great, Thanks, I will Wade