Recent content by dciolek

Yes -- it is the siphoning effect. With just the outlet valve hooked up, so it drains horizontally (into my sink for the test), the water level stopped at the top of the inner diameter of the manifold pipe. With an extra length of 3/4" siphon hose attached to the exit valve and the outlet of...

The cooler has a rather large footprint. The photo is only showing about half -- the drain line is connected to the exact middle of the manifold. The water level stops almost to the top of the CPVC pipe that is laying flat in the cooler (not the drain line that is above the surface of the main...

Just did some testing on the 165qt mash tun cooler with CPVC manifold I hooked up today. One happy thing -- with a 100qt hot water test -- it held the temperature to a 6.5 degree drop in 10 hours -- so less than 1 degree per hour, which works for me. However, when I drained the cooler --...