Cooled wort transfer question

[dragonlor20]

Alright, I have searched but I can't find the answer:

I am looking to buy some plastic conicals that will fit nicely into my fermentation chamber. I am looking to move to a cip system for them. However, the chamber is on the opposite wall from my brewing area. I am looking to hard-plumb tubing from the brewing area to the fermentation chamber and through the wall where I would switch to flexible silicone tubing matching what I already use to fill one of the 3 chambers depending on what's empty at the time. All pushed by a pump.

My question is, for room temp wort, is the pvc rigid tubing (often used for potable water in homes) good in this application? It will never see high temperature. I have other dreams of piping water over from the opposite corner of the garage to fill the kettle and run the counter-flow if I can find a good cheap solution for moving cool temperature liquid in a food safe way.

Thanks!
Scott

 

[billl]

Never tried it, but beer is on the "safe" list on these sites for pvc and cpvc.

http://www.calpaclab.com/pvc-polyvinyl-chloride-chemical-compatibility-chart/

http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/cpvc-chemical-resistance-d_514.html

Lots of people use pvc manifolds in their mash tun, so I wouldn't be worry about chemicals leaching.

Of course, keeping a long run of pipe clean and sanitized is another issue. You can push starsan through it, but if it isn't clean, it can't be reliably sanitized.

 

[dragonlor20]

Yeah, to your point, I decided to go another direction - I finally broke down and am getting rid of my quick disconnects from mcmaster-carr in favor of some cam lock fittings for my whole system. When I need to, I will link up my hoses and run them across rather than use a permanent solution.

I loved the idea of hooking up and running the beer, but I would have hated the idea of what I was running the beer through in the end. I trust my hoses, and after some new fittings, I will love my hoses. Problem solved. Thanks.