RO water transfer pump

[brianccarr]

I need to transfer RO water from a non-pressurized tank to my HLT. I can't gravity feed so I will need to pump it. I have a spare stainless Chugger pump and wondered if there were any reasons not to do this. I have read where RO water can be hard on certain substrates. Thanks

 

[day_trippr]

RO water is corrosive by nature (which really wants water to be loaded with minerals and dissolved gases) but shouldn't harm stainless steel. I start my brew days with 20-something gallons of RO water split between bk (strike) and hlt (sparge) and usually have to pump a bit from one to the other to get the volumes right. Neither the ss kettles nor the pump heads seem to mind...

Cheers!