And if you purchase a tank for large deliveries, get
one that slopes down to the middle like the brewers.
Use banjo fittings that dont protrude into the tank.
By cleaning through the small 15" dia top you can
spend as much if not more time as the brewers chasing
sludge around to drain.
--- soilfoodweb_at_aol.com wrote:
> Hi Jeff -
>
> You are right - the machines have to be designed to
> make it easy to clean them. How long do you take to
> clean your machines after a batch of fish
> production?
>
> Most homeowners want easy-to-clean machines. The
> small size EPM machines have two 90 turns in the
> pipes. They HAVE to be cleaned on occassion. Not
> every time, but you need to be able to SEE when they
> need cleaning (see a color change that tells you the
> pipe is dirty), or you do have to clean them every
> time.
>
> The KIS brewers have no pipes where the tea goes
> through them. So, ah-hem, cleaning is definately
> mere minutes. No pipes to worry about. KIS is
> coming out with 28, 50 and 100 gal sizes as we
> speak. See simplici-tea.com
>
> WormGold has large size machines (50 gal and up)
> that take some cleaning, but they have followed your
> advice, and make it EASY to pop the pipes and
> diffusers off and clean them .
>
> Alaska Giant has easy to clean machines, but you
> have to replace the soaker hose each time. You have
> to cut soaker hose up with each brew. Which is
> time, but it is pretty easy.
>
> The Terrific tea brewers from Laura Sabourin are
> supposed to be easy to use, but we need to have
> Laura tell us about her brewer. The New Zealand
> brewer takes a good stream of water through a hose
> to clean, except if you forget to keep the air
> coming out of the aerator until the tea is drained.
> Then you get to clean the aerator.
>
> But Jeff is right. We shouldn't automatically shy
> away from 90 degree turns, except if you really hate
> to spend time cleaning.
>
> Guess what? I hate to spend time cleaning......
>
> Elaine Ingham
> President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
> SFI Corvallis, OR
> SFI Port Jefferson, NY
> SFI Lismore, NSW, Australia
> SFI Hilversum, The Netherlands
> SFI Cambridge, New Zealand
> www.soilfoodweb.com
>
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Received on Wed Dec 17 2003 - 16:06:01 EST