One pump or two?

[dresselbrew]

Thanks for all the input, but I'm specifically looking for what people use the second pump for. ie, what is the value added to the system with the second pump.

The only value I can see is if you have a 1 tier system. You would need one for sparge water and one to pump wort to the kettle. That's why I set my hlt higher than the mash tun. One pump is all you need with a 2 tier sculpture.

[WitsEnd]

That's basically what I gather is the main use for a second pump.

Looks like I may be going with a two-tier.

I like the idea of another non-march pump for recirculating chilling water. I've already got one salvaged from a hot tub that would work great for this application since it doesn't need to be sanitary.

[soilboy]

It usually only takes me one pump! Two if I've been drinking!!

[soilboy]

Oh, my mistake.

I use two pumps. One for continuous recirculation of the mash through my counterflow chiller and the other is controlled by a thermostat and pumps hot water from my HLT through the other half of my counterflow to raise the recirculation temperature.

Hope that makes sense.

[beerocracy]

Does anyone else think of Def Leopard when reading the title of this thread?

[Mylo]

Does anyone else think of Def Leopard when reading the title of this thread?

Only if the title was "One arm or two?"....


Mylo

[rhino777]

pour some sugar on meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[WitsEnd]

Oh, my mistake.

I use two pumps. One for continuous recirculation of the mash through my counterflow chiller and the other is controlled by a thermostat and pumps hot water from my HLT through the other half of my counterflow to raise the recirculation temperature.

Hope that makes sense.

Yes, it does. I may end up doing something like this for the chilling operation. I'll use the march pump to recirculate the wort and a submerisble pump to recirculate icewater through the IC. Both will be temp controlled. I'm thinking I can start chilling with my hose water to knock the wort down to a certain temp, then switch over the the ice bath and walk away. Or, at least, not have to keep an eye on it.