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Step 6Pipe Up.
Time to put on your red dungarees, grow a thick black moustache and invite your mate Lou round to jump on mushrooms...i.e. it's plumbing time.
We already have the tank connector in place so loosely put the compression fitting end back on it (dont forget the little copper ring, or olive as its called).
Then start feeding the copper pipe though it. the idea is to get it to reach across the diameter of the bucket and touch as low down on the far side as possible so that when we drain it we can get a syphon effect going to drain as much of the yummy, sweet pre-beer as possible. I could have gone straight down but this will provide a little support for the bottom of the inner bucket!
Pop a compression elbow on the end there so it points down to the bottom of the bucket (pic 3). Make a mark on the pipe about an inch from the bucket with a marker pen or the like (pic 4?). Then cut along this line. Pipe cutters are cheap, easy to use and give a nice straight cut unlike a hacksaw.
Now screw together the tap and, if you chose to bother with it, the other elbow and fit this onto the pipe too. Now comes the fun part, tighten all the compression joints good and tight! Remember these need to be watertight and PTFE tape wont really help you here. Also, you'll need to use spanners unless you have the finger strength of a westside story gang member....*click* *click* *click*
How much faith do you have in your handywork? Time to fill that sucker with water and look for leaks.
As you can see in pic 5, I had to peel back the insulation a bit to check but this all taped up neatly afterwards.
We already have the tank connector in place so loosely put the compression fitting end back on it (dont forget the little copper ring, or olive as its called).
Then start feeding the copper pipe though it. the idea is to get it to reach across the diameter of the bucket and touch as low down on the far side as possible so that when we drain it we can get a syphon effect going to drain as much of the yummy, sweet pre-beer as possible. I could have gone straight down but this will provide a little support for the bottom of the inner bucket!
Pop a compression elbow on the end there so it points down to the bottom of the bucket (pic 3). Make a mark on the pipe about an inch from the bucket with a marker pen or the like (pic 4?). Then cut along this line. Pipe cutters are cheap, easy to use and give a nice straight cut unlike a hacksaw.
Now screw together the tap and, if you chose to bother with it, the other elbow and fit this onto the pipe too. Now comes the fun part, tighten all the compression joints good and tight! Remember these need to be watertight and PTFE tape wont really help you here. Also, you'll need to use spanners unless you have the finger strength of a westside story gang member....*click* *click* *click*
How much faith do you have in your handywork? Time to fill that sucker with water and look for leaks.
As you can see in pic 5, I had to peel back the insulation a bit to check but this all taped up neatly afterwards.
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