Rotating CIP Spray Ball 1/2" FPT

[Keith]

Anyone know where I can get a Rotating CIP Spray Ball 1(/2" FPT Connection) in Canada? Want to build out my keg washer to have one. I can find a thousand and one of them in the US.

https://www.brewershardware.com/Rotatin ... ction.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[mumblecrunch]

Don't you hate it when Homebrew Finds shows us stuff for cheap that we can't get here (at least not nearly as cheaply)?

For the record I've had no luck searching either.

[jason.loxton]

Ontario Beer Kegs has got them in tri clamp, might be helpful: http://www.ontariobeerkegs.com/Stainles ... ng-cip.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[mumblecrunch]

Ontario Beer Kegs has got them in tri clamp, might be helpful: http://www.ontariobeerkegs.com/Stainles ... ng-cip.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yes, but that's $40 and then you need one of these at $15 and one of these at $10 plus taxes and shipping for a total in the $85 range.

Cf. with what's available from Amazon.com for USD$25.

[jason.loxton]

You can get them straight from China via ebay.ca. Free shipping. Be careful though, a few of the ones I was looking at were BPT not NPT, which aren't compatible under pressure (might not make a difference given the application, if you don't mind gluing the fittings together).

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/0-5-Inch-Stainle ... Sw-KFXdhIO" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[mumblecrunch]

You can get them straight from China via ebay.ca. Free shipping. Be careful though, a few of the ones I was looking at were BPT not NPT, which aren't compatible under pressure (might not make a difference given the application, if you don't mind gluing the fittings together).

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/0-5-Inch-Stainle ... Sw-KFXdhIO" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Woah. Thanks Jason, I totally forget to look on eBay most of the time these days. Cheers!

[Keith]

You can get them straight from China via ebay.ca. Free shipping. Be careful though, a few of the ones I was looking at were BPT not NPT, which aren't compatible under pressure (might not make a difference given the application, if you don't mind gluing the fittings together).

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/0-5-Inch-Stainle ... Sw-KFXdhIO" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Do they typically list if the item is npt or bpt?

[mumblecrunch]

You can get them straight from China via ebay.ca. Free shipping. Be careful though, a few of the ones I was looking at were BPT not NPT, which aren't compatible under pressure (might not make a difference given the application, if you don't mind gluing the fittings together).

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/0-5-Inch-Stainle ... Sw-KFXdhIO" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Do they typically list if the item is npt or bpt?

As Jason said there are others on eBay that do say BSP on them. This one says neither, but the photo looks awfully similar to what's on the Amazon listing:

https://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Rotary ... AYQNLCYSO8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/0-5-Inch-Stainle ... Sw-KFXdhIO" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Also the Amazon seller is "Wenzhou QiMing Stainless Co.,Ltd" while the eBay seller is "qmstainless2015". The HomebrewFinds article listed the product as "QM stainless".

For $30ish I'm definitely taking the chance. In fact, I already have

[Keith]

You can get them straight from China via ebay.ca. Free shipping. Be careful though, a few of the ones I was looking at were BPT not NPT, which aren't compatible under pressure (might not make a difference given the application, if you don't mind gluing the fittings together).

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/0-5-Inch-Stainle ... Sw-KFXdhIO" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Do they typically list if the item is npt or bpt?

As Jason said there are others on eBay that do say BSP on them. This one says neither, but the photo looks awfully similar to what's on the Amazon listing:

https://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Rotary ... AYQNLCYSO8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/0-5-Inch-Stainle ... Sw-KFXdhIO" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Also the Amazon seller is "Wenzhou QiMing Stainless Co.,Ltd" while the eBay seller is "qmstainless2015". The HomebrewFinds article listed the product as "QM stainless".

For $30ish I'm definitely taking the chance. In fact, I already have

I'd say let's split on shipping but it's free. I think I'll follow suit. Cheers.

[GAM]

Try a group buy and get a price.

S

[mumblecrunch]

My NPT CIP spray ball arrived from Asia a couple of weeks ago, but I only got around to using it this weekend.

If you're planning to use this for ball lock kegs it may not be ideal. After 20-30 minutes on my Keg Washer with the ball attached, there was still some crud on the bottom of my keg. My best guess is that there's not a lot of upward spray, but way more sideways spray. I may have to take it outside and run it with nothing on it to verify this sometime. It may also be, per something I read...somewhere on the intarweebs...that the pump that comes with the keg washers can't drive the ball with quite enough pressure. But to be fair those people were saying that they were having trouble getting the ball to spin with the stock pump and I had none at all. For cleaning the ClearBrew Buckets that Dave sells at Everwood, this thing is awesome. Whereas I used to have to manually rotate the bucket on the washer to get all the sides, the CIP ball takes care of that quite nicely. I would imagine it would work just as well for the standard brew buckets. I believe carboys are out because I don't think the ball can fit into the neck of a standard carboy. But for the buckets alone this was worth the $30 I put into it!

[Keith]

Im waiting on mine to arrive and will let you know how it handles kegs with a 880gph pump.

[mumblecrunch]

Before anyone else orders from China I was at Everwood Ave this afternoon and Dave's got a box of these on the floor (as well as a box of the triclover version). I also noticed the ones Dave has have a pinhole at the very top, which might mitigate the issue I was having with mine not shooting up well enough to hit the bottom of an inverted keg. I may do a little retrofit to put such a hole into mine.

He's not sure what he's charging for them yet, but I expect he'll be comptetive!!

[Keith]

I might get another and put it on a camlock and retrofit my pot lids to build a cip solution for my kettles. I didnt have the issue with mine not cleaning well enough. However i do have a 880gph pump instead of the stock 520gph. However i lost pressure and have to clean my dip tubes seperately.

[bluenose]

Before anyone else orders from China I was at Everwood Ave this afternoon and Dave's got a box of these on the floor (as well as a box of the triclover version). I also noticed the ones Dave has have a pinhole at the very top, which might mitigate the issue I was having with mine not shooting up well enough to hit the bottom of an inverted keg. I may do a little retrofit to put such a hole into mine.

He's not sure what he's charging for them yet, but I expect he'll be comptetive!!

I don't see these on the Everwood Ave site... are these all gone already?

[mumblecrunch]

Before anyone else orders from China I was at Everwood Ave this afternoon and Dave's got a box of these on the floor (as well as a box of the triclover version). I also noticed the ones Dave has have a pinhole at the very top, which might mitigate the issue I was having with mine not shooting up well enough to hit the bottom of an inverted keg. I may do a little retrofit to put such a hole into mine.

He's not sure what he's charging for them yet, but I expect he'll be comptetive!!

I don't see these on the Everwood Ave site... are these all gone already?

More likely haven't been put up yet (if they'd been put up and then sold out you'd most likely still see them but listed as "out of stock"). The box I saw had at least 25 in it, possibly more, and there may have been more than one box.

I recommend emailing or messaging Dave through social media and referencing this thread; he's usually very good about getting back fairly quickly.