March Pump Priming Techniques

[BDawg]

Thanks, Pete! That makes a LOT of sense, now that I think of it.

I don't have my pumps mounted permanently, but rather on a board that I can move around. The natural flow needs to push the air up and out, which won't happen if the pump is 'flat' like mine currently are.

THANKS!

[Test_Engineer]

Below is a link to a site that uses a reservoir to keep the pump primed. This is for a boat to drive an AC unit but I'm wondering if we could use something like this.

http://www.marineair.com/pdfs/pumppriming.pdf

In the brewing world, it's called a Grant.

[slanted & enchanted]

i put two valves on the "out" end of my pump. one points towards the floor and has a short straight spout on it. the other is connected to a hose. anyway, the one pointing down is used as the bleeder, i just put a container underneath it and turn the pump on, crack the bleeder valve for a half second, and then it'll run like a champ.

it also makes cleaning easy, since all the leftover liquid in the hoses can just drain out that valve when i'm done brewing.

[BeerBiker]

I have a quick disconnect on my kettles and my pump hangs right off of those. On the out port of my pump I have a "T". One leg of the T has a ball valve and the other has a QD. When I hook up the hose, I kink it, open the ball valve and run the pump until it's primed, close off the valve and release the kink in the hose. Works great!

Mark