March pump

[Chris_J]

Hey Chris_J

Here is a pump http://cgi.ebay.com/Home-Brewing-New-March-Pump_W0QQitemZ160261728684QQihZ006QQcategoryZ38172QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem for $131 while not as cheap as I got mine it is still $9 cheaper than B3. And you get it now since B3 in out of stock. Or you can get http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-March-pump-homebrew-all-grain-FREE-S-H_W0QQitemZ140250483980QQihZ004QQcategoryZ38172QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem for $78 bucks free shipping. This pump is a stronger pump (1/15 HP vs 1/25 HP) and if you have reservations about the pump head you can get a new one from B3 for $29 pre shipping.

As far as the ranco's yes I wire mine myself and I only use the single stage. Here is a link http://cgi.ebay.com/ETC-111000-Ranco-Digital-Temp-Control-120-208-240V_W0QQitemZ280247007520QQihZ018QQcategoryZ50926QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem for some comparable to what I ordered.

Hope this helps.

Thanks Hammer! I'll give them a serious look tomorrow at work when I'm sober lol. I actually bought that shite ebay pump and the entire wet-end assembly of the pump B3 sells so maybe that 2nd one you mentioned is a good idea. How hard is it to wire a ranco? Are we talking lego kit ease where you attach blue to blue and the two prong plug to the two prong recepticle type of wiring? Or are we talking flux capacitor? Thanks big guy

[Hammer]

Wiring the Ranco is straight forward. I like to not think to much about too much so I break out my notes when I do it. I am at work and don't have notes here. However I found this instructional with pictures that should help.

http://www.brewboard.com/index.php?showtopic=40898

Clean and tight connections will do you right.

[Chris_J]

Hey Chris_J

Here is a pump http://cgi.ebay.com/Home-Brewing-New-March-Pump_W0QQitemZ160261728684QQihZ006QQcategoryZ38172QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem for $131 while not as cheap as I got mine it is still $9 cheaper than B3. And you get it now since B3 in out of stock. Or you can get http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-March-pump-homebrew-all-grain-FREE-S-H_W0QQitemZ140250483980QQihZ004QQcategoryZ38172QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem for $78 bucks free shipping. This pump is a stronger pump (1/15 HP vs 1/25 HP) and if you have reservations about the pump head you can get a new one from B3 for $29 pre shipping.

As far as the ranco's yes I wire mine myself and I only use the single stage. Here is a link http://cgi.ebay.com/ETC-111000-Ranco-Digital-Temp-Control-120-208-240V_W0QQitemZ280247007520QQihZ018QQcategoryZ50926QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem for some comparable to what I ordered.

Hope this helps.

Alright now that I'm at work (sober) I can see that the first pump would be my best option. But he only ships to the US. The 2nd one is the one I'm stuck with now. The b3 wet end doesn't fit on it. You live you learn

[Hammer]

Hey sorry bout that, never looked at where you are from... Thoughts though. If you were only moving the water as in from the HLT to the mash tun wouldn't the other wet head work? There would not be an issue with PH. If you needed a single pump then you would have troubles.

[Chris_J]

Hey sorry bout that, never looked at where you are from... Thoughts though. If you were only moving the water as in from the HLT to the mash tun wouldn't the other wet head work? There would not be an issue with PH. If you needed a single pump then you would have troubles.

I'm sure it would but that pump runs on 230V so (from what I'm told) it would barely run. Also, I'm brewing in an apartment and don't have gravity to work with because of my smallish balcony. So I need the pump to empty my boil kettle and while I'm at it run a Jamil-o-chiller. The hell with it. I'll pick one up soon enough.

[bull8042]

Here is a good local source for the March pumps. 115V, but they don't have a mounting bracket for the $116 price. The bracket is extra, but I think anyone of us could fab something for that.

http://www.tescopumps.com/servlet/the-1 ... s=30d858c3

[BrewTa2]

Well, for $1.20 more you can get the bracket as well:

http://pivo.northernbrewer.com/nbstore/ ... March+809+

(And Northern Brewer is a sponsor - just sayin')

[bull8042]

Well, for $1.20 more you can get the bracket as well:

http://pivo.northernbrewer.com/nbstore/ ... March+809+

(And Northern Brewer is a sponsor - just sayin')

OK, you got me there. However, I can drive to the place I linked and save shipping. So there, take that!