syphons

[brewjohn]

While at CPC ltd near me I picked up a couple of auto syphons at £1.84 plus vat for a pair. I cant seem to get them to work ? I notice quite a bit on the forum ,they are called Colley Pumps. Are they a waste of time or as anyone had success with them . For what I paid it would cost more in petrol to take them back for credit ! PS I have seen them advertised for almost a tenner for one !!!

[LeeH]

Pics? Link?

I have fitted taps to my buckets now, I don't bother using syphons.

[brewjohn]

I have taps on my vessels and find that the best way but now and again make a 1 gal test batch in a glass demijohn and have to syphon this out. I thought they might do the job but they are going in the bin !!

[basswulf]

I've got a couple of Young's autosiphons, like this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Home-Brew-Young ... B0022QGW8O

I've found the 23l version rather unwieldy for my set up but the "4.5l" one works perfectly (helped a lot by a clip to hold the tube in place).

What is the problem with the ones you got?

Wulf

[brewjohn]

you have to squeeze the plastic bulb at the end to get the syphon flowing but there is not enough suction to start it ? I did find a few comments on various forums about them .

[basswulf]

That's probably similar to the device I had to transfer water out of a bath for reuse on the garden. To be honest, that wasn't much cop either - a potentially neat idea but I think it struggled to draw up enough liquid to start a decent flow.

Wulf