Upgrading to a small 3 vessel brewery and I'm planning out how to connect hoses between vessels. Currently I'm trying to decide whether I should cough up for camlocks or can I get away with just connecting/disconnecting using hose barbs initially.
For one thing - how well do hose barbs hold onto the silicon hoses - can they work on their own without jubilee clips, can you connect/disconnect easily enough for cleaning?
On that point - do the barbs themselves need removing from hoses to clean regularly?
Hose barb cleanliness and strength
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Jocky
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Hose barb cleanliness and strength
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Jocky
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Re: Hose barb cleanliness and strength
Think I'm going to get cam locks for everything straight away.
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Belter
Re: Hose barb cleanliness and strength
Hosebarbs hold on without jubilee clips
Camlocks are the answer. Triclamps even better
Camlocks are the answer. Triclamps even better
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barneey
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Re: Hose barb cleanliness and strength
Hose barbs will hold silicone hose on with no problem, in fact I normally have to cut the hose to get them off. Camlocks are good but I prefer tri-clovers
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