[BobF]

I've seen threads on using whole-house filter housings for filtering wine. The threads usually end up with posters that attempt this with mixed results.

I saw your setup in a bottle filling thread. Please elaborate on the filtering setup and how it's working out.

[grapeman]

A picture tells the story. You need a racking cane to go into the carboy filtering from. Attach that to the inlet of the filter housing with a good tight clamp. I use a variety of filters depending on how small I want to go. The outlet side connects to the receiving carboy using an orange cap with two racking canes in it. The side that hooks up to the pump needs to be short so it won't suck wine in past the level you want. You can add a filler in between like in the picture you reference. As long as you have a tight clamp everywhere, there is no mystery to it. I draw at about 10 -12 inches of vacuum to filter and around 7-8 inches if using the filler.

The setup works great for me. I'm not sure why others might have problems.

[Wade E]

I dont filter this way yet as I just havent gotten aound to getting the whole house filter set up but I do everything else with these vacuum pumps and cant see how putting a filter inbetween would cause anything different then great results. The only thingI van think of is when yoy start off sometimes you need to lift the racking hose right where it meets the racking cane in the vessel thats giving just to get a solid flow of wine as sometimes it can have a little air there and it sometimes wont go away until you lift it higher then the racking cane, this will also happen using any other methid like gravity but you just dont notice it as much

[BobF]

Originally Posted by grapeman

A picture tells the story ...

The setup works great for me. I'm not sure why others might have problems.

It seemed simple and straight-forward to me as I was thinking about it. Then a timely thread popped up at the other forum.

The OP described his setup and others that attempted to replicate it kept reporting problems with ait leakage, etc. The red pressure relief button seemed to be one source of problems.

Thanx for sharing ... I'm already set up for vacuum racking & degassing, so I'll go ahead with my plan, making sure everything fits properly, and hope for the best.

[BobF]

Originally Posted by Wade E

I dont filter this way yet as I just havent gotten aound to getting the whole house filter set up but I do everything else with these vacuum pumps and cant see how putting a filter inbetween would cause anything different then great results. The only thingI van think of is when yoy start off sometimes you need to lift the racking hose right where it meets the racking cane in the vessel thats giving just to get a solid flow of wine as sometimes it can have a little air there and it sometimes wont go away until you lift it higher then the racking cane, this will also happen using any other methid like gravity but you just dont notice it as much

The problems I read about all were related to using a housing designed for positive pressure in a vacuum setting ... good, tight connection should solve those.

The air pocket at the cane/hose junction - I'm always able to get rid of it by gently pinching the hose.

[grapeman]

Good luck with it bob. I see no problems for you. You do the research and assemble correctly and there should be no problems.

[BobF]

Originally Posted by grapeman

Good luck with it bob. I see no problems for you. You do the research and assemble correctly and there should be no problems.

Thanks - I'm glad I saw your pic and read your experience, otherwise I might have passed on it.

[RedNeckWino]

I just got the Vinbright gravity filter. Now I am thinking the whole house filter might be nice. Just use the Vinbright for extra polishing I guess.

[Teamsterjohn]

Somewhere on this forum, someone posted where you can get the home house filter with the right type of filters. I do know that it was from a wine store. They also had the clamps with the colored plastic turners.

[grapeman]

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