[Wade E]

Yep, but now even he is buying 1 of our set ups!!!!!!!!

[DancerMan]

I don't use a vacuum pump, but I can't even use my orange carboy cap to do the simple vacu-vin. The cap is very loose and can easily be rotated like a wing nut on top of the 6 gallon carboy. The cap is not good for anything but a dust cover. Might Comet has this same problem?

[Wade E]

Is yours orange or burgundy?

[grapeman]

It may be because of the new style carboys. Mine are a really tight fit- almost requirng stretching to get them on.

[Joanie]

Originally Posted by wade

Yep, but now even he is buying 1 of our set ups!!!!!!!!

We are a baaaad influence, aren't we?

[DancerMan]

My loose cap is orange. It came with the deluxe equipment kit I originally got from George.

[Joanie]

Appleman, how are new carboys different?

[grapeman]

The Italian ones are taller and narrower than the Mexican ones. I will try one of the caps on both tomorrow and see if they differ.

[Comet in TX]

I took my setup up to George & Brian in Dallas yesterday, not just b/c of my issues, they have been saving all my LE kits for me so I could save on shipping and it was prearranged I would go up there anyway.

I ended up talking to the folks at Valley Vintner (since i bought the filter there), and George and Brian were also kind of perplexed. I'm going to try putting teflon tapes on the hose barbs, where they screw in. I've been able to resolve all the air leaks, except for the occasional bubbles in the outgoing line. Seems to be it might be air/CO2 coming out of the wine itself, or air coming out of the filter.

Thanks for the support. My first wine has been filtered now, and I'll bottle this weekend.

Started the Spagnols LE Ehrenfelser today!

Lara

[calvindcd]

did you ever get this solved? i am having the same problem