StoneCreek
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Okay, I went out and bought a vacuum pump today because I haven't spent near enough money on this new hobby yet. I figured it would be a good investment to go along with the three new six gallon carboys, six new one gallons and my new three gallon. No, I am not addicted to this hobby yet. I haven't even bottled my first batch yet, but I'm getting there! Anywho, I've been trying to degas my first six gallon batch of DB by hand and decided this new investment was in order. I hooked everything up and started degassing and I could not believe how much CO2 was still in there. After just under ten minutes or so all the bubbling finally stopped and the wine settled down. I decided to shake the carboy a bit and started the pump up again. WOW. Another five minutes or so the bubbles stopped. shook the carboy again and then back to sucking out the bubbles. Is this normal? I know I'll have to do this until the bubbles cease to exist but I was wondering how long degassing usually takes you pros. The pump I'm using is a 2.5 CFM Vacuum Pump which was on sale at Harbor Freight for $99. It was the only affordable option I could find locally. Here's a link to the pump if you need any tech details.
[URL="http://www.harborfreight.com/25-cfm-vacuum-pump-98076.html"]http://www.harborfreight.com/25-cfm-vacuum-pump-98076.html[/URL]
Suggestions and advice is welcomed, and yes, I am venting the exhaust port to the great outdoors since this is an oil filled unit.
[URL="http://www.harborfreight.com/25-cfm-vacuum-pump-98076.html"]http://www.harborfreight.com/25-cfm-vacuum-pump-98076.html[/URL]
Suggestions and advice is welcomed, and yes, I am venting the exhaust port to the great outdoors since this is an oil filled unit.