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Greetings board!
So, my wife and I bottled our Blueberry Acai Skeeter Pee this past weekend and as we have done with several batches prior we used our Buon Vino Automatic Gravity Filler. It has been a dream to use up until this weekend. It started failing us in regards to its shutoff as well as with the overflow tube. The shutoff adjustment had to be constantly tweaked with every single bottle and it got to a point where I was having to manually pull the filler at every bottle. The overflow tube also kept allowing more wine than normal into the catch bottle.
Now, is it possible that after only ~200 bottles that my Buon Vino is failing already? There is visible rust on the adjustment screw so I am inclined to believe that the internals are in rough shape as well. Also, could you Buon Vino owners tell me your method for using the filler? I'm certain I have been using it correctly, but I really just want to be sure that I use all the correct motions and techniques needed for this piece of equipment.
Lastly, is this the best of the low cost auto fillers, or can anyone recommend something better? Some day we'll step up to stainless steel gravity auto fillers when we take our stuff to the next level, but for now we must stick with low cost options.
Thanks in advance for any and all advice.
Joe
So, my wife and I bottled our Blueberry Acai Skeeter Pee this past weekend and as we have done with several batches prior we used our Buon Vino Automatic Gravity Filler. It has been a dream to use up until this weekend. It started failing us in regards to its shutoff as well as with the overflow tube. The shutoff adjustment had to be constantly tweaked with every single bottle and it got to a point where I was having to manually pull the filler at every bottle. The overflow tube also kept allowing more wine than normal into the catch bottle.
Now, is it possible that after only ~200 bottles that my Buon Vino is failing already? There is visible rust on the adjustment screw so I am inclined to believe that the internals are in rough shape as well. Also, could you Buon Vino owners tell me your method for using the filler? I'm certain I have been using it correctly, but I really just want to be sure that I use all the correct motions and techniques needed for this piece of equipment.
Lastly, is this the best of the low cost auto fillers, or can anyone recommend something better? Some day we'll step up to stainless steel gravity auto fillers when we take our stuff to the next level, but for now we must stick with low cost options.
Thanks in advance for any and all advice.
Joe