Filtering

[Pd2718]

I want to filter my wine. I have a 10 inch in line filter with a 5 micron filter. Can I use that to filter wine without any I'll effects? I've attached it to my auto siphon and it's slow but seems to work with water.

 

[DoctorCAD]

Its going to take a real pump to filter wine through that filter.

All you are doing with the auto siphon is exposing the wine to air for a long time. The wine should go through the filter almost as fast as the pump can move it.

 

[vacuumpumpman]

I agree with DoctorCad
There has been several people who tried the same thing. It worked ok with water but definitely alot slower if at all with wine.

 

[Pd2718]

OK. Thanks for the feedback. Guess I will go without filtering. I'm just not going to pay $200 for a motorized filter.

 

[zimmer2]

Get yourself an "all in one" and never look back. You can transfer-degass-bottle-filter all with the same unit. The cost is a great investment. Search around and read about it and you will find it is a GREAT product

 

[Dhaynes]

I use a small 12VDC self priming diaphragm pump like the ones used in boats and RV to pump fresh water that I use with my filter. I put a cigarette lighter plug on it and plug it into my portable jumper box like you use to jump start a car with a dead battery. Cost less than $50 on eBay and pumps about 3 gpm. The 5 micron size is too big. I usually use a 2 for red and a 1 micron for whites. One of these days I might get fancy and dig up an old laptop power supply that I can cut the plug off of and wire to the pump and eliminate the jumper box. If I had glass carboys I'd probably bite the bullet and buy an All in One but I don't like glass carboy because of the weight and danger of injury from breaking.

 

[DoctorCAD]

OK. Thanks for the feedback. Guess I will go without filtering. I'm just not going to pay $200 for a motorized filter.

You can get by with way less than $200 for a pump, but really consider the All In One, you will use it several times for every batch you make, and that puts its "per-use" cost very low. After 4 or 5 years with mine, I consider it free!