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If I have a bottle between pump and carboy, can I degas a full carboy or do I need to lower the level of wine. Also, is there any danger of imploding a glass carboy.

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You could degas until the cows come home without any danger of an implosion.. No need to lower the level. Might need to let the vac pump take a breather if it's a small one.
 
IF you start gradually you can degas with minimal/ an inch head space. I can take a vacuum line and touch the check valve to see foam then STOP. ,,, and repeat ,,, eventually like ten minutes it stabilizes so that the pump can pull below 20 inches Hg without a risk to the pump.

Your question is basically can I walk away and let it run. NO, vacuum pumps gum up if you run sugars/ mineral solutions through them.
If I have a bottle between pump and carboy, can I degas a full carboy or do I need to lower the level of wine.
 

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