Comments on: Water Pump Questions?

By: Katie H

Katie H — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:38:16 +0000

no dif they only thing is it will get more air which is a good thing for wine

By: Graham R

Graham R — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:36:07 +0000

Its is safe to drink water pushed though it…but i would still rinse it first….it just an impeller powered my a magnet…it should work for what you want but it needs to be small…i would think like 20 or 30 gallons per hour

By: Cordi

Cordi — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:01:11 +0000

It wouldn’t be a good idea to use a water feature pump or aquarium pump due to the lubrication on the Impeller which can contaminate the wine and make it taste weird. Ofc, if you’re going to use enough wine then a small water feature pump will work without changing the taste, either way it is safe enough to drink.
Your best bet though would be (something like) a chocolate fountain, but without the heater.
Edit: as strange as this may sound, another idea is to use an air pump with an air stone inside a peice of tubing. This is commonly known as a sponge filter, where the uplift from the air rising pushes the liquid up.

By: rapmelod

rapmelod — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:29:27 +0000

ok cordi is dumb they aquarium pumps are not lubricated because if they were it would contaminate the water in the aquarium corals can get stressed out about any little thing if they were lubed up then it would kill fish and stuff so it would not alter the taste at all. cool idea