No idea how happy I am seeing you posting new vids George. Pretty sure everyone’s the same. Great work and thank you.

I like Still Spirits, but why are home brewing manufacturers (never mind the resellers!), such rip-off merchants? In the UK we have Youngs, Hambleton Bard, and others. I built my water regulator about 4 years ago using almost identical parts because the Still Spirits Water Regulator was over > $100 over here. It cost me $6 in parts, as I used an existing small 5L plastic wine bucket I had. Still going strong today. I love making my own equipment and finding or harvesting my own ingredients. Your channel is manna from heaven for our community. May your channel live long and prosper :-)

Thanks for sharing... How about a parts list? Thanks

Good to see vids again Mr.George. Clever contraption

George it is a delight seeing you back. Thanks for the hack as all your knowledge is always so appreciated:)

I think I have seen them all.. glad to see your making new videos.. keep them coming pls.. :)

George im so happy to see you back!! Love your channel 😁

George is Back!!! Made my day! Love these videos

We missed you George!!! Always rewatching your videos. Great idea, I'm going to do it.

Perfect. I am going to use a 5 gallon brew bucket since I have several. Opted for the 320 gallon pump for it has 6.5 head pressure where others are at 3 and 5 feet. Just getting a 3/8" Hose ID, 3/4" GHT Male Barb Hose/Tubing Fitting Connector to screw into the flow meter provided by T500. and connect to the pump. Hope this resolves my fluctuation. On a well I believe I have a 30/50 pressure switch and it makes adjustments a pain in the butt. Running water at the lowest setting 500ml will yield about 8 gallons per hour. My first run was 6 hrs. so about 48 gallons for the session. I used the hot water by filling my large cooler and cleaned beer bottles for reuse.

Thank you George

Another fan that's happy to see you back George!

GEORGE!! I'm so glad my sensei has returned... Great idea

Great DIY quick project

Great to see new videos Thanks George..

Thank you.

Great video , iv been trying to think of an alternative to the expensive regulator, and you’ve come up with this great idea. I’ll be buying the bits and making one today, good work George thanks mate

Good to see you George!

Great vide

Where can a find a float like that? I have searched and can't seem to find one anywhere. Just starting have T-500 ordered and your videos are the best. Please keep them up!

What valve did y’all use for the hose coming out of the container?

Very informative!

Hey George a video on making a thumper and the benefits of a thumper would be interesting. Cheers

Parts list PLEASE

Do you have to have the float switch? Would it not work with a large bucket of ice water with no switch? In flow and out in same bucket?

Great video and idea. How about adding a $12 PID controller with SSR, no heat sink and a $10 clamp type K-thermocouple and use the PID to control the pump so the water usage is reduced and the condenser water has a constant temperature? You might dispense with the manual flow control.

Hey George you do great job of explaining things your videos are always easily understood. I just made one of these with a 240lt min pond pump, but found the pressure fluctuates to much. I am guessing because of the magnetic drive of the impeller. Anyway what I would like to know is the make model and specs of the motor in the bought one if possible? Cheers Rod

Hi mate, not sure if this has been asked before if so sorry.. Would it not be possible to run a tank that your waste water goes into and then recycle that water running a pond pump??? Look forward to your reply

hi George, great channel! so I could make this and use it to feed water in from a water butt?

i just took a male m22 with a barb end fit that to the needle valve (where you would screw into your sink tap). then from that, run a line to a small pump, submerged in your sink. every 30 min or so i top off the the water in the sink. you just have to watch your sink level for 5 min and see how many mm the water level fell. then you do some simple math to know when you have to be back to top off the sink. or just put it on a trickle. just match the out water flow. cost... male m22 barb ss $3 pump $12-$8

Can you modify this to fit the copper alembic dome? That needs 2.5 litres per minute, and runs for several hours. The idea would be to have the water output flow back into a reservoir where you can add ice-packs or something to keep it cool which feeds back to the pump and maintains 2.5Lpm flow without wasting anywhere from 450l to 750l of water for a 3-5 hr run. Would something like that be feasible or not?

Where might I find the float valve for this?

Could the contraption be rigged in something like a ten or twenty gallon bucket and just recycle the water instead of letting it just go down the drain?

How much water is used with the T500? Or can you use a closed system to recirculate the water ie 6 gallon bucket?

i bought a water pump and it wont pump strong enough to work on my T500, now I'm worried i will buy one with a minimum power too high. I can't afford to waste any more money, please help! recommended pumps hugely appreciated. THANKS!

would you mind telling me how many GPH or GPM that pump is, I tried a small one and it wouldn't run through our 500.thanks in advance.

Hi George, what size pump are you using... flow rate, watts, max head height etc. Thanks

Hey George, Have you ever used the hop cone for you're fastferment when making mash?

I never heard about actively cooling the reflux column. Actually the column is ideally kept insulated as otherwise something called "passive reflux" happens and one loses control over the separation (so the theory goes). I am eager to test this using a glass reflux condenser insulated from outside but I need to first find some theoretical background for why cooling the column works.

Hey George, how much output flow has your pump you use (l/h)? and maybe you have a wattage? Can you maybe send a link to the valve that you have? because I don´t find one on the internet :-( Thank you ;-)

Can this be used with the cooler of circulating ice water setup?

You could drop a pump into toilet header tank lol ... but seriously I made similar thing for my caravan water tank years ago

As far as the still spirits air flow regulator do I have to use the sink spigot or can I use a cooler with ice water. I was under the impression that this has a pump that will pull water and controls the water flow. I'm working on my hobby in an area that I have access to a sink. Thanks in advance

Whats the name of the piece to adjust the flow

Can you post a parts list..so we can search for them ..please.

Do you think the Turbo 500 would work well if you ran the cooling water out of a cooler in a constant loop? I'm sure the water temperature would rise during the run. With the way it uses water for the reflux I'm thinking it would cause issues.

What is this used for?

George what hose sizes did you use. Great vid!

Hi, actually this is more like a level controller than a flow controller, anyway it´s very handy this video, we can do all sort of things with it, so thanks...

George What are the specs on your water pump as I'm having trouble recreating this project. I tried this with a 400L/hr aquarium pump and it didn't have enough pressure to push any water through my T500 condenser even with the needle valve removed and plumbed straight to the condenser. Also it's extremely hard to even blow thru the condenser almost like it's partially blocked. Have you noticed this before. Cheers Pete

Does it make any sense to ice down the water, just curious?

I have learned so much from your videos and would like to order my stuff from you how could I get in touch with your store

part list please