Tom,

That's a great idea, but would my little BV minijet filter have the
power to push wine through both filters? I have my doubts.

Also, my batches tend to be pretty small, in the 5 gal range for whites.
Would the losses due to housing size, etc., be significant?

I actually built a 10' cartridge filter some years ago, but never used
it because it was oversized for my purposes. Perhaps as my newer vines
start producing closer to expected capacity (50 gal), it might pay to
get a set of cartridges.

Thanks, Mike MTM

Tom S wrote:


> You buy a 10" 0.45µ membrane cartridge, an Ametek (or equivalent) housing
> for it, some plastic fittings and hose. Hook the membrane cartridge in
> series with the output of the pad filter. Presto! Sterile wine. :^)
>
> Although membrane cartridges are expensive, you can re-use it many times if
> the wine you run through it is well filtered to begin with.
>
> Tom S
>
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