The old siphon method was not sanitary because it involved me sucking on the
output side of the hose.


"Droopy" > wrote in message
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> Why not just leave the bubbles be?
>
> As long as the bubbles are not forming from air leaking into the
> siphon, I would nto worry about it.
>
> Why did you think the old siphon was not sanitary? The trick is to
> fill the siphon up with metabisulfite solution, put it into the carboy
> and start the siphon let the sulfite drain into a waste container,
> when the siphon is full of wine stop and transfer it over to the clean
> carboy.
>
>
> Jeffrey Hallett wrote:
>> I'm trying to make things a bit more sanitary in my winemaking process,
>> so I
>> bought myself an auto-siphon. A 3/8" I.D. hose fits over the pipe coming
>> out of the auto-siphon, a little loose for my taste, but a 5/16" I.D.
>> hose
>> will not fit.
>>
>> So, my issue is this: when in use, it seems like a lot of air stays in
>> the
>> hose and I can see bubbles all along the length.
>>
>> The solution I've tried so far is to just have a very short length of
>> 3/8"
>> hose at the end of the auto-siphon, with a long length of 5/16" hose
>> crammed
>> into the other end. When it works, it seems to drastically reduce the
>> bubble problem, but I do seem to have trouble keeping it going.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>