In general, microbes capable of living in your mouth can NOT survive in
wine, so I
assume your concern about "sanitation" is an aesthetic one.
Good luck with your new siphon.
Lum
Del Mar, California, USA

www.geocities.com/lumeisenman

"Jeffrey Hallett" > wrote in message
. com...
> The old siphon method was not sanitary because it involved me sucking on
the
> output side of the hose.
>
>
> "Droopy" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
> > 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?
> >
>
>