>
> An alternate type of pump is to run your siphon wand down into your source
> carboy as you would when siphoning. Then put a rubber bung with two holes
> in the target carboy. Place the target carboy where you want it to be
> regardless of whether it is higher or lower than the original (within
> reason,
> 5 or 10 feet, not 1 story to another). Now run a plastic wand or tube that
> fits well down through one of the holes in the bung down several inches (at
> least 8 or 10 inches below the bung) leaving one inch sticking out the tope
> to connect a hose to, Connect a siphoned hose from the top of this tube to
> the siphoned wand in the original carboy. Then put a tight fitting short
> tube
> in the second hole of the bung, again leaving one inch sticking out the top.
> This tube should only go to the bottom of the bung. It should not extend
> down in to the carboy. Now run a hose from this tube to any air pump. The
> hoses should be strong enough to withstand the pressure of the vacuum you
> pull. You should not pull much vacuum.
>
> The target carboy with the bung should now be a sealed unit. It is
> connected on one side to a pump that will draw air out of it to create a
> vacuum and on the other side to an open wine source from which it will draw
> wine to fill that vacuum. Wine never passed through the pump, only the
> tubing. Vacuum can lift liquid 32 feet. You do not need to draw that much

I have the need to rack between 150 L variable capacity stainless tanks.
Wondering if I can replace the plastic airlock with a bung and do this.
Also wondering if the stainless tanks can deal with the pressure.
Anyone try this with SS tanks before?

thx,
dan