vacuum cleaner aeration

[catfish]

I've got an idea for aerating your wort. You need:

racking cane
carboy cap (two hole)
hepa filter (just to be safe)
vacuum

Put your filter on the racking cane, insert into your carboy cap, put onto your carboy (full of wort). Put vacuum up to the other hole of the cap, turn it on.

I haven't tried it... yet.

[Push Eject]

You are shittin' me.

[codewritinfool]

I tried that once. Ruined a damned good Electrolux.

...and the beer? It sucked.

[Push Eject]

Yeah, but that hat friggin' rocks.

[Steve]

I've got an idea for aerating your wort. You need:

racking cane
carboy cap (two hole)
hepa filter (just to be safe)
vacuum

Put your filter on the racking cane, insert into your carboy cap, put onto your carboy (full of wort). Put vacuum up to the other hole of the cap, turn it on.

I haven't tried it... yet.

You know, I understand exactly what your suggesting and how this can work. I don't see any problems with it provided your only using it as a "suction" and it never comes in contact with the beer. Sure why wouldn't it work? Not bad! Another advantage would be you don't have to lift anything in order to set up the siphon. This is a good idea!
Steve

[The Dude]

I wouldn't put my beer within 50 feet of a vacuum cleaner. But that's just me. What is wrong with an aquarium pump and an inline filter?

[Steve]

I wouldn't put my beer within 50 feet of a vacuum cleaner. But that's just me. What is wrong with an aquarium pump and an inline filter?

Actually I agree with you dude. But I think what the original poster is attempting to do is transfer beer by means of vacuum displacement. The vacuum would never come in contact with the beer nor would it have to get close. if you use some tubing to extend the reach of the vacume it wouldn't even have to be close. The beer would be drawn into a second vessel and all item touching the beer would be sanitary, and the negative pressure would be pulling from another sanitized vessel. So in this way it could work. Of course my back is still in great shape so I won't need this method to transfer my beer, gravity and I still work well together.
Steve