hedgerowpete
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Been a naughty boy and put one of those £1 ebay bids on something i dont need but worthy of a punt for a quid.
Unfortunately i won.
so 26 demijohns later!
flowers for the wife to ease the rollicking helps, honest i do have a reason for 46 demijohns at home plus all the 25litre fermentors.
something that many do not realise it there are twwo neck sizes to demijohns 3/4 and 0ne, not inches they are just known as three quarter size or full size.
most of these are three quarter necks, in old english its roughly one inch and inch and quarter openings. now years ago i removed and sorted all my demijohns and scrapped the three quarter neck and rubber bunds i had hacked down to suit and standardised all my kit to one shape and size
in case you never knew 25mm or 1" is the smaller three quarter and 30mm or 1 1/4" is standard size bungs, we used to be able to buy bungs as 3/4 or full,
fully inserted full size stopperin a 30mm neck opening
same stopper same gentle pressure and smallerneck opening
standard opening and small two piece air lock
all you have to do if you have a smaller opening is to pare the side of the stopper untill it fits and carry on as normal
but i dont see that very often anymore and a lot of shops dont realise what i am asking for, i even asked someone last week for the larger two piece air lock and he had never heard they cam in two different sizes till then and this is a shop keeper!
Unfortunately i won.
so 26 demijohns later!
flowers for the wife to ease the rollicking helps, honest i do have a reason for 46 demijohns at home plus all the 25litre fermentors.
something that many do not realise it there are twwo neck sizes to demijohns 3/4 and 0ne, not inches they are just known as three quarter size or full size.
most of these are three quarter necks, in old english its roughly one inch and inch and quarter openings. now years ago i removed and sorted all my demijohns and scrapped the three quarter neck and rubber bunds i had hacked down to suit and standardised all my kit to one shape and size
in case you never knew 25mm or 1" is the smaller three quarter and 30mm or 1 1/4" is standard size bungs, we used to be able to buy bungs as 3/4 or full,
fully inserted full size stopperin a 30mm neck opening
same stopper same gentle pressure and smallerneck opening
standard opening and small two piece air lock
all you have to do if you have a smaller opening is to pare the side of the stopper untill it fits and carry on as normal
but i dont see that very often anymore and a lot of shops dont realise what i am asking for, i even asked someone last week for the larger two piece air lock and he had never heard they cam in two different sizes till then and this is a shop keeper!