Does anyone have a preferred brand? I’m finally gonna dive in a get a decent pump and build a brewer, but even the highly rated ones on amazon have some complaints of being loud and running hot. Im more worried about it running decently cool, so it will last, than it being a little loud. Both quiet and cool would be preferable. I know Ill get some good advice on here, so please give me your input.
I plan to mainly be doing 5 gallon batches, but I would like an oversized pump, so it will work if I decide to go a bit bigger. I plan to make a brewer out of pvc.
48 bones. I got this one and put it in my 40 gal water rez. I can attach a garden hose to it and that’s how I water my garden. No more dumping 1gal water jugs anymore!!!
You want an airlift compost brewer… not a submersible pump. You really do not want to think about compost as “Mixing” but as adding air and moisture to microbes.
www.microbeorganics.com is a good place to read about it. Tim Wilson (microbeman from the website) tested almost every design of compost brewer and concluded that the airlift design made the best tea. He looked at every batch through a microscope to verify the microbial activity.
Here is a simple video to build an airlift. I used a PDF to build mine but this makes it easy. I have a large 55 gallon airlift in my greenhouse and a 5 gallon in my basement for indoor. All you need is an air pump.
Double edit: I just noticed that this video mentions Tim Wilson.
Edit: Here is a pump similar to the one I use for 5 gallons. My 55 gallon pump is a small compressor.
sorry no idea here, i have the vivosun a uniclife and a couple of active aire’s and there all different outputs,the vivosun is by far the biggest and loudest
Yea my girl gots loads of um I never really seen um till i got with her. But now I dig it. I didn’t even really burn herb till I got with her too Lol. You could say she was an influence on my life Lol
I think the majority of what you are asking really depends on how much you want to spend. You can buy one like Tommy posted for like $25. It will be somewhat loud and should last just fine. If you want really quiet, you could use a pneumatic pump, but bring cash.