Birster Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Hi, I am using an IBC tote to store my reverse osmosis water. I am looking in a way to attach a CIP spray ball on the lid to ease the cleaning process of the tote. My idea was to drill a 3 inch hole into the lid and attach a 3 inch TC to 3 inch male NPT and use one of my spare CIP ball. I can find the 3 inch TC to NPT 3 inch, but I can't find any 3 inch hex nut to lock the 3 inch NPT into place. Maybe I'm thinking it all wrong, so if anyone has a better idea or has a working solution, I'm all ears. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silk City Distillers Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 You don’t need a lock nut on a tapered thread. You aren’t holding pressure so a few wraps of Teflon tape and just snug it down well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bier Distillery Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Assuming you're talking about a standard plastic IBC tote, the caps often have a 2" NPT thread on them. Get one of those and a 2" NPT to 2" triclamp adapter and you're done. If you're heating while cleaning, you're going to need some sort of pressure & vacuum relief or your IBC will become a big balloon. You can also try putting the above cap on loosely enough where it doesn't really seal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dehner Distillery Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 You don't need any of the stuff. If it is brand new 1. Spray it with warm water 3-4 min all over 2. spray it down with star san 3. wait 20 min 4. wash out with hot water 3-4 min 5. use it 6. you could ozone it, or use a UV light. A UV light is a good way to keep you tank from going bad if you have water sitting in there for a long time. Another piece of info is to keep it out of the sun light. Or use a Black tank. It will last forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birster Posted December 5, 2020 Author Share Posted December 5, 2020 18 hours ago, Dehner Distillery said: You don't need any of the stuff. If it is brand new 1. Spray it with warm water 3-4 min all over 2. spray it down with star san 3. wait 20 min 4. wash out with hot water 3-4 min 5. use it 6. you could ozone it, or use a UV light. A UV light is a good way to keep you tank from going bad if you have water sitting in there for a long time. Another piece of info is to keep it out of the sun light. Or use a Black tank. It will last forever. Thanks Dehner, It was a tote that contained GNS 95%, so we can call it brand new I guess. I will follow you advice and keep it simple. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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