I am pretty new to homebrew and am currently finishing up my all grain setup!
I just learned about couplers I would like to add them to my kettles, but want to make sure I am buying the right products.
I am looking to add them to a 1/2 ball valve setup. Could somebody please advise me on the items I would need to add a coupler system for easy tube disconnect.
Are you going to have them welded in or go weldeless I recently added some couplers when I upgraded my system with a whirlpool attachment. I had this piece welded in:
I have three different sizes of kettles so I got some camlocks for them so I can hook up the March pump for whirlpooling and transfers. I think I bought them from brewershardware.com. They work very well. The male fitting just screws into the valve, I use weldless valves on all the kettles that I install myself. All you need is a step bit to drill a hole and install the valves.
With those types of cam locks you will want to put the male on the kettle and the female on the hose as you have to close and open the locking arms. Here are the disconnects that I use:
Sorry I didn’t get back but it looks like you got good advice. The 1/2" camlock male fitting screws right into the no-weld valve. I’ve never had one leak and they are pretty much impervious to the heat coming from under the kettle during the boil, although I generally put a deflector (piece of sheet metal) under the valve to prevent heat from scorching the high-temp o-ring.