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(3) After drilling, remove the plug and foam. If desired, you can put a layer of
silicone sealant on the foam to keep liquids from soaking into the foam insulation.
(4) Use a step drill and enlarge the pilot hole on the inside wall to 13/16”.
(5) Install the AutoSparge
tm
as shown here. Tighten finger tight, and then rotate
the valve assembly from the inside of the cooler while holding the nut still with
your fingers to tighten it. Alternately, a 1-1/16” deep well socket wrench can be
used to tighten the nut.
(6) This figure shows the AutoSparge
tm
installed in a 10 gal
Rubbermaid cooler.
(7) At this time, install your preferred hose fitting. Shown here is a Blichmann
Engineering QuickConnector
tm
. But any ½” NPT connector will work.
This concludes the installation instructions for your AutoSparge
tm
lauter tun level control.
