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I think I may have over estimated the capacity of my Better Bottle...

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I like that blowoff tube, I need to make one for my plastic bucket fermenter. Anyone have any links or suggestions?

Piece of cake. Just find a piece of tubbing that fits your air lock.

thats what I need, do you know what size tubing or should i just take the airlock into home depot and try a couple tubes out till one works?

SkyBrew wrote:thats what I need, do you know what size tubing or should i just take the airlock into home depot and try a couple tubes out till one works?

Looks like a trip to the depot...

The only drawback to the BB... Another reason for my current 3 gal batches...

msjulian wrote:Piece of cake. Just find a piece of tubbing that fits your air lock.

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For years I've used method, BUT unless you cut the tip off the air lock there is a chance it can get stopped up. Just take a sharp knife and cut down on it on a cutting board. (Legal note: I am not responsible for any finger amputation, lacerations or other harm to your body)
See an old post on this:
http://www.ovha.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.ph ... lock#p8625

I have a lot of extra line that I use for my keggerator taps, instead of trying to clean them out ocassionally I will just change the line out. It didnt quite fit until I cut a small slit on the end of the tube and then I was able to get it over the airlock.

I recorded a video today of the blowoff tube in action and put it on youtube, its only :36 seconds but has fun audio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km8q0z_IJ5c&feature=plcp