My Europump is yellow, though I’m not surprised by yours being blue as
the new ones in the catalogue are red. The Italians are either just
fond of colour, or perhaps the colours could relate to a number of
engineering upgrades. I think my yellow one is a MK 1 prototype! As
for the spares, I do know that Barry, being desperate to obtain a
replacement for the little spring that couples the motor to the pump,
eventually made contact with the manufacturer and found them to be
very helpful. Mind you, I think he has got a whole box full of tiny
springs now!

It is a pity that Vigo have not acquired the full range of spares to
provide a back up, in the same way that they have, for example with
their stainless 850 & 1500 mills. I don’t really want a box of glands.

Perhaps Barry will come up with the contact details.

Rose.

cider nigel wrote:

> |Hello Rose
>
> I have said blue pump, it has never siezed or cut out it was a super
> thing, however Alex cant supply impellers and so it sits on the
> shelf , if you have a source of bits I would love to know.
>
> Many thanks,
> Nigel.

I have blended juices after pressing that were then successfully
keeved, but I’ve not blended ciders after keeving. This year I would
like to, because of the considerable disparity between my batches.
This puts me in a dilemma as I’m not sure what the outcome may be.

If I were to set a GCE question on the subject it would go something
like this:

Two keeved ciders whose fermentations are essentially stabilised, one
at SG 1.03 and the other at SG 1.01 are blended together in equal
quantities. What is the resultant SG?

The answer would seem to be 1.02, but is it? I am wondering if the
less perfectly keeved cider would act disproportionately on the high
level of sugar remaining in the well keeved cider and thus drag the
resultant SG down to its own level?

Rose.