"Brian Lundeen" > wrote in message
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> "J F" > wrote in message
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> > I have experience in a commercial winery with floating lids up to 15000
> > litre tanks.
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> All I have is a 200 liter tank, but I will echo all your complaints (well,
> OK I don't need a ceiling mounted winch for mine).
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> Nice idea in theory, but this fall when it came time to protecting my must
> as fermentation was dying down, I just resorted to some heavy plastic
> sheeting. I doubt if I'll ever use the lid again.
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Did I mention you should check the membrane air prerssure frequenlty to make
sure the seal still exists? Thay have habit of slowly leaking even if the
membrane is not ruptured.