Plate cooler

[sidjon]

Can and will it work, if I put a plate cooler in upside-down as have a very small space to fit one and joint straight to Steel pipe on milk inlet and outlet, water is not problem, this is on a single stage.

 

[jimmer]

Yes
But put drain t on outlet with pinch clip

 

[Peter]

will work if milk is top and bottom. But if both in/out on top then you wont drain out. Loosing milk at wash and leaving wash water. Needs to be able to drain.

 

[jimmer]

I mean drain on milk out pipe

 

[Peter]

outlet on bottom pipe goes down, if it goes up should have a drain on convention milking systems. This plate has the in/out on each end so which way up is only the label on a single pass.

This cooler is in/out on one end. So in/out must be at the bottom.

 

[sidjon]

Looking at it, it's not going to drain if I put it in the right way up as no drain switch

 

[sidjon]

It doesn't show which is milk in or out, does that mean it can the milk go in either inlet or will it only work with the milk flowing one way

 

[Will Blackburn]

You need the water flowing the opposite way to the milk, cleaned mined out today

 

[mixed farm]

You need the water flowing the opposite way to the milk, cleaned mined out today

How often do you have to clean it? I put in a new one a few years ago and was told I'd never have to clean it again. That was a lie, probably twice a year.

 

[Will Blackburn]

How often do you have to clean it? I put in a new one a few years ago and was told I'd never have to clean it again. That was a lie, probably twice a year.

First time in 14 and 1/2 years. We have had creeping up bactoscans in the last 6 months, looked at everything else first. I suppose it may not be the cause, but it’s very likely.

 

[Horn&corn]

Looking at it, it's not going to drain if I put it in the right way up as no drain switch

We put ours in upside down as practically zero milk wasted. If we’d done it as book said it would have been full at end of milking and air jet will only clear so much.

 

[pine_guy]

You need the water flowing the opposite way to the milk, cleaned mined out today

do you leave your filter sock in for washing? I was told to never put anything through the plate cooler without the filters in place.

 

[Will Blackburn]

do you leave your filter sock in for washing? I was told to never put anything through the plate cooler without the filters in place.

Yeah, but the air purge has blown a few socks, might have to use dual filters, I've got a second housing to install for winter time.