Simple wash through system for a portable milker

[Gulli]

I have a small portable milking machine that I use for milking my few goats and trying to figure out how to setup a sensible wash through system instead of doing it by hand every day.

Got a water heater but I'm struggling to work out how to set it up so it circulates through the bucket
Least cost options always welcome

 

[Agrispeed]

I have a small portable milking machine that I use for milking my few goats and trying to figure out how to setup a sensible wash through system instead of doing it by hand every day.

Got a water heater but I'm struggling to work out how to set it up so it circulates through the bucket
Least cost options always welcome

What I've seen done is to tap a hole through the lid and put a decent gasket then a stainless pipe down to the bottom of the bucket with a cluster jetter attached on the outside. Turn the 'washline' on and off with a pinch clamp. Be aware you will get quite high heat losses and that this system may lead to some vacuum leaks, and a lot of these machines have very little reserve so it can make putting clusters on quite irritating if you lose vacuum after a few seconds when trying to get them on.

However, I only ever washed mine through with quite a lot of very hot water rather than circulating- a full milker buckets worth & detergent or peracetic acid (or both!) should be more than adequate, there aren't really many areas for nasties to build up on.

 

[buffalo_soldier]

How do you mean by hand?

My dump buckets are washed separately to the plant wash.
Plunge the clusters in a bucket of chlorinated water then a bucket of clean water.

 

[Gulli]

Usually a case of sucking hot water up through the cluster and then cleaning around the lid with a brush.
Hardest bit is keeping the milk line clean

Essentially I'm going to end up building a parlour from scratch bit by bit as this idea I had in a pub expands, so setting up something that is at least partly automated is my on going plan.