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[CaptRon]

I have a SS one, wash off with oxiclean when cleaning up.

How do you like the SS chiller?  I'm eyeballing a 50' one as I currently am using a 25' copper one and with ten gallon batches it takes forever to cool down to pitching temps.  I have heard about the SS not having good heat exchange rates or something as SS is apparently not a good conductor?  

[positiveContact]

How do you like the SS chiller?  I'm eyeballing a 50' one as I currently am using a 25' copper one and with ten gallon batches it takes forever to cool down to pitching temps.  I have heard about the SS not having good heat exchange rates or something as SS is apparently not a good conductor?  

 

someone else can do the calculation on that but I think the fact that the temp differential is so large for most of the chilling process that using SS vs copper isn't that big of a difference.

[Steve Urquell]

How do you like the SS chiller?  I'm eyeballing a 50' one as I currently am using a 25' copper one and with ten gallon batches it takes forever to cool down to pitching temps.  I have heard about the SS not having good heat exchange rates or something as SS is apparently not a good conductor?

The rate it drops temp is mostly dependant on groundwater temp. I've read a bit on the difference in heat exchange between the two. Homebrewheaven did a comparison of 25' 3/8" chilling to 70F and the results were: 15.5 min for stainless steel versus 13.5 min for copper.
httpss://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz4CoITHX3M

It's easy to clean, very strong, no corrosion to worry about. Everything you'd expect from SS.

[positiveContact]

The rate it drops temp is mostly dependant on groundwater temp. I've read a bit on the difference in heat exchange between the two. Homebrewheaven did a comparison of 25' 3/8" chilling to 70F and the results were: 15.5 min for stainless steel versus 13.5 min for copper.
httpss://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz4CoITHX3M

It's easy to clean, very strong, no corrosion to worry about. Everything you'd expect from SS.

 

yeah - had it been cheaper when I built my copper one I probably would have gone with SS.