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[Deerslyr]

If there is enough length, split it into two sections and make two counterflow wort chilllers.  Keep one for yourself and sell the other one to use to pay for the extra parts you bought to make the chillers in the first place, use the remainder for either ingredients or other brewery upgrades... such as buying a can of spraypaint to cover that nasty fridge you have.

[brewman]

Well I did my testing with the coil in a bucket of ice water and the pump pushing the test water through it from the kettle. 200 degree water going in and the output was in the low 60's.  So to me this is a success and I will be using it tomorrow when I brew.

 

Dan

[djinkc]

Well I did my testing with the coil in a bucket of ice water and the pump pushing the test water through it from the kettle. 200 degree water going in and the output was in the low 60's.  So to me this is a success and I will be using it tomorrow when I brew.

 

Dan

 

You'll use a lot less ice if you knock the wort down a bit with an IC first.  And keep the SS coil/water around it moving

[denny]

You'll use a lot less ice if you knock the wort down a bit with an IC first.  And keep the SS coil/water around it moving

 

yep.  It's all about the delta...the difference between wort temp and water temp.  When the delta is large, the water works great.  As it decreases, you need the ice to bump it back up.

[brewman]

I am extremely happy with its performance and cant wait to see how it works with wort tomorrow. I still need to figure out a better way of getting water from my HLT to my Tun easier.  I'm still scooping it up in a large gallon pitcher container,  5 gallon batches were not that bad but now doing 10 I need a better way.