Cheap Plate Heat Exchanger too good to be true?

**Mirilis** · 10-30-2008, 12:44 PM

Here is a link to a plate heat exchanger that is on ebay. This guy has a lot of these, also has models that have 15, 20, 25, 30 plates. This link goes to the 10 plate chiller it is listed at $49 bucks with free shipping. With a couple fittings this should work just fine right? I mean its half the cost of a shirron exchanger. Is there something im missing about these? They are stainless steel with copper blazed.

**Bobby_M** · 10-30-2008, 12:46 PM

I'm pretty sure the Shirron has larger plates so the overall surface area of this one is lower. I'd go with at least the 20 plate version.

**Sherpa FE** · 10-30-2008, 12:51 PM

I just bought 2 of the 30 plate chillers, if you want to look at the website its here
DudaDiesel.com Biodiesel Supplies (how do you change the name so it says "Here", instead of showing the link)?

Anyways, if you look, there is one review for it, and it is from a homebrewer.

I think it is money well spent, and if doesnt work, oh well, if it does, I save myself almost $120.00, compared to the other brand.

An e-mail was sent to them, asking if it was food safe, and got the reply that it is.

**Mirilis** · 10-30-2008, 02:55 PM

Im going to on my brutus clone to recirc similar to what Lonnie Mac laid out in his magazine plans. ( IE fill HLT with ice water and use a pump to push it through chiller while the other pump pushes the wort.) For 10 gallon batches should the 15-20 plate be sufficient?

RC0032 · 10-30-2008, 03:01 PM

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**Sherpa FE** · 10-30-2008, 03:02 PM

No, I got the 30 plate chiller, its almost the exact same size as the blichmann. I also got mine with the 3/4" MPT so I can connect QD's to it.
I also bought mine for my Brutus build.

**Sherpa FE** · 10-30-2008, 03:04 PM

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Thanks, that is great to know!

phillc · 10-30-2008, 04:19 PM

I purchased the 30 plate from the same place. $89. First brew with it is this Saturday, but initial water only tests are very promising. I added hose fittings from Lowe's to one side, and brass barbs to the other for the wort. No leaks. I also purchased some silicone tubing for the hot side as standard vinyl tubing wont stand up to the heat.

I will be building a cheap back flow flushing fitting for it also to clean it out, which just equals a piece of vinyl tubing with a mail hose fitting on one side and nothing on the other to fit over the barb.

Picture:
Plate Chiller with Fittings

monty73741 · 10-30-2008, 04:22 PM

this is my question it might be brazed with lead instead of silver rod

phillc · 10-30-2008, 04:29 PM

Neither. It is brazed with 99% pure copper in an oxygen free furnace.

10-30-2008, 12:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mirilis lvl 70 Alcoholic Recipes Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Greenville, OH Posts: 356 Mirilis's Gallery BLOG ENTRIES: 2	Cheap Plate Heat Exchanger too good to be true? Here is a link to a plate heat exchanger that is on ebay. This guy has a lot of these, also has models that have 15, 20, 25, 30 plates. This link goes to the 10 plate chiller it is listed at $49 bucks with free shipping. With a couple fittings this should work just fine right? I mean its half the cost of a shirron exchanger. Is there something im missing about these? They are stainless steel with copper blazed. __________________ "Buy a man beer and he wastes an hour, teach a man to brew and he wastes a lifetime"

10-30-2008, 12:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bobby_M Stick it in the fridge Recipes Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Piscataway, NJ Posts: 9,618 Bobby_M's Gallery	I'm pretty sure the Shirron has larger plates so the overall surface area of this one is lower. I'd go with at least the 20 plate version. __________________ Bobby Na zdrowie! Youtube Videos \| My Website \| Keg Polishing \| Brewstand Build \| All Grain Primer\| Buy a sightglass

10-30-2008, 12:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sherpa FE Stammtisch Brewery Recipes Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Spring Hill, Florida Posts: 504 Sherpa FE's Gallery	I just bought 2 of the 30 plate chillers, if you want to look at the website its here DudaDiesel.com Biodiesel Supplies (how do you change the name so it says "Here", instead of showing the link)? Anyways, if you look, there is one review for it, and it is from a homebrewer. I think it is money well spent, and if doesnt work, oh well, if it does, I save myself almost $120.00, compared to the other brand. An e-mail was sent to them, asking if it was food safe, and got the reply that it is. __________________ No matter how much money you THINK you are saving by brewing beer, you are still just pissing money away

10-30-2008, 02:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mirilis lvl 70 Alcoholic Recipes Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Greenville, OH Posts: 356 Mirilis's Gallery BLOG ENTRIES: 2	Im going to on my brutus clone to recirc similar to what Lonnie Mac laid out in his magazine plans. ( IE fill HLT with ice water and use a pump to push it through chiller while the other pump pushes the wort.) For 10 gallon batches should the 15-20 plate be sufficient? __________________ "Buy a man beer and he wastes an hour, teach a man to brew and he wastes a lifetime"

10-30-2008, 03:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
Sherpa FE Stammtisch Brewery Recipes Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Spring Hill, Florida Posts: 504 Sherpa FE's Gallery	No, I got the 30 plate chiller, its almost the exact same size as the blichmann. I also got mine with the 3/4" MPT so I can connect QD's to it. I also bought mine for my Brutus build. __________________ No matter how much money you THINK you are saving by brewing beer, you are still just pissing money away

10-30-2008, 04:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
phillc Junior Member Recipes Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 16	I purchased the 30 plate from the same place. $89. First brew with it is this Saturday, but initial water only tests are very promising. I added hose fittings from Lowe's to one side, and brass barbs to the other for the wort. No leaks. I also purchased some silicone tubing for the hot side as standard vinyl tubing wont stand up to the heat. I will be building a cheap back flow flushing fitting for it also to clean it out, which just equals a piece of vinyl tubing with a mail hose fitting on one side and nothing on the other to fit over the barb. Picture: Plate Chiller with Fittings

10-30-2008, 04:22 PM	#9 (permalink)
monty73741 Senior Member Recipes Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: baltimore, md (dundalk) Posts: 465	this is my question it might be brazed with lead instead of silver rod __________________ Jason Danaher Drinking a non alcoholic beer is like going down on your cousin...sure it taste the same but it just ain't right!

10-30-2008, 04:29 PM	#10 (permalink)
phillc Junior Member Recipes Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 16	Neither. It is brazed with 99% pure copper in an oxygen free furnace.

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