Copper Wire for Chiller!

Aleforge · 02-04-2008, 12:33 PM

This may be a stupid question, but I have a roll of copper tubing to turn into a immersion chiller and wanted to use copper wire to keep it more rigid. Can I use the same copper used for house wiring (the ground wire) or does it have some kind of additive in it like I dunno led or something? I wasn't sure if it was considered "pure" copper!

Thanks guys,

Mark

wihophead · 02-04-2008, 12:54 PM

Copper used for electrical wire is very pure at least 99.95% pure.

In fact electrical wire is one of the few copper products that is made from virgin copper instead recycled copper because of the purity required.

**Bobby_M** · 02-04-2008, 01:37 PM

I've used electrical wire to add rigidity to a 3/8" copper coil chiller before. No problem.

Aleforge · 02-04-2008, 03:22 PM

Perfect!

Thanks guys!