JWest

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Hey guys...I'm a couple days after pitching the yeast on my first batch, and I want to get some things I need/want before my next batch. I had a question on the immersion wort chillers. Do they hook up to a standard kitchen sink, or do they need to hook up to an outdoor garden hose type spigot? If it won't attach to a normal kitchen sink, are there attachments I can buy to make this happen?

This is the one I was looking at.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

TheSeether

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That is the ticket. "normal" is the keyword, too. Some faucets, like mine, are not normal.
http://www.northernbrewer.com/default/faucet-adapter.html
Any brew supply and any hardware store sells these things for cheap.

edit: The amount NB wants is outrageous, BTW. These are typically under $2. Also, I recommend getting the chiller and taking it along with the piece from your faucet to a plumbing store or hardware store with plumbing section and getting an adapter you know fits your rig.

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JWest

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That looks like it'd only work with a threaded faucet, which I don't have. I'm considering running a hose from outside to make this work, unless anyone has a better idea.

nos33

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i put in a t bracket off my ice maker on my fridge and use that as a water supply because my sink faucet would not work and there is a foot of snow making my outside faucets not work either. all mine are 1/4" diameters and they work okay.

TheSeether

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If you don't feel threads on your faucet but you see an aerator then you most likely can unscrew the aerator and find exposed threads beneath. If you have a extendable faucet, like me, many times they are molded and/or proprietary threads. These can be unscrewed at the hose and an adapter fitted to that instead.

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ThatGuyRyan

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are you using a kitchen faucet? you should be able to unscrew the tip to most kitchen faucets to use the screw in adapter. my faucet in my basement was a solid one piece so I ran a hose outside for a while but that was too much work so I ended up just replacing the faucet.

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JWest

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This is exactly what I have. I just went to see if I could unscrew the tip of the faucet, and I definitely have an aerator. Never had any reason to investigate this before...thanks for the help! I should be able to use the chiller I linked to now.

Revvy

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You have to unscrew the diffuser then install a faucet/hose adapter from any hardware store.

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