Sink has no threads

[Talloak]

I currently brew partial boils, partial mashes in my kitchen. This is where I am most comfortable doing this, as I can brew in the cold winter months. I couldn't ask for a better kitchen stove (natural gas). Therefore, I do not want to be dependent on a garden hose for my immersion chiller.

I do not currently own a chiller, as I do partial boils, but my federal tax return will be large, so I am buying a 8 gallon kettle thereby upgrading to full boils - so I will need a chiller.

My kitchen sink, and the other two sinks in the house, all do not have any type of threading on them. Frustrating.

The question: How can I hook an immersion chiller up to a household sink which has no threading of any type?

Thanks

[eriktlupus]

most hardware stores sell a faucet adapter that converts them to a garden tap thread.

[samc]

I would look in a plumbing supply store for a 3 way piece that could go onto the supply line under the sink. Have not had to do this, but see no reason why you couldn't easily add this. You would need a reducer from the hose fitting down to the smaller fitting on the supply line.

[darkstar79]

i just unscrew the tip of the faucet and then put on a threaded adaptor for my chiller. the adaptor was a couple bucks.

[Dr_Deathweed]

If you unscrew the tip of the faucet as listed above you can use an adaptor. However I have found (through experience) that you can strip those threads out and your adaptor is pretty useless at that point.

I was mainly concerned about using my bottle washer inside so I was not lugging buckets of bottles in and out of the house. My solution was to add a T between the hot water supply line and the jumper to the faucet, on which I put a second cutoff valve and about 10' of 5/8" hose. I can now use a hose with hot water indoors to fill mop buckets, use my bottle washer, clean kegs, etc. etc. etc. Recently I even hooked up the garden hose and ran it out the window so I could use hot water to defrost my kegerator on the porch.

[david_42]

If the adapters don't unscrew, look for a rubber funnel-like adapter that would force-fit on the faucet.

[Talloak]

Originally Posted by david_42

If the adapters don't unscrew, look for a rubber funnel-like adapter that would force-fit on the faucet.

This is along the lines of what I was thinking. There is nothing on the tip of the faucet to unscrew, nothing at all, it is all one solid piece.

I would rather not screw around with a T adapted underneath the sink as I rent this property.

[missing link]

Originally Posted by Talloak

This is along the lines of what I was thinking. There is nothing on the tip of the faucet to unscrew, nothing at all, it is all one solid piece.

I would rather not screw around with a T adapted underneath the sink as I rent this property.

it might look like a solid piece but the aerator has to be serviceable somehow. Grab the tip of the faucet with a pair of channel locks wrapped around a damp rag or piece of thin rubber and something will unscrew revealing threads you can use. My bar sink has a new decorative faucet and the aerator is actually the last inch of the spout, not the little 1/4 inch job I am used to seeing.

The previous post about adding the T under the sink is actually the best solution. You will get higher flow rates this way and there is less chance of you scratching the spout and angering the spouse. Adding the T and hose would take all of 5 minutes and $10.

Linc

[Talloak]

Just went to the hardware store and bought an adapter. Will try it out tonight after work. I tried this before when I bought a Jet bottle washer and an adapter. I will try harder this time. I purchased the standard sized adapter, should work.

[Homercidal]

Dang, you guys rock! I am SO going to place a Garden hose adapter under my sink now! I never though about it before, but this would mean I would not have to swap my aerator off the faucet each time!!

Just a garden hose adapter and a shutoff valve and I'm all set!