Let say I have 50' copper tubing. Which is better:
1) One 50' immersion chiller or
2) Cutting into into two sections to have a pre-chiller and an immersion chiller. For example a 30'-35' immersion chiller and a 15'-20' pre-chiller that will go into ice water to cool the tap water before going into the longer section of immersion chiller in my beer
I hadn't really thought about it and it seems like most people just go with the longer immersion chiller without the pre-chiller, but I borrowed a friends who did the latter option and it got me thinking which would be better.
Let's assume my water is 40's-50's in the winter and maybe low to mid 60's in the summer (not really sure; never measured it). Based on those estimates, my gut tells me it would be better to have option 2 in the summer, but it probably wouldn't matter much in the winter. But curious what everyone thinks.
1) One 50' immersion chiller or
2) Cutting into into two sections to have a pre-chiller and an immersion chiller. For example a 30'-35' immersion chiller and a 15'-20' pre-chiller that will go into ice water to cool the tap water before going into the longer section of immersion chiller in my beer
I hadn't really thought about it and it seems like most people just go with the longer immersion chiller without the pre-chiller, but I borrowed a friends who did the latter option and it got me thinking which would be better.
Let's assume my water is 40's-50's in the winter and maybe low to mid 60's in the summer (not really sure; never measured it). Based on those estimates, my gut tells me it would be better to have option 2 in the summer, but it probably wouldn't matter much in the winter. But curious what everyone thinks.