I kinda do half and half. I have 20ft of tubing, but I have a 10ft length of vinyl hose going from the garden hose to the chiller, and I have it looped up in a 5gal bucket with ice. The water going in is chilled, not the whole pot. Forgot to add, works pretty good. In time I wanna upgrade to a recirc pump so I am not using more water than whats in the bucket and the line to the chiller and back from the chiller to the bucket.
yeah well mine is headed to a recycling center for some cash tomorrow, I was using a spring bender to bend the top tubing and kinked, I'm just going to buy a plate chiller, I'm done with copper tubing.
I kinda do half and half. I have 20ft of tubing, but I have a 10ft length of vinyl hose going from the garden hose to the chiller, and I have it looped up in a 5gal bucket with ice. The water going in is chilled, not the whole pot. Forgot to add, works pretty good. In time I wanna upgrade to a recirc pump so I am not using more water than whats in the bucket and the line to the chiller and back from the chiller to the bucket.
With summer temps coming on, i've been wanting to do the same thing you've done. I can't seem to find the right hose/tubing with the right adapters/connecters though. Where did you get your supplies?
I got everything I needed from Home depot. You need the 3/4" threaded female to barb adapter, the vinyl tubing which should be in the same aisle as the plumbing adapters and valves, in my HD the hose was directly under the fittings, a 5 gallon bucket, a hose clamp to attach the vinyl hose to the chiller, and ice.
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