Two questions for you guys:
1) I made an immersion chiller recently and was excited to try it out live for the first time last sunday. Right before I started my brewdayi gave it a dry run just to make sure it worked fine (which it did the first time i tried it). It started to leak after a couple minutes... To seal it I used 2 flex hose screw clamps on both the in and out of the water which really should have been sufficient. I am using regular vinyl tubing for the hoses. Any suggestions as to what I could do to stop them from leaking?
2) SWMBO works in a research lab and has access to an industrial autoclave. Do you think it is safe for my carboy or bottles to sterilize them?
1) I made an immersion chiller recently and was excited to try it out live for the first time last sunday. Right before I started my brewdayi gave it a dry run just to make sure it worked fine (which it did the first time i tried it). It started to leak after a couple minutes... To seal it I used 2 flex hose screw clamps on both the in and out of the water which really should have been sufficient. I am using regular vinyl tubing for the hoses. Any suggestions as to what I could do to stop them from leaking?
2) SWMBO works in a research lab and has access to an industrial autoclave. Do you think it is safe for my carboy or bottles to sterilize them?