Quick note to record my experience.
I mixed about 3 tsbp dry lye into a quart of water. Funneled into plate chiller till it ran out the back. I had some tubing connected to the backside in a way to capture the lye solution and not allow it to run off.
After about 2 hours, I hosed out all sorts of nasty grime. Worked great.
The manual for the Therminator (the chiller I have) said to NOT use caustic, such as lye, to clean due to the copper in the chiller. So, I do not recommend this method of cleaning, and I will not be doing it again. However, it did work great once I guess I'll go back to my oxyclean rinse.
I mixed about 3 tsbp dry lye into a quart of water. Funneled into plate chiller till it ran out the back. I had some tubing connected to the backside in a way to capture the lye solution and not allow it to run off.
After about 2 hours, I hosed out all sorts of nasty grime. Worked great.
The manual for the Therminator (the chiller I have) said to NOT use caustic, such as lye, to clean due to the copper in the chiller. So, I do not recommend this method of cleaning, and I will not be doing it again. However, it did work great once I guess I'll go back to my oxyclean rinse.