i'm going to try my hand at making a wort chiller. the design is basically a copper spiral inside a bucket that will hold ice water. the part i need some help with is getting the copper tubing through the bottom wall of the bucket and into the fermenter. my first thought is to simply drill the hole, pass the copper through, and use epoxy or silicone to seal it up. the wort will never touch the epoxy so no big deal there. i'd like to be able to consider a way to do this with fittings so that i'd be able to remove the coil for better cleaning. on the other hand, only the inside of the coil will ever need cleaning and the only way to do that is running boiling water through. so, i guess my question is should i find a way to make the coil detachable, or am i making things too complicated? someone please straighten out my head!
another, simpler question: what kind of flexible plastic tube can i use for moving around boiling liquids? ya know, just in case i was ever inclined to do something like that!
another, simpler question: what kind of flexible plastic tube can i use for moving around boiling liquids? ya know, just in case i was ever inclined to do something like that!