my first brew day with this didnt go good. I didnt know you needed a washing machine hose to hook up a garden house to it since the fitting is a male. I had to rig something up and water was squirting everywhere and I only got the wort temp down to the 70s even though my ground water is around 45. Oh well im glad im working out the kinks with this cfc and moving water around with the pump since i'll be going to 10 gallon batches soon.