How to clean a plate chiller without a pump

mrgstiffler · Dec 22, 2011

I bought a plate chiller with the plan of gravity feeding it, but how do I clean it without a pump? Just submerging it probably wont be enough.

I was thinking maybe connecting my autosiphon to it and hand pumping some PBW through it. Would probably do the trick I think. Thoughts?

Swib · Dec 22, 2011

I have a 50 plate chiller and I use my garden hose. Full blast in both directions until it looks like everything got flushed out (i.e. the water runs clear for at least 30 seconds). Then I fill it with sanitizer and let it sit while I finish pitching yeast. Empty the sanitizer and throw it on the shelf until the next brew day.

Runyanka · Dec 22, 2011

Buy and adapter so you can screw your garden hose into the "wort in" connection. I would submerge it in a bucket of either PBW or Oxyclean and let it sit over night. Then backflush.

Randall · Dec 22, 2011

I spray mine out with a hose first then let it soak in my brew kettle with Pbw overnight then rinse.

mrgstiffler · Dec 22, 2011

Thanks for the suggestions. I have hose adapters for mine, so I'll flush with the hose, soak in PBW, and flush with the hose again. Before each batch I'll soak in sanitizer.

DavidR · Dec 23, 2011

Flush it after every use with the garden hose, then bake it in the oven for 45 minutes at 400F.

Misplaced_Canuck · Dec 23, 2011

If you want to get PBW or similar in there:

Fill a bottling bucket with solution, set bucket on table, put hose from bottling bucket valve to the wort input (or output if backflushing), and open the bottling bucket valve.

M_C

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