bruin_ale
Well-Known Member
Another option is to get an aquarium pump ($15) and pump ice water through the chiller.
or make a small immersion pre-chiller that would sit in an ice-bath, run the hose water through that and into the plate chiller. Setting the chiller in an ice bath isn't nearly as efficient since you'd only be chilling the outer plates - yeah the first quart of wort going through the thing would come out ice cold, but after that putting the chiller in an ice-bath isn't going to make much difference.