kjones
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I have a immersion chiller that I made for my converted keg, it is 50 feet of 3/8 od tubing is this good enough to cool 5 gallons of wort? I didnt know that is was od until I already bought it
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Brewsmith
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That's what I have. It will work great.
fakeghostpirate
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that's how they measure copper tubing. By outer diameter. 50 feet for 5 gallons of wort is plenty.
SixFoFalcon
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Yep, you'll be fine. My 25' IC works great for my stovetop batches of ~4 gallons. With the cold tap water in the winter time, I'm down below 70°F in under 15 minutes.
