worxman02
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I just finished my new pre-chiller for use with my IC. I cannabalized an art school project/scuplture for the copper. It's not the most optimized thing in the world, but since I already spent tons of money on the copper tubing and fittings, I thought it was a good idea to use it for something useful. Luckily I had enough 45º elbows to make a decent size pre-chiller. I plan on placing this in a bucket of salty ice water and using it to cool down the water going to my IC to near freezing. I usually do a partial boil of ~3 gallons, so I plan on doing a test with 3 gallons of plain boiling water to see how much faster I can cool the wort. I won't get to do the test for about 3 weeks, so I'll post results then.