cweston
Well-Known Member
It was very easy.
I bought a 50 foot coil of 3/8 inch OD copper tubing (about $32 at HD).
I cut it about 30/20. I used the short section to make a coil (wrapped around a paint can) to be a pre-chiller, and the long section to make the immersion chiller.
I forced a 1-inch section of 3/8 ID siphon tube onto each end, then cut up an old 1/2-inch ID garden hose for the connections. I put a standard hose clamp over each connection.
The whole thing works great, less than an hour's effort. I figure I'll put the pre-chiller in a bucket of ice water and put it bucket and all in the freezer while the wort boils.
I bent the input and outflow ends of the immersion chiller off to the side, so that if the hose-clamp connections drip, it wont drip into the wort.
I took a picture: maybe I'll ask my son to upload the pic so I can post it.
I bought a 50 foot coil of 3/8 inch OD copper tubing (about $32 at HD).
I cut it about 30/20. I used the short section to make a coil (wrapped around a paint can) to be a pre-chiller, and the long section to make the immersion chiller.
I forced a 1-inch section of 3/8 ID siphon tube onto each end, then cut up an old 1/2-inch ID garden hose for the connections. I put a standard hose clamp over each connection.
The whole thing works great, less than an hour's effort. I figure I'll put the pre-chiller in a bucket of ice water and put it bucket and all in the freezer while the wort boils.
I bent the input and outflow ends of the immersion chiller off to the side, so that if the hose-clamp connections drip, it wont drip into the wort.
I took a picture: maybe I'll ask my son to upload the pic so I can post it.