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I just bought some from Sears.com
Search UT06025. I haven't received mine yet, but the price was right!
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM161832710P?keyword=ut06025&sLevel=0&prop17=UT06025
Search UT06025. I haven't received mine yet, but the price was right!
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM161832710P?keyword=ut06025&sLevel=0&prop17=UT06025
shortyjacobs
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Menards, Lowes, and home depot all have it too
dutchoven
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I got 50 feet of 3/8" from Lowes for $38
Dixon
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I could be wrong, but I've been looking around for copper for a chiller and noticed that you don't want the line referred to as refrigeration line. Its only rated up to 150F or something like that. You run the risk of it cracking in boiling wort.
shortyjacobs
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Hrm.....I think that's a pressure/temperature thing. I used the thinnest I could find, which I think is refridge line, and I believe most everyone else does the same. Copper's copper, in my mind, so I don't see how the fridge line could crack. Hell, you can solder the stuff, and solder temps are much much higher.
Dixon
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shortyjacobs said:
If that's right that's very good news!
shortyjacobs
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Dixon said:
From some quick googling the 65°C limit is for high pressure applications. Doesn't apply to us.
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25' minimum, 50' ideal. Over 50' is overkill without added benefit.
two 20 foot legnths in parrallel would work very nicely. thats how i do it (only with 2x25ft).
my thoughts....
I've seen a lot of people with 50' chillers that only end up having half (or less) submerged in the wort when they are chilling. That's a huge waste.
Because of the dip-tube in my kettle (converted sanke keg), I couldn't even get my 25' coil completely into the liquid.
I've seen a lot of people with 50' chillers that only end up having half (or less) submerged in the wort when they are chilling. That's a huge waste.
Because of the dip-tube in my kettle (converted sanke keg), I couldn't even get my 25' coil completely into the liquid.
shortyjacobs
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This is how I did mine....lets me get the chiller all the way in and still have a center dip tube. (Black is keggle, blue is dip tube, gold is chiller)
MazdaMatt
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WTF? Best local price I could find for 50 feet of 3/8 was 59 dollars. There were more expensive options, too.
Did you receive the tubing? The price seems too good. I'm about to make an order if yours shipped with no issues.
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ACESFULL
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Seems that its real thin and pliable... Not sure I would go that route. At least for me I had issue with the stuff from HD and it kinking on me so I could image this stuff being that much harder to work with.
Shaggyt
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Prior to repurposing my IC to a CFC, I used 2 - 20' 3/8" rolls from HD connected w/dual compression fitting...no leaks, though you really gotta crank that SOB on there...just didn't cool fast enough for me though, even with a 25' prechiller.
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