So I have a 50' Stainless Immersion chiller that I was planning to use for a 10g 3 vessel electric setup.. SWMBO put the halt on that. Instead I built a 6gallon batch BIAB 120v Setup to make beer.
The problem is that my chiller stands too tall and half of it isnt even in the wort when I cool (due to element height and my steam shelf element protector).. leading to not cool wort.
I decided I am going to build a cleanable CFC using 3/4" or 1" PVC for the outside and 1/2" or 3/8" Copper rigid tubing for the inside.
If I buy 2x10' sticks of copper and cut it into 8x2.5' pieces will that be enough to reasonably cool ~5.5 gallons of finished wort?.
I want to go from the kettle gravity fed through the chiller and into my carboy. I will want to put a ball valve and thermometer on the wort out end so I can throttle and monitor temperatures.
In theory I could recirc since i have a 12v China Hot water pump.. but I dont think it has enough balls to do the actual work.
The problem is that my chiller stands too tall and half of it isnt even in the wort when I cool (due to element height and my steam shelf element protector).. leading to not cool wort.
I decided I am going to build a cleanable CFC using 3/4" or 1" PVC for the outside and 1/2" or 3/8" Copper rigid tubing for the inside.
If I buy 2x10' sticks of copper and cut it into 8x2.5' pieces will that be enough to reasonably cool ~5.5 gallons of finished wort?.
I want to go from the kettle gravity fed through the chiller and into my carboy. I will want to put a ball valve and thermometer on the wort out end so I can throttle and monitor temperatures.
In theory I could recirc since i have a 12v China Hot water pump.. but I dont think it has enough balls to do the actual work.