Setting up my electric brewery, one part is a counterflow chiller. Tonite I set it up for the first time and while it worked fine, there's a fair amount of liquid trapped in the hoses and CFC, perhaps as much as 1.5-2 quarts.
That's a lot because I need to account for losses later in the process, so the less here, the better.
How do you set up your CF Chiller so as to minimize that?
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One thing I'm doing w/ the CFC is after I preboil strike water to drive off O2 from it, I need to chill it down to strike temp, probably about 160 degrees. That's what the chiller is for, in addition to chilling wort after boiling.
So what I did was recirculate the boiling water (element turned off) back into the kettle using a racking arm from a fermenter. It's just a test, I'll do it more elegantly when I set it up permanently. (See pic below)
Seems like there should be a way to do this so the pump draws water (or wort) from the CFC on the bottom so it's emptied as much as possible and that liquid is returned to the kettle prior to my underletting the grain with it.
Any help or ideas appreciated. And yes, I can use shorter hoses or position the pump higher, that will help some.
That's a lot because I need to account for losses later in the process, so the less here, the better.
How do you set up your CF Chiller so as to minimize that?
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One thing I'm doing w/ the CFC is after I preboil strike water to drive off O2 from it, I need to chill it down to strike temp, probably about 160 degrees. That's what the chiller is for, in addition to chilling wort after boiling.
So what I did was recirculate the boiling water (element turned off) back into the kettle using a racking arm from a fermenter. It's just a test, I'll do it more elegantly when I set it up permanently. (See pic below)
Seems like there should be a way to do this so the pump draws water (or wort) from the CFC on the bottom so it's emptied as much as possible and that liquid is returned to the kettle prior to my underletting the grain with it.
Any help or ideas appreciated. And yes, I can use shorter hoses or position the pump higher, that will help some.