NEW CFC with goodyear hot water hose

[DeepSea]

I made two and am selling one. All fittings are sweated on. The hose is Goodyear hot water hose. This will not melt if you want to recirculate boiling wort to sanitize. Looking for $70.00 plus shipping or best offer.

Thanks for looking.

 

[doggage]

Looks very nice!

 

[DeepSea]

Offers? Offers?

 

[Poobah58]

How long is it and what diameter tubing? Can it be used for 10-15 gallon batches?

 

[doggage]

CFCs can definitely be used for 10-15 gallon batches. When doing such a large batch, it's advantageous to hose down your kettle at flameout to dump any residual heat. Then I would recirculate (through the CFC and back to your boil kettle). That way you aren't leaving the bulk of the wort hot while chilling only a small portion at a time. (The idea is to get it all cool as quickly as possible.

That looks like 3/8 soft copper jacketed with 5/8 rubber hose to me.

 

[Bobby_M]

It really depends on your coolant temp. From what I experienced with this type of chiller is that if you run both the coolant and the wort at full bore (march pumped), the wort will exit at about 7-10F warmer than the coolant. If your tap temp is 60F, you can run out 15 gallons of wort directly into the fermenter(s) in less than 10 minutes. At that speed, there's no major concern about recirculating back to the kettle.

If the tap temp is say 70F, you have to run the wort about half speed and it will come out near 70F.

 

[lunchbox]

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[doggage]

That's good to know and makes total sense, Bobby. I've switched to recirculating with an immersion chiller, but I'll keep that in mind if/when I use a CFC again. (sorry for thread-jack!)

 

[DeepSea]

How long is it and what diameter tubing? Can it be used for 10-15 gallon batches?

It is 3/8 OD,1/4 ID copper, 25 ft long/ This will do fine with a 10 gallon batch of beer.Offers??

 

[PTisch]

I'd gladly give you $30.

 

[DeepSea]

I'd gladly give you $30.

That would be a great deal.....................for you.

 

[Ohio-Ed]

That would be a great deal.....................for you.

If that falls through, I'll give you $20. OK... $10 and that's my final offer (I like the way this is going) :cross::cross:

 

[Mirage]

That would be a great deal.....................for you.

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[humann_brewing]

I'd gladly give you $30.

c'mon, there is far more than $30 in materials here. I have the materials to make a 2nd one myself and know what I paid for them.

 

[Jim Karr]

C'mon guys........make a reasonable offer. Don't insult the man.

 

[Ohio-Ed]

If that falls through, I'll give you $20. OK... $10 and that's my final offer (I like the way this is going) :cross::cross:

I certainly hope you know I was kidding with this response (I was just poking a little fun at the $30 offer).

The chiller looks well made and and very tidy. I think your asking price of $70 is very reasonable. I'm not in the market for a CFC. Hopefully someone will come along shortly that will see the value and snap this up.

Ed

 

[Mirage]

I will be needing some sort of cooler in a bit, but my concern is how do you make sure that everything is perfectly clean in there? It looked like it had some oxidation on the inside of the copper too. Is that a problem?

 

[Bobby_M]

Fill it with starsan and let it soak for 2 days. Flush. Nice and clean. If it doesn't take the petina off, mix the starsan at 2x the recommended concentration and repeat.

 

[DeepSea]

This is now on Ebay for $80.00 with free shipping to the lower 48.

 

[Ohio-Ed]

DeepSea - Thanks for offering it here first. I would think it should sell in a hurry.

 

[DeepSea]

Sold Sold Sold

 

[sjlammer]

Where did you get the goodyear hose from, and how much was it?

I guess my real question is, whether or not the black rubber hose that they sell at Lowes is acceptable for bK recirculation. it says that it is only rated to 160 degrees F

 

[DeepSea]

I got it from Home Depot. I think a 50' hose was $40.00