Apulver
Member
Hello All,
I currently have a dinky little 3/8" diameter x 20 foot immersion chiller. Since I'm moving to full-boils, I am planning on building my own copper immersion chiller.
Right now I'm thinking I will go 1/2" diameter x 50 feet. BUT... my hope was to use the dinky immersion chiller I already own as a pre-chiller.
So it would go hose --> 3/8" pre-chiller --> 1/2" chiller
The concern I have is that the pre-chiller with a smaller tube diameter will restrict the flow of water to the 1/2" chiller, thereby making it less effective and not even worth having. I wouldn't have this problem if I went 3/8" x 50 feet on my new chiller...
Anybody ever dealt with this? What should I do?
(1) Ditch the 3/8" pre-chiller entirely and use the 1/2" x 50 feet chiller only?
(2) Use the 3/8" pre-chiller with a 3/8" x 50 foot chiller instead?
(3) Proceed as planned... 3/8" pre-chiller to a 1/2" chiller?
I currently have a dinky little 3/8" diameter x 20 foot immersion chiller. Since I'm moving to full-boils, I am planning on building my own copper immersion chiller.
Right now I'm thinking I will go 1/2" diameter x 50 feet. BUT... my hope was to use the dinky immersion chiller I already own as a pre-chiller.
So it would go hose --> 3/8" pre-chiller --> 1/2" chiller
The concern I have is that the pre-chiller with a smaller tube diameter will restrict the flow of water to the 1/2" chiller, thereby making it less effective and not even worth having. I wouldn't have this problem if I went 3/8" x 50 feet on my new chiller...
Anybody ever dealt with this? What should I do?
(1) Ditch the 3/8" pre-chiller entirely and use the 1/2" x 50 feet chiller only?
(2) Use the 3/8" pre-chiller with a 3/8" x 50 foot chiller instead?
(3) Proceed as planned... 3/8" pre-chiller to a 1/2" chiller?