So, here's a dumb question, but how are you guys using these outside with *2* male hose fittings. The female end of my input hose is attached to my spigot, so I only have a male end for the input. I saw at least one person mention a female adapter but I didn't see one at HD and I'm wondering how everyone is using the 2 male adapters.
Nevermind. I think this is the part I need:
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
So, here's a dumb question, but how are you guys using these outside with *2* male hose fittings. The female end of my input hose is attached to my spigot, so I only have a male end for the input. I saw at least one person mention a female adapter but I didn't see one at HD and I'm wondering how everyone is using the 2 male adapters.
Nevermind. I think this is the part I need:
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
building one of these right now from the orginal posters part list at HomeDepot.
I am not doing the washer hose plan as my water is a little farther away so i chose a barb to 1/2 fitting with braided hose for the exit flow... other than that my set up is the same and a garden hose will supply the water :rockin:
gotta finish it tomorrow night so i can brew tomorrow or Tuesday night
WOW! You got a steal on that tubing. Around here you could sell that right back to a scrap yard for a decent profit. I assume that's the original packaging?
Did it work out? I was just at HD today to buy my stuff to build one... I wondered the same thing actually and found a female adapter... but then changed my mind and got a barb-1/2 inch and a vinyl hose instead for the exit flow.
What you got looks good but I think you might be containing heat at the start using the lid. Try to keep the lid off until you hit the 70-80 mark. I gently stir for the first ten minutes. Then every few minutes there after, until it hits the pitching temperature. Having a lid would make that kind of hard to do.
You're right about the lid containing heat. I didn't think of that. You're concern about stirring is exactly what I was trying to accomplish by leaving the supply side longer so I could use the slinky effect of the coils to stir the wort. I would simply move the supply side up and down to mix.
Test it unwire-tied. Filled with water. It adds weight, enough so that you could uncoil the thing.
In my opinion, its best to use your brewing stir spoon to slowly stirr the cooling wort. I have a 36" spoon/mash paddle. If you don't have one buy one they are cheap.
Also add the thermometer & chiller in the last 10 minutes of the boil.
Another good point. I'll test it tonight.
I have a 28" plastic paddle that would work.
Do you use a floating thermometer?
I tried to search this thread but didn't get any answers.
Any problem with having some of the chiller sticking out of the wort? I am going to initially do five gallon batches in a keggle but will be stepping up to ten gallon batches in the future. I'd be using 50ft of the 3/8ths tubing and I want to avoid having to make two chillers.
A friend and I made one out of 25ft of tubing when we were only doing partial mashes and it worked just fine if not a little bit slow. I may also hook the new one up to a fountain pump and run ice water through it.
Trying to put the hose fittings on mine.
Does the copper need to be flared to work in the compression fitting?[...]
Do.have to clean the tubing somehow before using it? Just wondering if the copper tubing might have some kind of oil or lead in or on it.
Hutch
I plan on building my own I just wonder if we put spacers in between each coil, if it would open up the area that comes in contact with the wort. might increase efficiency
JiHadJoe910 said:so, i have a question. would this go on the outside or the inside. if you put it on the inside you would have to worry about contamination and possibly a metallic taste? i am thinking of making one of these but im not sure how to use it. I am new to brewing so any help would be appreciated. BTW i am using a bucket kit for my brewing.
Copper tubing sales has immersion chiller kits in 25 & 50 ft lengths for 3/8 or 1/2 tubing. All fittings and coil for 50 ft 1/2 inch chiller is 65 bucks. Put that on the Santa wish list. Will build over the holiday...been awhile since I sweated joints, but it is easy and should be fun to do it.
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