Thought I would share my wort chiller setup.

I see this question come up a lot about how to cool your wort in the summer so I thought I would share my setup. My tap water is usually 80 in summer and 60 in the winter so for two reasons I went with this setup. One my faucet is unable to receive the hose adapter and two my tap water is always hot.
My set up is a Petco power head aquarium pump which works extremely well and 20 feet of 3/8 copper homemade wort chiller. I cool the wort down to 120 then I add about 15# of ice to cool it the rest of the way. The entire process takes about 30 to 35 minutes.

Just make sure you keep the chiller moving in the wort and you'll cut your chill time down in half.

Looks good!

Cheers
Jay

Thanks, but I stir/swirl with the thermometer, I'll try moving the chiller itself to see if it makes a difference. But I think maybe I just need to invest in a bigger chiller.

try putting 10lbs of ice in the left sink, and the other 5lbs in an ice bath with the pot.

Thanks for sharing. I have the same issue with not being able to hook up a wort chiller to my sink. Never thought of using a submersible aquarium pump.

[Sorry, replied to wrong thread.]

-Rich

what is the gph on that pump?

nolabrew85 said:

what is the gph on that pump?

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225 GPH, I have also refined my process. I now put everything on the left side pot and all, stir with a spoon (instead of the thermometer) and only use ten pounds of ice. I'm now down to 25 minutes.