Does the system that Bobby linked removed chloramines? It's my understanding that having 2 carbon pre-filters would remove chloramines due to the increased contact time.
I've had the vinyl tubes to my IC melt from either the kettle or flames, probably flames. Go ahead and post a picture, but you want any vinyl to be as far away from the heat as possible. I'm not sure about silicone
Sorry to bring up an old post, but is there any problem in going from the 1/2" ID of the stout CFC to a 1.5" TC for an instrument T and then back down to 1/2" Camlock? I suppose that would just mean the instrument T has a big more liquid sitting in it to read the out flow temp, right?