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That is nice yours did not leak. Even with the leak it is a good chiller. I did something similar on the hoses only I used Styrofoam and left the cover closest to the barbs off. With the main lid on, I will just have to seal the pump cords and it should be good and sealed all the way around...

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This is the coil that will reside in the fermenter to cool the beer while fermenting. I have a Glycol Chiller unit already, now I am building a fermenter from a Chapman 14 gallon stainless tank. The goal is to find a coil for inside the fermenter to cool it down. Mainly 10 gallon batches.

I know a company called stainless brewing has stainless steel coils already. I am just wondering if this is the only company out there that makes different size coils. Anyone know of any other company? Also for 10 gallon batches, what is the best bet on coil size and overall length? I seen...

Not sure but this was not that involved. It was just the cheap fitting they used on that pipe itself. It had a drip every ten seconds. I have it on a concrete floor anyway. Could also be the fitting was stuck on there for him. I can't imagine he did not know how to remove a sharkbite fitting but...

I also can't say how much it cost me because these are parts I had laying around. 1 - 1 inch long piece of 1/2 cpvc 1 - 1/2 cpvc end cap 1 - dab of cpvc glue 1 - 2 inch piece of 1/2 silicone tubing 2 - stainless steel hose clamps (1/2 to 29/32 size) I would guess less than $10 if you had to...

I took off the drain piece which only took a minute. After that I just took a small piece of 1/2 cpvc and cemented a cap to it and connected that with a piece of 1/2 silicone tube (same stuff I use on my RIMS system) and used hose clamps. No leaks now and I am running it to test it. I threw 75...

No problem. I took the end piece off and I am just going to hose clamp it. I have one of the sharkbite removal tools but other things work. I will post pics later.

I hate to say it but that looks like you would have to fix the line and vacuum the system and recharge. It looks like a line crack. If it emptied completely that does not mean it is dead but it will take equipment to get it back in to shape. A good vacuum pump and some soldering will get it to...

Unfortunately mine leaks so I will be fixing that. Like many before me, it is still a problem. I like the solution posted by a reviewer on MBs website with the hose. I will likely take that route.

I am going to take a piece of blue thick foam and leave the cap at the barbs off. 8 to 10 hoses are what I am looking at. When I get the foam in there will be a lot more insulating factor and much greater room. After I figured out what I wanted to do, I think this will work great.

Here is a pic of what I was talking about on the glycol cover for those interested in the IceMaster 100. For reference, this is one hose through the access hose. Needs a redesign or leave a cover off.

One thing I have found that I am not crazy about on the Icemaster is the little hole they put in the glycol chamber cover to run all the tubing and pump wires. I will probably leave the top front cover loose and run it all under that.

I was told not to use RO/DI or distilled water with copper tubing and I will leave it at that. All the research I did said the same thing. Salt softened water is what I am using for the chiller and that is not void of minerals. Besides that there has to be validity to what I have read because...

Distilled water will deteriorate the copper tubing. That is why my R/O-DI piping is all stainless and plastic. DI is close to distilled and it will leech everything it can to replace missing minerals.

I think this is the most important thing. And make sure you use softened and not distilled water. I seen cfrazier77s setup and it is really nice and compact. Besides that, he has produced some award winning beer. I just got the icemaster unboxed and so far everything is tight except the drain...

I just bought this for now. I think I can source the glycol cheaper local even with the 15%. I will also eventually order the connectors probably from US Plastics. They are a little more expensive but they look sturdier. https://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=129804&catid=743...

I pulled the trigger on the Morebeer chiller but I am a DIYer so I will check this thing over when I get it. At that price point it made sense. One other reason I chose the Icemaster is the Freon it uses. Penguin uses 410a which is harder to source if it springs a leak. I know because I had to...

After much toil and many mistakes, my Orange Pepperoncini plants are starting to produce some peppers. OrangePepperoncini by LuckyBeagleBrewing posted Jun 15, 2019 at 8:13 PM Hoping these are as good as the regular Greek Pepperoncini. Now the battle with the ants begins. Been fighting them the...