Temp control: SS immersion coil, pump, regulator (image)

safedude said:

Ok, so I have a years worth of brewing under my belt and I'm ready to attempt a more streamline temp control setup. Up until now I've been doing the swamp cooler.

Could someone take a look at my drawing and give me a few suggestions? Please don't cut me up too much, I am no artist. Also, I've never done anything like this before, so I may have something completely wrong.

How it works:

A stainless steel immersion coil in the fermenter attached to the lid. Both ends of the coil are attached to 2 lines whose ends are in an electric cooler of some sort. I have a pump hooked to the IN-line and to a Inkbird temp regulator. There is a thermowell installed on the lid. The regulator has a temp probe that fits down into the thermowell.

The idea is to set the temp on the regulator and have it toggle power ON/OFF to the pump.

Any thoughts? I looked for videos or even pictures and came up dry. Perhaps I'm using the wrong search string.

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safedude said:

I never thought about a discharge hose. I have a few quick questions. Does it puff up all the way once the water circulates? How powerful of a pump would I need to push water through a big hose like that? And do you know of a converter to make the end of the hose smaller to fit a standard small pump? From what I've seen, the ends of a discharge hose are about 2"+ in diameter.

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