mattwood2000
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Hi folks finally decided to sign up on the forum. Great stuff here!
Figured I'd share a little project I've been working on - the Counter Flow Wort Chiller.
I built a CWC a month or so ago and its crazy efficient. Got my 212 degree wort down to 60 with the hose flow as low as physically possible. Now that's all well and good, but I didn't like the fact that I had to run hoses all over the deck and in the lawn not to mention the wasted water.
So I decided to improve on the design. My first thought was to do a closed-loop CWC using a cheap pump I got on ebay for about $15. A few hours and some parts from Lowes/HD and the pics below is what I came up with.
The pump works great! I get about 3/4 GPM flow which I think should be OK based on what I had coming from the hose on the deck and I only need a few gallons of water in total. Tomorrow I'll give the chiller a try with some boiling water to see if it can cool to within pitching temperature range without getting the coolant too hot over time.
I'll post back with my results. Hopefully this works and can help some people out. I've got some other ideas for a better chiller but one project at a time !
Figured I'd share a little project I've been working on - the Counter Flow Wort Chiller.
I built a CWC a month or so ago and its crazy efficient. Got my 212 degree wort down to 60 with the hose flow as low as physically possible. Now that's all well and good, but I didn't like the fact that I had to run hoses all over the deck and in the lawn not to mention the wasted water.
So I decided to improve on the design. My first thought was to do a closed-loop CWC using a cheap pump I got on ebay for about $15. A few hours and some parts from Lowes/HD and the pics below is what I came up with.
The pump works great! I get about 3/4 GPM flow which I think should be OK based on what I had coming from the hose on the deck and I only need a few gallons of water in total. Tomorrow I'll give the chiller a try with some boiling water to see if it can cool to within pitching temperature range without getting the coolant too hot over time.
I'll post back with my results. Hopefully this works and can help some people out. I've got some other ideas for a better chiller but one project at a time !