Built an immersion chiller today

[HoppyDaze]

I honeslty think you did a good job of making a "bare bones" immersion chiller.

Parts:
Copper tubing
Plastic tubing
one zip tie

 

[Fett327]

I am just finishing my immersion chiller - 50 feet of 3/8 copper - but I have had a real hard time finding hose connectors - I'm not at all happy with the connectors that I ended up with - We'll see if it will work tomorrow - If anyone could tell m where to find sweat on hose connectors, I would sure appreciate the help... John

I think in Bobby_Ms instructional video, he uses hose to barb connectors made out of brass. You can actually fit 3/8 copper tubing INSIDE a 1/2 barb. It fits perfectly and you can solder it on.
I did this exact thing with my wort chiller and am happy i dont have to use hose clamps and and tubing to get a hose connector attached.

 

[MightyCow9]

Thanks for this post. I plan on making a wort chiller soon. I have a pump that we use for circulating the dogs water in the horse trough out back. I figure I will build this unit to connect to that pump and couple the chiller with an ice bath. Hopefully I can increase the speed of the cool down that way.