Cleaning and sanitizing plate chiller

[drmario47]

Does anyone have a good method on cleaning a plate chiller? Right now I just flush it with hot water and pbw. Does anyone recommend storing it with pbw in it or would that encourage oxidation of the metal in the chiller. Thanks

 

[logdrum]

After back flushing w Oxiclean, I've been storing mine w/ Starsan in it & a silicon jumper hose cam locked to the fittings

-d

 

[Reelale]

I don't understand the concept of storing metal in a solution. PBW is caustic, Starsan is acid. Both react with metal. I simply backflush hot PBW through my plate chiller followed by an equally hot rinse. Then a pressure backflush with hot tap water. I then drain it and let it air dry. I soak it in starsan during the boil, and then pump boiling hot wort through it for 15 minutes. I treat it as every other metal piece on my brewery. I think the key is to backflush as soon as possible.

 

[JonW]

I back flush with the garden hose right after brewing. If you didn't let anything dry up in there, then it will flush out clean. I then drain it for storage until the next brew day. On brew day, I recirc boiling wort through it for the last 10 minutes of the boil.

About every 4 - 6 brews, I run PBW through it. I've never had an issue doing it this way.