Cooler heat loss

[stlbasementbrewer]

People love to over think these types of things. I was having the same types of problems. I covered the top of my cheap uninsulated covered cooler with a towel that was folded over several times and greatly improved the heat retention of my rig.

 

[boo boo]

People love to over think these types of things. I was having the same types of problems. I covered the top of my cheap uninsulated covered cooler with a towel that was folded over several times and greatly improved the heat retention of my rig.

Great minds think alike, lol. I do this also.

 

[Schlenkerla]

People love to over think these types of things. I was having the same types of problems. I covered the top of my cheap uninsulated covered cooler with a towel that was folded over several times and greatly improved the heat retention of my rig.

Yah, I know what you mean. Its the engineer in me. I'm trying to gear up for AG and I'm trying to figure out whether to use one of my current coolers or to go out an buy a 10 gallon one.

I have a 12 gallon Igloo cube another 12r like grnich's. Just wondering if SWMBO would stroke out if I modified one our coolers for AG duty.

If you are anything like me, you want to make the best choice for the $$ you have to spend. Not to mention its good to talk it out with the people who know what works best.

 

[greg75]

I have a 12 gallon Igloo cube another 12r like grnich's.

Many users here have used the Igloo Ice Cube coolers with great success. I'd say the Igloo Ice Cube and the Coleman Xtreme are the two most popular coolers to convert on this forum, with the round Gott beverage coolers being the 3rd most popular. I was having a hell of a time locating round 10 gallon beverage coolers, so I opted for the Xtreme.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Greg75 - Thanks for the reply.

I will use my igloo cube and try to do what this guy Paul has done with his El Cheapo Mash Tun. It seems pretty easy.

http://cruisenews.net/brewing/infusion/page1.php

I'll save what I would have spent on a cooler. I have $50 bucks in Home Depot gift card to throw into getting some copper tubing for my wort chiller.

 

[greg75]

Greg75 - Thanks for the reply.

I will use my igloo cube and try to do what this guy Paul has done with his El Cheapo Mash Tun. It seems pretty easy.

http://cruisenews.net/brewing/infusion/page1.php

I'll save what I would have spent on a cooler. I have $50 bucks in Home Depot gift card to throw into getting some copper tubing for my wort chiller.

I just bought an immersion chiller at LHBS. I was going to build one, until I realized how much copper is selling for right now. I built everything else, from the MLT, to converting my keg, etc. But, I decided just to spend the extra $10-15 and get an immersion chiller already built. It was kind of an impulse buy, but I know this one's built very well. Mine probably would have looked somewhat cheap compared to this one. Downside is, it's probably only big enough to cool five gallon boils, so if I ever go to ten gallon batches, I'll either have to get a bigger immersion chiller, or a CFC.

 

[Wort*hog]

How about cutting a piece of styrofoam the same size and shape of the cooler to float on top of the mash? like the ping pong balls.? thinking inside the box!