DIY immersion chiller copper tube max temp

[mr_lahey]

Hi,

I've been reading as much as I can about making my own immersion chiller. It seems most people are using soft refrigeration copper coils from their LHS. I have found what I think most people are referring to at various stores near me in Canada. For example:
Aqua-Dynamic Copper Refrigeration Coil 3/8 Inch x 50 Foot from Home Depot

My concern is that it seems that this type of copper is only rated for max temperature of 65C/150F.

Am I looking at the wrong copper or are people just using this anyway and getting away with it for much higher temps?

Thanks

 

[Dr_Jeff]

It will work just fine.

 

[day_trippr]

ACR tubing like that is typically temperature rated at pressure and vice versa, with the former up to 400°F and the latter up in the 900+ psi range. There'll actually be a curve if one can find it, but a domestic water supply pressure will be an order of magnitude too low to be of any concern wrt blow-out...at any temperature...

Cheers!

 

[Bobby_M]

Copper melts at 1900F so I think you'll be OK.