DIY Whirlpool arm from racking tube

[Brewmegoodbeer]

Hello all,

I have been thinking about the most affordable way to recirculate cooling wort through my pump via installed ball
Valve and a whirl pool arm. I discovered a stainless steel blow off (not racking tube) tube on amazon that i think im going to bend slightly into a configuration to make a whirlpool in kettle while cooling. Ill just attach it to the side of the kettle with a clamp when ready to use. I am also installing a ball valve with dip tube into my kettle, not only to allow recirculation while cooling to be able to whirlpool, but I have always used a racking cane and I want to eliminate this process. Follow here for my build. Here are some pics of the stuff I bought for a total of 60 bucks after tax and shipping off of amazon. I want to bend it in the shape of the pic of the tube in the kettle below which should not be that hard.

 

[Konadog]

Do you have a tubing bender? SS is tough to bend and will probably kink without one.

 

[Brewmegoodbeer]

I was thinking it’d be similiar to bending my keg dip tube slightly off the bottom off the keg just with force with wrenches. Im hoping its easy to bend. Its already bent for the purpose of being a blow off tube so im hoping I don’t have to bend it too much.

 

[Brewmegoodbeer]

So I successfully made a whirlpool arm with a ss blowoff tube and a racking arm. Check out the video I made!

 

[SmokeyRydr]

So I successfully made a whirlpool arm with a ss blowoff tube and a racking arm. Check out the video I made!

Nice.
One question tho... Since you were already drilling into the pot, Why not just add another port?