JayUnt
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A little while ago when Home Depot was having their copper tubing clearance, I got a 50' - 5/8" OD copper tubing. I finally want to turn this puppy into a immersion chiller. I currently have a 20" (or even less) and it doesn't cool my batches fast enough.
I currently have 2 pots. The one I started with that is a 6+ gallon pot, that I've used for my full boil extracts. Since I wanted to get into all grain, more specifically BIAB, and doing some 10 gallon batches, I bought a 20 gallon pot.
I was originally thinking that I would make this new chiller just fit my 20 gallon pot. But now I'm thinking that if I ever want to do a smaller batch, or even a 5 gallon extract again, I'll want to use my original pot, and not the humungo 20 gallon.
So my question is, if I make the chiller to fit within my smaller pot, will it have any affect on using it in my larger pot? Is the chiller supposed to just just fit within the pot, or is it fine to be more in the center of the pot and not that close to the sides?
The only thing I can think of is that with the wider pot, more of the chiller will stick outside of the wort. Then.... (sorry this is kinda all over the place) I was thinking about making the chiller 3 coils wide, instead of 2. That would put more of the chillier in the wort for the wider pot. There would be some wort above the chiller in the narrower pot, but with stirring (eventual whirlpooling), i would think that is fine.
Thanks for your help.
I currently have 2 pots. The one I started with that is a 6+ gallon pot, that I've used for my full boil extracts. Since I wanted to get into all grain, more specifically BIAB, and doing some 10 gallon batches, I bought a 20 gallon pot.
I was originally thinking that I would make this new chiller just fit my 20 gallon pot. But now I'm thinking that if I ever want to do a smaller batch, or even a 5 gallon extract again, I'll want to use my original pot, and not the humungo 20 gallon.
So my question is, if I make the chiller to fit within my smaller pot, will it have any affect on using it in my larger pot? Is the chiller supposed to just just fit within the pot, or is it fine to be more in the center of the pot and not that close to the sides?
The only thing I can think of is that with the wider pot, more of the chiller will stick outside of the wort. Then.... (sorry this is kinda all over the place) I was thinking about making the chiller 3 coils wide, instead of 2. That would put more of the chillier in the wort for the wider pot. There would be some wort above the chiller in the narrower pot, but with stirring (eventual whirlpooling), i would think that is fine.
Thanks for your help.