Duda Diesel - 30 Plate Chiller

[Kmcogar]

I have a chance to buy a brazetek 30 plate chiller for $65. You think it would get the job done just as well. I can't find anyone who has used it.

http://www.brazetek.com/3x8-30f-wort-chiller-heat-exchanger

 

[Basevol]

Just to follow up. I ordered the (30 plate long from Duda Diesel) Sunday night, It was at my door Tuesday by lunch with standard shipping. Looks great, going to boil about 5.5 gal of water this weekend just to know what to expect.

 

[makomachine]

Got my 30 plate chiller in today and will be testing it out later this week once fittings are received from Bobby. Can't wait to see how it works!

 

[Curtis2010]

Was chilling some wort (well, actually "must"...making mead) today and thought of something that might be useful to those using the Duda and probably other plate type chillers too. If you are gravity feeding through the chiller then first fill the wort side of the chiller and hoses with wort or water -- this will make the flow start much faster. Mine tends to form a bit of an air lock if started dry and it takes a bit for it fill the chiller and start to flow well.

 

[Basevol]

Brewed with mine first time yesterday, set up my old IC in cooler with Ice and water, put the chiller in a bag full of ice, (tap water here is to hot about 78). Worked great wort came out at 68. I did have a lesson learned, the pot is still very hot while the wort is nice and cool in the fermenter. Carboy was filled in about 5 min.
I opened the valve right at flame out and got alot of hot break. Should I let it settle for some time before chilling to reduce the amount of break material in the fermenter ? If so how long ?

 

[makomachine]

Brewed with mine first time yesterday, set up my old IC in cooler with Ice and water, put the chiller in a bag full of ice, (tap water here is to hot about 78). Worked great wort came out at 68. I did have a lesson learned, the pot is still very hot while the wort is nice and cool in the fermenter. Carboy was filled in about 5 min.
I opened the valve right at flame out and got alot of hot break. Should I let it settle for some time before chilling to reduce the amount of break material in the fermenter ? If so how long ?

Any idea on your feed water temp with the ice?

 

[Basevol]

No didn't check that. I was just trying to get any help with the tap water temp.
I was amazed at how fast the plate chiller works.

 

[CS223]

I also picked up the B3-23A chiller from Bobby_M at brewhardware.com, the garden hose connection version. I use camlocks on the wort side and QD's on the garden hose side. I'm really pleased with it. I found some rubber feet to put on the bottom to make it stable on the floor. When I'm done brewing, it gets hot PBW circulated through it then I fill it with Star-san and put caps in the cam locks and stow it.

 

[day_trippr]

Acid and copper generally aren't the best of friends, and with all the copper brazing in these plate chillers, I'm leery of storing them full of acidic solution.

fwiw, I do forward and reverse flushes, recycle cleaning solution, then rinse, shake out what I can, and store for next use. For sanitation, I recycle for 10 minutes near the end of the next boil (with no water in the water side)...

Cheers!

 

[Basevol]

. I found some rubber feet to put on the bottom to make it stable on the floor.


I like the rubber feet, I need to do some thing like that, as I not ready to mount it yet.
As for a backflush set up I got the parts at H/D for like 5 buck. one fitting hooked to a water hose to my sump pump in BPW

 

[mux]

Just finished a brew with my new 30 plate chiller from Duda Diesel. I was absolutely the worst customer ever (changing my order twice, and returning once) because of poor planning on my part. However I received the B323A 30Plate and just finished a batch.

I simply cannot explain how awesome these guys were, or how great this chiller is. I just cooled 10gal. to 72 deg. literally in about 8 minutes. wow. I have dumped a lot of money into my new hobby, but this takes the cake as far as investments go. Seriously, coming from the most indecisive person to ever walk the face of the earth: Do your self a favor and order one of these things today. You will not regret it.

Good to hear. I just bought one.

 

[el_horno]

Don't recall the exact threads/diameters, but a suggestion: set-up all connections to the chiller using quick disconnect fittings. This allows the hoses to be easily removed. Handy for cleaning and storage. These fittings you can typically get on a visit to a good local hardware store.

Can you provide more information on your quick disconnects? What sizes are needed and where you got them?
Thanks!

 

[mxpx5678]

Just picked up one of the 30 plate versions today after using a friend's therminator. Got some camlocks coming to so hopefully I can use it on my next brew day this weekend.

 

[mrklueber]

I bought my Christmas present from Brewhardware: B3-23A-30ST long plate chiller with camlocks. Works great!! Chills 10 gallons of wort from boiling to 60F in about 10 minutes. Ground water temp is currently 53F high in SW Ohio. I flush 180-190F water through the chiller about 15 minutes before the end of the brew and then flush 190F water through the filter in both directions at the end of the brew. About every 3rd or 4th brew, I will flush some hot PBW through it before the plain water flush. No problems so far. Most of my hot break stays in the keggle because I use a hop stopper. I also use a hop spider to prevent hop gunk from getting into the plate chiller. Cold break does get into the fermenters though. That's been my experience so far with the plate chiller.

 

[daksin]

How are y'all attaching output thermometers? Brand recommendations? Also- if I wanted to recirculate back into the BK (a la the Jamil-o-chiller) is the cold break going to clog the chiller?

 

[RoundKid]

How are y'all attaching output thermometers? Brand recommendations? ?

I attached my output thermometer with a stainless steel Tee and a compression fitting, both from BrewHardware.com see this page for details: http://brewhardware.com/thermometers/153-probecompression2

the thermometer is also from BrewHardware, a CDN digital: http://brewhardware.com/thermometers/76-cdn-digital-thermometer

 

[mrklueber]

I attached my output thermometer with a stainless steel Tee and a compression fitting, both from BrewHardware.com see this page for details: http://brewhardware.com/thermometers/153-probecompression2

the thermometer is also from BrewHardware, a CDN digital: http://brewhardware.com/thermometers/76-cdn-digital-thermometer

+1 That is what I use also. Works great. Cold break doesn't clog my chiller but I don't recirc back to the BK. I go straight into the fermenters.

 

[daksin]

+1 That is what I use also. Works great. Cold break doesn't clog my chiller but I don't recirc back to the BK. I go straight into the fermenters.

I'd like to, but our groundwater temps don't ever get that cool (summer they can be downright hot) and since I'll be brewing big batches, I'm concerned about issues with my late hop character if I have to throttle the wort way down. Ideas?

 

[mrklueber]

Put a copper coil in a bucket or cooler full of ice. Run the cooling water through the coil before it gets to the plate chiller. I used to live in south Texas and that is what I had to do most of the year to get my wort down to about 70F.

 

[daksin]

Put a copper coil in a bucket or cooler full of ice. Run the cooling water through the coil before it gets to the plate chiller. I used to live in south Texas and that is what I had to do most of the year to get my wort down to about 70F.

Was planning on running a prechiller, but may still need to throttle the wort flow back quite a bit. I guess it'll be a trial and error sort of thing.

 

[idigg]

Picked one up last month and love it. Now I'm done with cleanup where I used to be pulling my immersion chiller out of the brew pot!

How do I set this up! I am buying a duda diesel 30 plate chiller, but confused on if I should get the 1/2 male NPT on all 4, or the garden hose one. What type of duda diesel chiller is that and what kind of hose connectors is that? Thanks

 

[idigg]

Is this a duda diesel garden hose chiller with 3/4" NPT for the water out? Where can I get these fittings? Thanks

 

[DrHops]

I bought a Duda with all 1/2 NPT fittings. Home Depot and Lowes sell an adapter to make two of those into garden hose ready.