Ever have CFC Vapor Lock?

[skippyf16]

My CFC acted clogged, sending me scrambling to get an ice bath going and doubling the amount of time needed too cool my wort. When I was cleaning up I noticed the CFC wasn't clogged at all...what happened?

 

[skippyf16]

no idea?

 

[beaksnbeer]

Water turned on? Kink in the hose? You should check water flow before setting chiller into hot wort maybe heat + leftover water created steam pressure had to say, I always run water through chiller before it enters kettle.

 

[JoeyChopps]

I had this same thing happen my last brew day. I thought my ****** burnt up my pump. So I blew on the hose to cfc and it went through. On clean up my pump and my cfc worked as advertised so I also don't know what the hell was going on

 

[MrWildcat2U]

I noticed mine will act plugged if I don't fill it with sanitizer and basically start a siphon when i'm ready to drain the kettle. It has something to do with the fact that my pickup tube runs uphill to my weldless fitting.

 

[outside92129]

I pump (push into) my CFC so it's never been an issue. I have some 'ups and downs' in my design so i can imagine vapor lock potentially being an issue if it was gravity fed.

 

[skippyf16]

If you pump (push or pull) through the cfc how do you make sure the wort doesnt flow too fast to cool?

 

[JoeyChopps]

By putting a valve on the output side of the pump to slow down the flow from the pump and adjust the water going through the cfc

 

[skippyf16]

So like a fountain pump on the cold side of cfc just before the carboy?

 

[outside92129]

i don't throttle for cooling, the cfc is 50ft (1/2" coil) with two separate cooling sections so i can pump at max flow. Cost about $60 or so in parts, and lots of labor of course : )