How to clean a rigidly mounted immersion chiller?

[bblack7489]

I'm thinking about mounting a heat exchanger coil in my boil kettle. I know that's not very unusual, but I'm wondering about how people clean them.

I typically have to do a little scrubbing at the end of the brew day to get my boil kettle clean. Will I have to scrub the entire IC? Will I be removing it and remounting it every time? Or if I just fill the kettle up with hot water and Oxyclean, will that take care of it for me without scrubbing?

I'm interested to hear what I'm potentially getting myself into.

 

[Hammy71]

Oxyclean and hot water should take care of the chiller most of the time. You might have to take it apart on occasion to get it really clean. But, most of the left over nasties will be boiled away with the next batch. I use a union on my false bottom for my MLT. Might work in your case for easy removal and replacement.

http://www.bargainfittings.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=36_39&product_id=54

 

[bblack7489]

I had planned on using either compression or flare fittings to attach my coil to the bulkhead so that I wouldn't have to screw anything in. I know that flare is more reusable than compression, but I don't really want to deal with making flare connections.

I'm not as worried about the nasties due to the boiling (as you mention), but more concerned about the hot break, hops and other various sludge that tends to build up by the end of my boil.