How to get the chiller water in laundry room

applescrap · Nov 6, 2015

I'm not sure going off my downstairs bathroom is going to work with new fancy faucet and I don't really want to run a hose through the garage and down into the laundry room I guess the output goes into a bucket or laundry drain? Do I put a y adapter on my washing machine pipe to hook up there... do I just go no chill

PGEduardo · Nov 7, 2015

Cheap pond pump with immersion chiller recirculated into cooler with ice. Less water waste and faster chill.

Though I usually dump the first few hot gallons into a separate container to use for kettle washing, etc.

applescrap · Nov 7, 2015

PGEduardo said:
Cheap pond pump with immersion chiller recirculated into cooler with ice. Less water waste and faster chill.

Though I usually dump the first few hot gallons into a separate container to use for kettle washing, etc.

Do i understand right this. ..fill cooler with water and snow soon

pump water from cooler into ic with garden hose adapter on tubing and into bucket then recirculate back into cooler thus no more water needed..pump runs water through chiller then back.....sounds perfect
Duh pond pump submerged right

cod3ck · Nov 7, 2015

I brew right next to the laundry setup in my basement. Setup a Y and a short hose right off the washing machine water line. Works like a champ!

Scriv · Nov 7, 2015

Garden hose to spigot, capture first 5 gallons of hot water in a bucket with PBW or OxyClean to clean brew gear. Then move outlet hose to a cooler and capture 4-5 gallons and add ice. Move hose from spigot to submersible pump and recirculate ice water from cooler through immersion chiller.

augiedoggy · Nov 7, 2015

I wish I had water and a drain in my brew room...I run 2 hoses from my bathroom to my chiller... no basement here and my garage is resereved for garage duties as well as tools so I brew in an extra bedroom setup as a brewery.