New chiller question

[Nurmey]

I'm sure I read somewhere on here that you should do something to a new copper chiller before you use it the first time. Boil it in water maybe? I'll be darned if I can find the thread I read that on (unless I was dreaming).

I'm dying to try this out but I don't want to mess up a brew if there is some "conditioning/cleaning/?" step I'm suppose to do first. What's the scoop guys?

 

[Jared311]

I made mine myself and so I had to use dish soap as lube during the process of inserting the copper coil into the hose. So I first ran boiled water through it slowly trying to ensure I got a clean stream out the other end. Then I made a batch of cleaning solution and ran it though slowly as well. Finally I ended it with a batch of sanitizer. Each step I made sure to let the solution sit for awhile as well, especially with the sanitizer. The sanitizer was probably overkill though since boiling water should sanitize it alone.

 

[Moonshae]

If you have an immersion chiller, boil it in a solution of 1 cup white vinegar to 1 gallon water. Use as many gallons as you can fit in your pot (or enough to cover the chiller, if it's less). 10-15 mins boiling in that will clean it up nicely.

 

[Nurmey]

Thanks! I thought I had read something like that but when I couldn't find it I wondered if I had imagined it.

 

[RichBrewer]

I periodically clean my immersion chiller this way. If not the chiller goes into the wort all dull and dingy and comes out sparkling clean!

 

[SC_Ryan]

PBW will clean it up nice too