Plate Chiller Setup

[limulus]

Yep, flow rate is the key. Also, i meant To say three bags of ice, not three pounds.

 

[TBaGZ]

3 pounds of ice would be pretty damn efficient!

 

[Bobby_M]

Before I figured out the inline temp probe, I would constantly pull the hose out of the carboy and hold the thermometer in the stream to make sure the temp wasn't creeping up or down. Most people that go to an external chiller setup do so for one pass chilling. If you're going to recirc back to the kettle, I actually think an IC is the better choice.

 

[ryanhope]

Before I figured out the inline temp probe, I would constantly pull the hose out of the carboy and hold the thermometer in the stream to make sure the temp wasn't creeping up or down. Most people that go to an external chiller setup do so for one pass chilling. If you're going to recirc back to the kettle, I actually think an IC is the better choice.

I started recirculating because my BK was the only thing with a temp probe. I've never tested to see how well my chiller chills in one pass but I guess I should figure that out.

 

[Marc77]

I'm bringing this thread back to life because a while back I bought a 40 plate chiller from someone on HBT that's one of the short ones. Not the elongated one with more surface area that Bobby sells and would love to have....damnit.

At any rate it's got the 1/2 hose attachment's for the water in and out and the 1/2 barbs for the wort (barbs aren't removable). Because of this my questions is for checking the wort temp am I stuck with using the blichmann thrumometer? Like Bobby said above, I only want to do one pass otherwise might as well go IC.

 

[rgauthier20420]

I'm bringing this thread back to life because a while back I bought a 40 plate chiller from someone on HBT that's one of the short ones. Not the elongated one with more surface area that Bobby sells and would love to have....damnit.

At any rate it's got the 1/2 hose attachment's for the water in and out and the 1/2 barbs for the wort (barbs aren't removable). Because of this my questions is for checking the wort temp am I stuck with using the blichmann thrumometer? Like Bobby said above, I only want to do one pass otherwise might as well go IC.

You could still use the T and digital thermo that Bobby sells, but it would just be a little down the line from the wort out end. You could chose which direction you want the thermometer pointing and all that good stuff too. Such as having the wort flow in a straight line through the Tee and coming in from the Tee part with the thermo or just like you'd have it on a chiller and have the wort make a turn and exit the Tee part so you can stick the thermometer further down into the hose (better set up). Either way, there's still a way to go digital