Cpt_Kirks
Well-Known Member
I like my copper tube wort chiller. I can get 5.5 gallons of boiling wort down to 75*F in about 20 minutes, right now. However, as the weather warms up, the tap water will, too.
I was thinking of adding a pump and a bucket of ice water to the process, but then had the idea of eliminating the pump.
Take a regular 5 gallon bucket. Add a "gamma seal lid".
Add a garden hose fitting to the top of one side of the bucket, and another to the bottom of the opposite side of the bucket.
Attach the hose, connected to the faucet, to the top fitting. Attach a hose going to the wort chiller to the fitting on the bottom, opposite side. Fill the bucket with ice, and seal the gamma seal lid.
When you turn on the water, it will flow through the bucket of ice, into the wort chiller. No pump needed.
Sound OK?
I was thinking of adding a pump and a bucket of ice water to the process, but then had the idea of eliminating the pump.
Take a regular 5 gallon bucket. Add a "gamma seal lid".
Add a garden hose fitting to the top of one side of the bucket, and another to the bottom of the opposite side of the bucket.
Attach the hose, connected to the faucet, to the top fitting. Attach a hose going to the wort chiller to the fitting on the bottom, opposite side. Fill the bucket with ice, and seal the gamma seal lid.
When you turn on the water, it will flow through the bucket of ice, into the wort chiller. No pump needed.
Sound OK?