Stainless IC temp controlled plastic conical

[LB3ll]

Figured I would show you guys what we came up with for temperature controlling our plastic conicals for our nano brewery were opening this summer. We had 50' 1/2" OD stainless tube coiled by NY Brew Supply to our specified dimensions. They were great to work with and had our order done quickly and for a very reasonable price. They are certainly nicer looking than if I had attempted to coil them myself. As for the connections to attach them to the lid, we wanted to have something that could easily be taken apart for cleaning without spilling glycol everywhere. We found a compression bulkhead fitting from Colder Products Company that automatically shuts off when it gets disconnected. Everything fit together perfectly and I can't wait to start fermenting in them. Part numbers for the bulkhead side is HFCD12812, and the male connector is HFC22812. We plan on hooking this up to a DIY glycol chiller powered by a 5k BTU window air conditioner unit, and a large igloo cooler.

 

[helterscelter]

Do you have problems with the quick disconnects getting stuck from the glycol expanding as the coils warm up, preventing you from reconnecting the supply lines? I've read about others who set up similar systems having that problem but can't recall the sort of connects they used. I'm planning to build something like this later in the summer and would love to know how these disconnects treat you

 

[LB3ll]

I haven't run glycol through them yet. The pumps should be here today so I will let you know how they do as soon as I get it all up and running.

 

[helterscelter]

I haven't run glycol through them yet. The pumps should be here today so I will let you know how they do as soon as I get it all up and running.

any news/updates on this?

I'm also curious what you are using to control your temps.. you mentioned a DIY chiller made out of an AC unit and an igloo cooler, but what are you using to regulate the glycol reservoir and the loop through the conicals?

 

[LB3ll]

The air conditioner cooling side is immersed in a bath of glycol in the igloo cooler. The air conditioner itself is on a temperature controller which controls the temp of the glycol bath, and there is a submersible aquarium pump on another aquarium pump that controls the fermentation temp. When the wort temp gets too hot, the pump kicks on and sends cold glycol through the coil to cool it off until it is back at the right temp.

 

[helterscelter]

The air conditioner cooling side is immersed in a bath of glycol in the igloo cooler. The air conditioner itself is on a temperature controller which controls the temp of the glycol bath, and there is a submersible aquarium pump on another aquarium pump that controls the fermentation temp. When the wort temp gets too hot, the pump kicks on and sends cold glycol through the coil to cool it off until it is back at the right temp.

Using something like an stc 1000?