What do I need to hook this wort chiller up to my kitchen sink?

[rumham1985]

Attached is an image of the wort chiller I just got. It did not come with any sort of hosing/tubing. I do have a small adapter that fits onto my kitchen sink. What sort of tubing am I supposed to get for both the input and output of this wort chiller? It appears that the input and output are different sized openings. I just went to Home Depot and had no idea what I was supposed to be getting. Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

[thadass]

Looks like garden hose fittings to me. If the adapter for your sink is garden host thread as well, you can use a garden hose cut to length and attach the male/female ends as needed. Any hardware store I've been to sells replacement garden host male/female ends.

Edit: where did you buy the chiller from? They'd probably have some good info about what this requires or maybe their customer service would

 

[Mojzis]

Those are likely garden hose fittings. I would cut up an old hose and use that. Or go to HD and go to the garden section, pick up some quick disconnects for garden hoses (cheap and work wonders). You can also buy the right sized tubing for them in the plumbing section. The braided nylon stuff should be perfect. Bring the fittings with to make sure. Also pick up a few hose clamps to secure the disconnects to the hose.

Make sure your sink adapter can adapt to garden hose threads. If not HD or Lowes will have the piece for around 5$.

Good luck.

 

[rumham1985]

Are the threaded parts of a garden hose sold separately from the garden hose?

 

[Mojzis]

Are the threaded parts of a garden hose sold separately from the garden hose?

Yes, but be careful here as they can be pricey. The brass ones in the plumbing section are expensive usually. The quick disconnects which work good and make life easier are only 1-2$ each if I remember correctly. The gardening section should have cheap replacement male and female threads. I would go with those..

 

[rumham1985]

Excellent, thanks a lot! I was worried I was going to have to buy a whole damn hose. I'm assuming that I can just get the disconnects and some sort of tubing that fits it properly and be good from there.

 

[Mojzis]

Yup. Just make sure they all fit with your sink and chiller.

 

[thadass]

Excellent, thanks a lot! I was worried I was going to have to buy a whole damn hose. I'm assuming that I can just get the disconnects and some sort of tubing that fits it properly and be good from there.

That's pretty much what I did. My sink connection is garden hose, but my chiller has vinyl hose clamped onto it. I found a female garden host adapter with a barb on it my hose could slide over and be hose-clamped on. Works great!

Kind of like this:

 

[vNmd]

I needed the faucet adapter first when I bought a bottle washer.

Since it got cold I have also moved my chiller inside like the above post and used a vinyl hose. My kitchen sink hose has next to no pressure, so I have been leaving the faucet adapter on the sink so I can use the vinyl hose all the time. Problems -> solutions

 

[petrolSpice]

I got the adapter pictured above from my local brew supply, it was $8.

 

[whoaru99]

Excellent, thanks a lot! I was worried I was going to have to buy a whole damn hose. I'm assuming that I can just get the disconnects and some sort of tubing that fits it properly and be good from there.

You may find that a couple short preassembled hoses might be less cost than buying the fittings, clamps, and hose separately.