Fredderick
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I built the attached wort chiller recently and I have to say it was amazingly efficient! I used 50' of 5/8 inch refrig copper tubing. I wrapped the small diameter coil around my corny Keg and the larger around my ale pail fermenter.
I joined the two coils together using soldered 90's and a very short piece of copper. The uprights are from a piece I ridgid copper pipe (the exact size and type I don't remember).
All in I spent about $100 or a bit less on parts.
This thing took my boiling wort down to 68 degrees in only 7 minutes and 34 seconds! Really pleased with the results.
I am on well water in Maryland so my water is definitely cold but this worked much better than any previous chiller I had made.
BTW...I bought the fittings and
copper tubing from coppertubingsales.com for only 75 bucks or so.
I joined the two coils together using soldered 90's and a very short piece of copper. The uprights are from a piece I ridgid copper pipe (the exact size and type I don't remember).
All in I spent about $100 or a bit less on parts.
This thing took my boiling wort down to 68 degrees in only 7 minutes and 34 seconds! Really pleased with the results.
I am on well water in Maryland so my water is definitely cold but this worked much better than any previous chiller I had made.
BTW...I bought the fittings and
copper tubing from coppertubingsales.com for only 75 bucks or so.