Hello all,
How many of you are able to use a CFC to chill wort to pitching temps in one pass without a pump?
I’ve long considered upgrading my chiller as I live in aus and always try to make chilling as water efficient as possible. I have a pretty simple copper immersion chiller that has worked well, but it is by. I often chill to around 25-28 degrees and then put wort into fermenter and let it cool down to room temp and pitch yeast that night or the next day.
I’ve looked at many other posts about CFC efficiency and not using a pump with them (which I won’t ever get a pump I’m quite sure) and while many have had success some others haven’t been able to, and I think it comes down to dialing in flow rates of wort/cold water and length of immersion chiller.
If I end up getting an immersion chiller I think I’ll go all out and snag this Coolossus Gen2.1 - Passivated Stainless Steel Counter Flow Chiller with 1.5
it’s $265 though so I’m posting here to try and be as sure as I can it will chill my wort in one pass down to around 25C before I purchase.
thanks!
How many of you are able to use a CFC to chill wort to pitching temps in one pass without a pump?
I’ve long considered upgrading my chiller as I live in aus and always try to make chilling as water efficient as possible. I have a pretty simple copper immersion chiller that has worked well, but it is by. I often chill to around 25-28 degrees and then put wort into fermenter and let it cool down to room temp and pitch yeast that night or the next day.
I’ve looked at many other posts about CFC efficiency and not using a pump with them (which I won’t ever get a pump I’m quite sure) and while many have had success some others haven’t been able to, and I think it comes down to dialing in flow rates of wort/cold water and length of immersion chiller.
If I end up getting an immersion chiller I think I’ll go all out and snag this Coolossus Gen2.1 - Passivated Stainless Steel Counter Flow Chiller with 1.5
it’s $265 though so I’m posting here to try and be as sure as I can it will chill my wort in one pass down to around 25C before I purchase.
thanks!