Sidman
Well-Known Member
Question for you all...
I was thinking about building a glycol chiller as dropping a grand on a new one seems cost prohibitive at this point. I was thinking of going the deconstructed AC route but wondered is something infinitely less expensive would work just as well.
What if I just took a small chest freezer - approx $150 and put in a glycol tank section at the bottom with 4 pumps. Mounted some stc 1000's on the side to control each pump and and had connections on the side to attach cooling hoses to run to my fermenters. I could use the remainder of the freezer for hops etc. I think if I had a large enough tank, I could theoretically handle any cooling needs.
I think my biggest concern would be not piercing a cooling line when mounting the controllers or connections.
Help me out here, am I missing something that I should be thinking of?
Thanks in advance!
Sid
I was thinking about building a glycol chiller as dropping a grand on a new one seems cost prohibitive at this point. I was thinking of going the deconstructed AC route but wondered is something infinitely less expensive would work just as well.
What if I just took a small chest freezer - approx $150 and put in a glycol tank section at the bottom with 4 pumps. Mounted some stc 1000's on the side to control each pump and and had connections on the side to attach cooling hoses to run to my fermenters. I could use the remainder of the freezer for hops etc. I think if I had a large enough tank, I could theoretically handle any cooling needs.
I think my biggest concern would be not piercing a cooling line when mounting the controllers or connections.
Help me out here, am I missing something that I should be thinking of?
Thanks in advance!
Sid