Help with used IC

[HBHoss]

This was given to me and I know it needs to be cleaned up but it's also big for standard 10 gallon batches, so, here's my thinking. I (a) patch the hole and use the whole thing or (b) cut it in half and make a pre chiller out of one half and use the other half for my IC.
Here is the unit:











What are your thoughts on this?

 

[ol' rummie]

Clean it and patch it! It looks to be a good size IC!

 

[HBHoss]

Clean it and patch it! It looks to be a good size IC!

It's 24" tall. As it is now almost half of it sticks out above a 15 gallon kettle.

 

[bendavanza]

1) do you need a prechiller? In the summer y ground water is 85˚, so I need some sort of ice help. If so, then cut off some off and do it. It does not take nearly as much line as the IC, though, maybe 1/3 or less.
2) that thing is very tall but a lot of the height is from the loose coil. Use some copper wire to whip that thing into shape.
3) I would clean that by boiling it in a vinegar solution once you have it figured out.

 

[GreenMonti]

What is the diameter?

Just guessing, it looks like about 75 feet of copper.

 

[HBHoss]

What is the diameter?

Just guessing, it looks like about 75 feet of copper.

12" diameter.

 

[GreenMonti]

12" diameter.

So 100 feet of copper tubing then.

 

[HBHoss]

So 100 feet of copper tubing then.

The way it is built I'm just not sure how to go about splitting it. I was thinking I could use a 10 gallon Gott cooler as the pre-chiller and have the fittings sticking out of holes that will be drilled into the top and bottom sides of the cooler. It would be a large pre-chiller. Sure would cool down that wort fast though.

 

[caphector]

Make sure it gets cleaned down to clean copper before it touches wort. The verdigris can be poisonous.

 

[Reedwalker]

Just cut it at one of the splits.

I use a pre-chiller. I have 2 identical IC's. Once I'm down to about 100-120*F I put the pre-chiller into a 5 gal bucket of mostly ice and some water. 5 gals from boiling to 60*F in 15 mins.

Also, to fix the splits, I would just cut out the split portion and solder a new coupling in.

+1 Vinegar solution.

 

[bendavanza]

When you cut it, use 90˚ fittings to redirect the tubing up and out where you want it to go.