Lopsy
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Hello all,
Looking for some specific advice that I haven't found on here before.
I am making the usual 50' SS HEX coil inside a 20 gallon kettle.
After my first pathetic attempt to bend a coil into my pot I ended up with minor kinks and dents. Not too bad, flow shouldn't be too much of a problem. My problem was that I bought the .02 thick tubing and wasn't patient. I used the rigid tube bender (400 series, not the roller one) to no avail. So it was mostly bent by hand and foot. At the end of my struggle I ended up with a coil that slides into the pot by touching the side almost everywhere.
Should this affect heat transfer greatly?
Don't be afraid to over analyze. I want this to be right.
I may just have to buy the .035 thick tubing and do it right by following some suggestions I came across after my first attempt. I'm looking to either be told to not sweat it, or to just buck up and do it right. I'll post some pictures later if you'd like.
P.S. it looks like crap inside the kettle, some parts not strictly decreasing. And because I couldn't make tight radius turns it torques my compression fittings and bulkheads pretty hard.
Looking for some specific advice that I haven't found on here before.
I am making the usual 50' SS HEX coil inside a 20 gallon kettle.
After my first pathetic attempt to bend a coil into my pot I ended up with minor kinks and dents. Not too bad, flow shouldn't be too much of a problem. My problem was that I bought the .02 thick tubing and wasn't patient. I used the rigid tube bender (400 series, not the roller one) to no avail. So it was mostly bent by hand and foot. At the end of my struggle I ended up with a coil that slides into the pot by touching the side almost everywhere.
Should this affect heat transfer greatly?
Don't be afraid to over analyze. I want this to be right.
I may just have to buy the .035 thick tubing and do it right by following some suggestions I came across after my first attempt. I'm looking to either be told to not sweat it, or to just buck up and do it right. I'll post some pictures later if you'd like.
P.S. it looks like crap inside the kettle, some parts not strictly decreasing. And because I couldn't make tight radius turns it torques my compression fittings and bulkheads pretty hard.