YA Counterflow Question

[jtrainer]

OK, building a CF chiller, using some 3/8 soft copper and an old drinking hose... Ready to assemble but questioning my roll up.

I know many suggest using a corny, but I don't want a round chiller, I'm thinking oblongish. I have 2 4 inch PVC pipes about 12 inches apart, would a half wrap of the copper around the 4" PVC be too tight?

C______C <- each C is a 4" PVC form.

Reverse the 2nd C and add a line between the tops, is what I'm trying to build to shape wise. Hopefully you all understand.

 

[SeeMont]

The problem you might run in to is kinking the copper tubing. When I built mine, I rolled around a corny keg and strapped the cools tight together with ties. After this was done, You could gentle message the circle into an oval. I would have the tubes crimped and still filled with water though. Good Luck.

 

[Bean]

Also, the straighter you make your chiller the faster fluid will move through it. In the case of a chiller the less efficient it is at moving fluid the more efficient it will be at chilling it..