SouthPhillyBr3w3r
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I am working on a plan for a double coil immersion chiller to replace the janky, poorly made IC I currently have (25' x 3/8" Single). I was going to do two 3/8" x 25' coils, attached using T-fittings that are sweated together, so that there is cold water flowing from the input through each of the coils separately. I got lucky and found a deal at Lowes for 50' of 1/2" ACR tubing for only $13. I ended up getting it, so I will using 1/2" OD tubing and will be constructing the chiller this week. If anyone has a good design for a dual coil chiller, please feel free to post a link. Otherwise, I will go with the design I have in mind and will post a picture closer to the weekend.
I guess I will sell my old chiller as scrap metal, since no self respecting brewer will buy it (it is full of kinks and is pretty shite). I could probably use it as a pre-chiller but I am worried that going from kinked up 3/8" tubing into a wider diameter tubing will reduce the flow rate too much for my new chiller to work well.
This is what I hope to build, but with hose fittings at inlet/outlet:
I guess I will sell my old chiller as scrap metal, since no self respecting brewer will buy it (it is full of kinks and is pretty shite). I could probably use it as a pre-chiller but I am worried that going from kinked up 3/8" tubing into a wider diameter tubing will reduce the flow rate too much for my new chiller to work well.
This is what I hope to build, but with hose fittings at inlet/outlet:
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