View attachment 822017I use female cam lock fittings hooked up to silicone tubing to complete the loop from ice water-filled cooler to the immersion chiller and back. One of the hoses has the plastic screw adapter for the aquarium pump, the other is left bare and just dumps the hot water into the cooler. I opted for QD because the silicone hoses would otherwise be a hassle to drag around during setup/cleanup.
I used compression fittings from the hardware store to connect the male cam adapters to the copper tubing. Would rather have used an all-in-one piece as shown in an earlier post, but I didn’t know where to look for them.