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Any thoughts on this guys? If I was to build another one, what should I modify?



(I know, it goes INTO the pot! )

Try the pic again.

Sandy

What do you mean sandy?

Pic isn't showing.

The 2 pipes going up are the inlet and outlet. They don't have connectors on them yet.

We still can't see the image.

Oh, that is what you meant! Sorry, my bad. Is it fixed now?

mmmm, thick wallet!!

Looks good. Nice bends.

Mine looks like it was made by a racoon.

I'll look and see if I have 3/8 to hose fittings.

Sandy

All I have is 1/4 compression.

Sorry.

Sandy

Dirt Chicken wrote:mmmm, thick wallet!!

40$+tx of copper coil. Not that bad.

GAM wrote:Looks good. Nice bends.

Mine looks like it was made by a racoon.

I'll look and see if I have 3/8 to hose fittings.

Sandy

Thanks for your help, but I'll pass... I'm a couple of hundreds km from the Atlantic (sshhh! Don't tell anyone!)

mathieu wrote:

Dirt Chicken wrote:mmmm, thick wallet!!

40$+tx of copper coil. Not that bad.

where did you buy the coil? seems pretty cheap to me

Liam, I got it at Canac in Quebec.

They sell copper for 1$/ft but you can buy the complete 50' coil for 40$.

mathieu wrote:Liam, I got it at Canac in Quebec.

They sell copper for 1$/ft but you can buy the complete 50' coil for 40$.

I could live with that deal.. that's pretty much free!

thats a pretty awesome deal!!! Only way it could be better is if they fuck up at the checkout and charge you $2.50 for 50'.

Cheap copper all right.

Not sure if you need all that in 3/8 copper. Not sure if the last few feet will do much cooling, but it certainly won't hurt.
BTW, neat job bending that.

Dirt Chicken, I wished they enter 1x 1' @ 1$... didn't happen!

Tony, that was one of my concern. It probably depends on the temperature of the water going in. If it's way under the wort temp, I guess it will be more efficient at the beginning.

I probably have a couple of feet too many for straight tap water, but if I cool it in ice, the extra feet will help. My 2 cents. Maybe I'm way in the left field on this one.

[quote="mathieu"
Tony, that was one of my concern. It probably depends on the temperature of the water going in. If it's way under the wort temp, I guess it will be more efficient at the beginning.)[/quote]


My guess is that it would be great anyway. I have a long 3/8 one also .... not quite 40 ft.. and am wishing for a 1/2 inch one. More surface area = more cooling potential, all thing being equal.

I tried it and it worked well. Didn't note how fast it chilled my wort, I'll do it next time!