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Double Pipe Wort Chiller
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 9:44 pm
by Jayme
This article is in the next issue of BYO:
http://byo.com/stories/issue/item/2849- ... r-projects
I think it's a pretty cool idea. The ability to take it all apart is appealing to me. Plus, I think it would be a hell of a lot easier to built ultimately than a regular coiled CF chiller.
Re: Double Pipe Wort Chiller
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 9:55 pm
by mr x
I've thought about building something like that but out of copper. And a fair bit bigger.
Re: Double Pipe Wort Chiller
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:18 pm
by Jayme
With the inside being copper, what advantage would it be to make the exterior out of copper?
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Re: Double Pipe Wort Chiller
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:22 pm
by mr x
free
Re: Double Pipe Wort Chiller
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:45 pm
by Jayme
Hah touché salesman.
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Re: Double Pipe Wort Chiller
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:49 pm
by mr x
Also, I was thinking of having a continuous slope from start to finish, which is easier to do with copper, unless you made one long chiller, which I also considered...
Re: Double Pipe Wort Chiller
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 12:03 am
by Jayme
Sloping would be helpful.. It would be great to run it off gravity.
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Re: Double Pipe Wort Chiller
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 12:44 am
by jeffsmith
That article really caught my eye as well.
Re: Double Pipe Wort Chiller
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 7:50 am
by adams81
The idea of being able to mount it on a wall is pretty cool.
Re: Double Pipe Wort Chiller
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 8:03 am
by GuingesRock
How do you clean and sanitize those kind of things? and is it worth the trouble of doing that versus wort chiller. There are some, (no-chillers) who wouldn't understand something like that at all.
Only asking so I can consider my options in an informed way. It seems like a good idea, but I'm trying to get my head around it.
Re: Double Pipe Wort Chiller
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 8:25 am
by Jayme
My thought would be to visually look down the pipes and run a brush if need be. Also easier to build.
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Re: Double Pipe Wort Chiller
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 8:43 am
by mr x
I'd sanitize that the way I sanitize every other chiller I've had. Hot water/hot wort recirced to kettle before chilling. Can't beat heat....
Re: Double Pipe Wort Chiller
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 12:57 pm
by Jayme
I'm more thinking if you began having infection issues, it would be easy to take it apart and reassure yourself that it's not the chiller. I'm a visual type person. I get nervous when I can't look at things haha.
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Re: Double Pipe Wort Chiller
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:07 pm
by jason.loxton
Couldn't help but think this (posted by someone else earlier) is relevant here:
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Re: Double Pipe Wort Chiller
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:20 pm
by Jayme
It would be tricky to convert that I think. Plus copper has better heat transfer.
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Re: Double Pipe Wort Chiller
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:48 pm
by jason.loxton
Yeah. I looked up the thermal conductivity values of stainless vs. copper after posting. I was surprised. I knew copper was better, but not *that* much better.
Re: Double Pipe Wort Chiller
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 8:08 pm
by Jayme
Yeah it's a pretty poor conductor relatively speaking.
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