ODDBALL
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I am going to make an immersion chiller this weekend and am looking for some information on the best size of copper pipe to use and the optimum design for use in a 20L pot.
I have the famous BigW $20 pot and am going to build something that will (ideally) bring the temp down below 25C within 10-15 minutes. I am probably going to build two copper coils to achieve this, the second one will be placed in a bucket of ice slurry as a pre chiller to bring down the tepid tap water temperature.
While I am at it I would like to know how you guys who have made one clean it and keep it clean between uses. As it is something that only gets used for maybe 15 minutes maybe once a fortnight/month when brewing how do you keep it sanatised? After bringing it out of the sweet sticky wort it must take a bit of cleaning?
Finally, would Bunnings be worth trying for the pipe? or would somewhere else be more competitive on price?
I have the famous BigW $20 pot and am going to build something that will (ideally) bring the temp down below 25C within 10-15 minutes. I am probably going to build two copper coils to achieve this, the second one will be placed in a bucket of ice slurry as a pre chiller to bring down the tepid tap water temperature.
While I am at it I would like to know how you guys who have made one clean it and keep it clean between uses. As it is something that only gets used for maybe 15 minutes maybe once a fortnight/month when brewing how do you keep it sanatised? After bringing it out of the sweet sticky wort it must take a bit of cleaning?
Finally, would Bunnings be worth trying for the pipe? or would somewhere else be more competitive on price?