homebrewkid
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Ive had a coil of 1/4" copper laying around for years and years, wondering what i should do with it, after a bit of googleing i discovered that some people have successfully made an immersion chiller from 1/4" copper, not ideal i know but it was free and thats important to me.
I have no idea how long the coil was, it originally started lofe as a 60metre roll, there was probably 20m or so left and i used it all.
I had to buy some 6mm pvc hose from bunnings and a couple of hose fittings, but only because I wanted it to be all new.
I wrapped the copper around a corny keg, pretty easy to do and i didn't bother making it tight, there was no need it fits in my keggle fine.
I gave it a soak in starsan to clean it up and it came out nice and shiny.
I used 5mm beer line clips to hold the hose on the copper and on the 6mm barb to male tap adapter, i had to make a short dual female ended hose to be able to plug it into the tap.
I managed to get a flow rate of about 1.5 litres in about 30 seconds, id say it will work well.
Cheers.
I have no idea how long the coil was, it originally started lofe as a 60metre roll, there was probably 20m or so left and i used it all.
I had to buy some 6mm pvc hose from bunnings and a couple of hose fittings, but only because I wanted it to be all new.
I wrapped the copper around a corny keg, pretty easy to do and i didn't bother making it tight, there was no need it fits in my keggle fine.
I gave it a soak in starsan to clean it up and it came out nice and shiny.
I used 5mm beer line clips to hold the hose on the copper and on the 6mm barb to male tap adapter, i had to make a short dual female ended hose to be able to plug it into the tap.
I managed to get a flow rate of about 1.5 litres in about 30 seconds, id say it will work well.
Cheers.







