WildaYeast
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Hi All,
Just wanted to share a pic of my new whirlpool immersion chiller.
Got the 18m of 1/2" copper from Sammus who posted it for sale last week. Arrived in the post today and a mate at work helped me twist it up. Used the B3 Superchiller as the basic design (which should suit my converted 50 L kettle) and added JZ's immersion component per Mr Malty.
My coil diamater is a bit smaller than the B3 because that's what I had to wrap around, which makes it a bit higher, so I haven't left quite as much of a gap at the bottom. However, have left some as I figure it will help provide room for trub to settle in the middle.
Have put the whirlpool pipe on the outside, and at the bottom, versus Jamil's being high and on the inside. Not sure that either is better, but I have the room to go on the outside as my kettle opening is larger than my coil diameter and just figured I'd try it on the bottom, which makes it longer and I can always cut some off later. May have a harder time starting a good whirlpool towards the bottom, but we'll see.
I just need some fittings and a pump. Will try to get the former this arvo so I can give it a go this weekend. The latter is down the road, but I figure I can try it without the whirlpool first and time the temperature decrease, then compare later to see the effect of the whirlpool.
Cheers, Brian
Just wanted to share a pic of my new whirlpool immersion chiller.
Got the 18m of 1/2" copper from Sammus who posted it for sale last week. Arrived in the post today and a mate at work helped me twist it up. Used the B3 Superchiller as the basic design (which should suit my converted 50 L kettle) and added JZ's immersion component per Mr Malty.
My coil diamater is a bit smaller than the B3 because that's what I had to wrap around, which makes it a bit higher, so I haven't left quite as much of a gap at the bottom. However, have left some as I figure it will help provide room for trub to settle in the middle.
Have put the whirlpool pipe on the outside, and at the bottom, versus Jamil's being high and on the inside. Not sure that either is better, but I have the room to go on the outside as my kettle opening is larger than my coil diameter and just figured I'd try it on the bottom, which makes it longer and I can always cut some off later. May have a harder time starting a good whirlpool towards the bottom, but we'll see.
I just need some fittings and a pump. Will try to get the former this arvo so I can give it a go this weekend. The latter is down the road, but I figure I can try it without the whirlpool first and time the temperature decrease, then compare later to see the effect of the whirlpool.
Cheers, Brian