"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Steven Hay" <hays@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> > Ok guys and gals... I've been trying to design an immersion chiller
> > that will cut my cooldown rate by a factor of 3. Right now, I immerse
> > the pot in another larger pot and fill that outer area with cold water
> > and allow it to flow. Here's where I'm at. Right now, I estimate I've
> > improved about 63%. I'd like any suggestions:[/color]
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> You put way too much work into it :)
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> Buy 50' of 3/8" copper tubing. Wrap it tightly around an empty cornelius
> keg. Put 3/8" hose on each end (bend ends so they are vertical and and[/color]
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> stick out of the kettle) and clamp it. Put the coils in your kettle and
> vertically expand so that the top end of the coil is just below the level[/color]
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> your cooling wort.
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> That's it.
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> Tom Veldhouse
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Yeah, and don't even think it's going to stay nice and pretty looking. It
won't! That's one of the good things about it. You can twist, turn,
squish, or stretch it, as you see fit, during use or cleaning. Still works.
It's all about function. They is ugly things.
Ken