Immersion chiller design concept

Comment by martin w on August 7, 2010 at 9:41am

looks interesting but is it really necessary? mine was made wrapped around a corny and it drops 40 litres from boiling to pitching in under 20 minutes,i couldn't be bothered trying to fold that for an extra few minutes but thats me ;), good luck with it and let us know how it goes if you go through with it.

Comment by Reviled on August 7, 2010 at 10:25am

Looks like it could be pretty expensive too, alot of copper would go into something like that... I still think a whirlpool immersion chiller like Jo's would be more efficient..

Comment by DP on August 7, 2010 at 11:18am

True, true. I'm managing to get down to 20deg in just over 10 minutes with the temperature of the water and air these days and I'm not going to spring for the copper when I've already got a working solution but, you know, it's nice to dream. Bigger, better, faster, stronger and all that. :)

It's been kind of bugging me that all my copper coils are sitting one on top of the other which must decrease their efficiency by building up a buffer of cool wort and not allowing the wort to run as freely when I move the IC around or stir the wort in the centre of it.

This is more an exercise in needless excessive fantasy but it was more fun than watching that crap that was on telly last night!

Comment by studio1 on August 7, 2010 at 1:03pm

i like it!

Comment by jt on August 7, 2010 at 2:56pm

Looks like clover to me - reckon you can do a 4 leaf one ?

Comment by Nick T on August 7, 2010 at 3:44pm

good for cooling stout, to be sure.

Comment by Craig on August 7, 2010 at 4:38pm

Looks very cool. Would need to make a pretty clever jig to bend that fella up.

Comment by Stu McKinlay on August 7, 2010 at 9:53pm

Mate, I'd put it on my wall rather than use it to chill anything... beautiful!

Comment by Mark on August 15, 2010 at 12:13am

This is a thing of beauty! Hope you get to make it

Comment by Sam Anderson on July 25, 2011 at 7:24pm

thats a rocking chiller! I like it!

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