TRXnMe
Landlord.
I've been doing a bit of thinking, yes, that's the odd noise you've been hearing 
To my way of thinking a counterflow wort chiller is simply a heat exchanger, now looking at eBay I can see half a dozen of them, secondhand, for about a third the cost the parts to build a counterflow chiller..
So, has anyone used one? Are there any drawbacks using them?
The ones I'm looking at are usually in the 750 ~ 1,000 watt capacity bracket for around £20 with the fittings.
I'm thinking get two, link them together in series and voila, counter flow wort chiller without all the floppy pipework needing a box.
I'm assuming the things are copper or stainless, or they'd go rusty in use (I'll check before buying) so they should be reasonably easy to clean out after use :)
To my way of thinking a counterflow wort chiller is simply a heat exchanger, now looking at eBay I can see half a dozen of them, secondhand, for about a third the cost the parts to build a counterflow chiller..
So, has anyone used one? Are there any drawbacks using them?
The ones I'm looking at are usually in the 750 ~ 1,000 watt capacity bracket for around £20 with the fittings.
I'm thinking get two, link them together in series and voila, counter flow wort chiller without all the floppy pipework needing a box.
I'm assuming the things are copper or stainless, or they'd go rusty in use (I'll check before buying) so they should be reasonably easy to clean out after use :)
