leondz
Regular.
I'm planning something really similar to MD's chiller:
I'll use two coils of 10mm microbore, set up like this - not being a plumber I can't help but think that this design would lead to a higher pressure in the inner coil, seeing as it's straight over the tee from the water inlet - would that cause any problems? Anyway it looks like a really sound design for some rapid cooling.
However this idea, to me, seems unusual - http://www.instructables.com/id/S1N2BF3FYTCMAXR/
Making a counterflow but using a cooler box to contain the surrounding cold material. Surely you want as much heat dissipation as possible, not to retain all the heat absorbed from wort? Might be a good idea if the ambient temperature is over 30 I suppose - anyone care to correct my physics?
Taking lessons from a childhood visit to Hinckley Point, I was thinking of going with (eventually) a chiller that took water via a pump from the bottom of an open container, and sprayed warmed water back into the top of the container, thus allowing air cooling and massively shrinking water usage. Could that work?
Thanks for looking!
I'll use two coils of 10mm microbore, set up like this - not being a plumber I can't help but think that this design would lead to a higher pressure in the inner coil, seeing as it's straight over the tee from the water inlet - would that cause any problems? Anyway it looks like a really sound design for some rapid cooling.
However this idea, to me, seems unusual - http://www.instructables.com/id/S1N2BF3FYTCMAXR/
Making a counterflow but using a cooler box to contain the surrounding cold material. Surely you want as much heat dissipation as possible, not to retain all the heat absorbed from wort? Might be a good idea if the ambient temperature is over 30 I suppose - anyone care to correct my physics?
Taking lessons from a childhood visit to Hinckley Point, I was thinking of going with (eventually) a chiller that took water via a pump from the bottom of an open container, and sprayed warmed water back into the top of the container, thus allowing air cooling and massively shrinking water usage. Could that work?
Thanks for looking!