phillc
Regular.
A while ago I bought a wort plate chiller from China, via the Alibaba website.
Yesterday was the first time I had a chance to use it. My wort temperature went from 96C to 26C in a touch under 20 minutes. I was quite impressed with this efficiency. Next time I'd consider immersing the plate chiller in a tub of iced water as well, in a bid to reduce the amount of cooling water used.
I captured all the cooling water, to re-use for cleaning purposes, but there was around 60 litres of it. Has anyone measured how much water they'd typically use with a coil chiller?
Actually, I had to buy five of these as a minimum order. I also bought 25 each of the two different size screw-on bayonet connectors. If anyone here is interested in one of these coolers, I have four I'd happily part with! Send me a PM to discuss (I'm in Austria and these are quite heavy, so there's postage to consider).
Yesterday was the first time I had a chance to use it. My wort temperature went from 96C to 26C in a touch under 20 minutes. I was quite impressed with this efficiency. Next time I'd consider immersing the plate chiller in a tub of iced water as well, in a bid to reduce the amount of cooling water used.
I captured all the cooling water, to re-use for cleaning purposes, but there was around 60 litres of it. Has anyone measured how much water they'd typically use with a coil chiller?
Actually, I had to buy five of these as a minimum order. I also bought 25 each of the two different size screw-on bayonet connectors. If anyone here is interested in one of these coolers, I have four I'd happily part with! Send me a PM to discuss (I'm in Austria and these are quite heavy, so there's postage to consider).