guyb
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I looked at the "How to" section for a wort chiller, and whilst I could have gone for a twin coil, I wasn't entirely sure my plumbing skills were upto the job in 10mm (although since I've improved considerably) - I made this about a month ago, and I could now quite confidently add a second coil.
I had some specific requirements,
With that in mind, here's the list of things that I needed:
10M of 10mm microbore copper pipe - £2.18 /metre
(I found the best price was a local plumbers merchants - at least £8 cheaper than Wickes, Screwfix etc, there were some merchants on line at roughly the same price, but £6.50 delivery)
1x 15mm to 1/2 BSP compression fitting - £1.59
(Screwfix - Product Code: 69358)
1x 10mm to 15mm Reducing Coupler compression fitting - £1.99
(Screwfix - Product Code: 51238
About 50mm (or thereabouts) of 15mm copper pipe to join the two compression fittings together (I had this hanging about)
1x B&Q Threaded Tap Connector (Hozelock style hosepipe fitting) £1.00
(B&Q's own value range - the blue one as per the picture)
1x silicone tubing off cut (I had this hanging around) - this will slip on post boil (so it doesn't burn during the last 15 mins of the boil).
Cost:
Microbore: £21.80
Fittings: £4.58
Total: £26.38 (tightwad Yorkshire price).
I coiled the microbore around an old stainless bread tin, you could use a demi john, or similar.
A couple of spanners and a bit of tightening - here's the finished article.
It won't win any awards in the aesthetics department, I may need to figure out how to keep the coils supported and evenly spaced - but it will do the job.
There's a reason the input and output's are quite wide apart, I'll post another picture later, but it's because there's a hop strainer that fit's between them (and under it), the weight of the chiller keeping it on the bottom of the boiler.
E&OE :rofl:
I had some specific requirements,
- these were to be as cheap as possible,
have a single length of pipe (no joins, no leaks),
be able to connect the water input to a hosepipe fitting,
not have any plastic fittings that would either melt or burn when hanging over the side of the boiler,
With that in mind, here's the list of things that I needed:
10M of 10mm microbore copper pipe - £2.18 /metre
(I found the best price was a local plumbers merchants - at least £8 cheaper than Wickes, Screwfix etc, there were some merchants on line at roughly the same price, but £6.50 delivery)
1x 15mm to 1/2 BSP compression fitting - £1.59
(Screwfix - Product Code: 69358)
1x 10mm to 15mm Reducing Coupler compression fitting - £1.99
(Screwfix - Product Code: 51238
About 50mm (or thereabouts) of 15mm copper pipe to join the two compression fittings together (I had this hanging about)
1x B&Q Threaded Tap Connector (Hozelock style hosepipe fitting) £1.00
(B&Q's own value range - the blue one as per the picture)
1x silicone tubing off cut (I had this hanging around) - this will slip on post boil (so it doesn't burn during the last 15 mins of the boil).
Cost:
Microbore: £21.80
Fittings: £4.58
Total: £26.38 (tightwad Yorkshire price).
I coiled the microbore around an old stainless bread tin, you could use a demi john, or similar.
A couple of spanners and a bit of tightening - here's the finished article.
It won't win any awards in the aesthetics department, I may need to figure out how to keep the coils supported and evenly spaced - but it will do the job.
There's a reason the input and output's are quite wide apart, I'll post another picture later, but it's because there's a hop strainer that fit's between them (and under it), the weight of the chiller keeping it on the bottom of the boiler.
E&OE :rofl:
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