Whirlpool wort chilling

[mexican]

At the moment I'm still a little undecided as to whether its worth enduring SWMBO's wraith if I now go and buy a March pump.

push the envelope mate

Well, I did.

Ordered a March pump today. I spent ages mucking around with the aquarium pump trying to stop the minor leaks and got fed up. I'll probably use it elsewhere but the March will get most use.

I've now got a couple of weeks to come up with an excuse for getting it as I wait until the pump arrives. The supplier has had a run on them (end of financial year).

mexican

[jamilz]

You can use the aquarium pump to push ice water through the IC, which is what I do.

I first use just tap water, then I switch to recirculating ice water through the chiller and back into a bucket. This allows me to get to lager pitching temps even in the heat of summer (100F +).

[BDogD]

I mild swirling is what I achieved with my new March pump the first time I used it (no vortex). My pickup tube was probably constricting flow some though (copper tubing & SS scrubby near the edge of the keg kettle) with a pileup of whole hops on the scrubby. I have a whole bunch of leaf hops to use up, but this weekend I'll be using just pellets in order to test the system further.

It did cool pretty well though.

[mexican]

You can use the aquarium pump to push ice water through the IC, which is what I do.

I first use just tap water, then I switch to recirculating ice water through the chiller and back into a bucket. This allows me to get to lager pitching temps even in the heat of summer (100F +).

Not sure if I'll need ice at the moment. Our tap water is running at around 12C now. Summer will be a little different though.

mexican

[Ozbrewer]

I just got my self a ripper litt plate chiller from http://www.mashmaster.com.au/, im going to pre chill my water with it, pump ice water in it and pass the cooling water into the other side, the tap water here right now is about 20 deg c

eventually ill have glycol set up for the pre chiller into the whirlpool chiller

[mexican]

G'Day oz,

I just got my self a ripper litt plate chiller from http://www.mashmaster.com.au/, im going to pre chill my water with it, pump ice water in it and pass the cooling water into the other side, the tap water here right now is about 20 deg c

eventually ill have glycol set up for the pre chiller into the whirlpool chiller

So you're going to chill the 20degC water via the chiler then pass that through the IC, yes ?

I've got one of the mashmaster digital temp controllers. Fantastic little gadget. Bloody tiny little thing and the price just can't be beaten. Highy recommended.

mexican