Connecting immersion chiller frustration!

[biggtime]

Evening all. I'm beginning to get seriously frustrated with finding a way to effectively connect my immersion chiller to any tap in my house without it leaking in some way (which would mean water getting into the beer). I have this immersion chiller: http://www.easyhomebrew.co.uk/immchiller.aspx
Any suggestions? I haven't managed to find any means of getting a perfect fit, and as a result there is always water escaping from the feed-in tube to the chiller - not the exit tube, to be clear, as I know that is supposed to have water coming out of it :grin:
I'm not much of a dab-hand at DIY (as you can probably tell - I'm guessing this is easily solved if you know what you're doing) so suggestions/photos of other people's set-ups would be most welcome.

 

[danb]

Mine goes from microbore copper up to 15mm then I use a jg fitting with a stub of jg pipe then 1/2inch pipe clamped on there.

When not in use I just disconnect the jg connector to keep things tidy and doesn't leak either

 

[morethanworts]

If I understand correctly, then either a hose secured with hose clips like this here (though not that size), or...

...you could get a compression fit tap connector (EDIT 'male coupler') (10mm at the coil end, looking at your link, and 15 or 22mm thread at the other) and then a male quicklock hose fitting onto that to connect a normal garden hose female end. This way would mean a simple click on/off connection each use and is what I'm fitting to my build.

Check out the chiller How To and you'll get the idea, though it's more than you need.

 

[AndyBWood]

Hi BT,

I just use two stainless jubilee clips to clamp standard garden hosepipe onto my homemade coil of 10mm copper.

No doubt not the most 'engineered' solution but it works fine; no leaks.

Not the best photo but you can sort of see whats going on. (click on the image and it should bring up a biggish file to view)Copper pipe slides about 3 inches inside green tube and jubille clip secures. These are, however, nice marine quality clips which you can get a small socket on and really give them a good turn.

Cheers

A

 

[biggtime]

Hmm, bit worried even some of these suggestions are beyond my DIY scope. What I've got at the moment is a Hozelock Round Mixer Tap connector (http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st ... ber=163197) securely attached to a shower hose (that's had the shower head removed). The problem is that the Hozelock is too wide to fit into the tubing that came with the chiller. So is the suggestion that I use the hose end of a hose connector on the chiller to get a secure connection to the tap Hozelock? My only worry there is that the immersion chiller tubing is too narrow for a tight fit with a hose lock....

 

[JonnyD]

Unless you can connect the hose directly to your chiller (which would be ideal with hose clips - only takes a flat head screw driver to connect them) you are looking a a hose reducer. Annoying to say the least. If you're using normal garden hose, inside diameter 18mm if my memory is correct, you need a universal hose connector; something like this http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/cgi ... 67#a100167

Then use normal garden rose to this, then 10mm inside diameter hose to your immersion chiller. Make sure you use hose clips wherever possible. They are very easy to fit.

 

[biggtime]

In the end, I improvised on this occasion, as I wasn't going to get a chance to head out and buy more gear. For those who are interested, I'll try to post pictures - I just haven't worked out how to post pics to the forum yet!

 

[DirtyCaner]

My tap end unscrews and I have a 'faucet adaptor' (it came from America) that screws on this, no leakage even at fully open.

As a short term measure you could try tying a dishtowel round the the tap/hose join. Should minimise leakage and stop it running into beer. I did this when I misplaced my washer for the adaptor.

DirtyC

 

[nobyipa]

get quick release connections

cannot fault them

 

[nobyipa]

just noticed the chiller you have
here is a easy solution 4 you

buy
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pack-of-2-Cop ... 2581c5c150

choose the 15mm to 10mm option

bolt them to your 10mm pipe with some PTFE tape

from there you add a couple of lengths of 15mm copper pipe whatever suits your brewery

the 15mm copper pipe can be directly connected to a garden hose
heat the hose in boiling water and add a jubilee clip

or buy standard hose lock garden hose fittings etc
quick connects are more advisable

with quick connects you can hook up the chiller to your hot water supply i use another short length of hose to pre heat the chiller in the bath then carry the chiller from there to my brewery in the kitchen

this is the length i go to every brew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHjeUuPIyJ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSCuJXVYCpo