Ditched the Brupaks Chiller

[TartanSpecial]

I had major leakage problems yesterday with the brupaks immersion chiller (that I reviewed the other day) at the hose connection so got 10metres microbore 10mm copper pipe at Wickes for �£21 and spent 15 minutes bending it using a saucepan as a former. The ends that connect to the hosepipe will dangle over the edge of the boiler so even if there is a leak it will not go into the wort. Additionally, the old chiller (on the left) was approx 6.5mtrs of tube whereas the new one is 10metres, so I should get a quicker cool. OK its not as neat but...function over neatness.

 

[BeerCat]

Good job Tartan. Looks neater than mine. I would email them this link and ask for a refund. It's obvious they need a hook on for rats sake. :)

 

[TartanSpecial]

The new version on the brupaks site now has hooks....no idea why the old version didn't.

 

[GHW]

Couldn't you have just bent the ends of the Brupaks one over and attach new hose?

Good job though.

 

[TartanSpecial]

Couldn't you have just bent the ends of the Brupaks one over and attach new hose?
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The chiller is a bit too short to do that, but I was looking at putting a couple of elbow joints on it and extend each side by 6-12 inches but v short lengths of 10mm copper were going to work out at £4 or£5 (e-bay) plus £2 for the elbow joints, so I thought, why not just spend £21 and have a much more efficient chiller with no solder joints...

 

[GHW]

The chiller is a bit too short to do that, but I was looking at putting a couple of elbow joints on it and extend each side by 6-12 inches but v short lengths of 10mm copper were going to work out at �£4 or�£5 (e-bay) plus �£2 for the elbow joints, so I thought, why not just spend �£21 and have a much more efficient chiller with no solder joints...

Fair do. Plus of course it's fun to make one.