Immersion chiller question

[Grist Licker]

Mathematically, the percentage difference is what matters (the differential equation gives an exponential curve for temperature change over time). Assuming for some scale your equillibrium temp is 0, it takes the same amount of time to cool from 200 to 100, as from 100 to 50. Changing equillibrium to 10 would increase the former by 8% and the latter by 17%.

I'm pretty sure I agree with you that at least on a homebrew scale, it doesn't really matter though

Did you just call me a retard?

[Chris_J]

Mathematically, the percentage difference is what matters (the differential equation gives an exponential curve for temperature change over time). Assuming for some scale your equillibrium temp is 0, it takes the same amount of time to cool from 200 to 100, as from 100 to 50. Changing equillibrium to 10 would increase the former by 8% and the latter by 17%.

I'm pretty sure I agree with you that at least on a homebrew scale, it doesn't really matter though

Did you just call me a retard?

I think he called you a slut

[Otterbrew]

I had to play with the connections also, but this was due to a leak as the ferrule was cocked during installation.

As for the performance, if you use a whirlpool, this really is a mute point. Keep the smaller one for a pre-chiller as mentioned earlier. I send my whirlpooling wort through my pre-chiller in an ice bath, and once my wort is below the tap water temp, I turn off the water source and let the wort going thru the pre-chiller do the rest of the cooling to lager temps. I works great if your pump doesn't mind the added restrictions of pammping thru the 25' of copper.

Enjoy,
-Greg