Hi all, I recently started using my new plate chiller from Mr Lard and after reading a few posts here about different ways of cleaning & sterilising a plate chiller I decided to have a go at fashioning a cleaning system using my Solar Pump. I have been running the hot water from cooling my wort through the plate chiller to clean out any hops & trub caught in the plate chiller. So I decided that I needed a vessel to hold the steriliser or boiling water which will prime my solar pump and then recirculate through my plate chiller and back to the vessel holding the liquid.
So I came up with this which I can use to run 2 kettles full of boiling water through to shift any left over wort, or Videne solution to sterilise the plate chiller
Cleaning plate chiller
http://youtu.be/SXMvAu1r09w
Cleaning sterilising plate chiller ! Came up with this
Cleaning sterilising plate chiller ! Came up with this
FV No 1: Nowt
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Pressure Barrel No 1: Nowt
Conditioning: Nowt
Drinking: Nowt
Planning:
Yeast Bank: SafAle S04, Youngs Cider Yeast.
FV No 2: Nowt
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Pressure Barrel No 1: Nowt
Conditioning: Nowt
Drinking: Nowt
Planning:
Yeast Bank: SafAle S04, Youngs Cider Yeast.
Re: Cleaning sterilising plate chiller ! Came up with this
I do the same thing but use my under back as the vessel, have found it works a treat left to its own devices for half an hour while I clean the boiler out .
I buy my grain & hops from here http://www.homebrewkent.co.uk/
I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me - Winston Churchill
I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me - Winston Churchill
Re: Cleaning sterilising plate chiller ! Came up with this
Yeah it's a lot less water & hassle to just set this up and boil the kettle twice & set it away for 10 mins
Cheers DC
Cheers DC
FV No 1: Nowt
FV No 2: Nowt
FV No 3: Nowt
FV No 4: Nowt
Pressure Barrel No 1: Nowt
Conditioning: Nowt
Drinking: Nowt
Planning:
Yeast Bank: SafAle S04, Youngs Cider Yeast.
FV No 2: Nowt
FV No 3: Nowt
FV No 4: Nowt
Pressure Barrel No 1: Nowt
Conditioning: Nowt
Drinking: Nowt
Planning:
Yeast Bank: SafAle S04, Youngs Cider Yeast.
Re: Cleaning sterilising plate chiller ! Came up with this
You might want to think about reversing the flow too, might dislodge some extra gunk.