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Originally posted by MikeTLive
lookin at old posts...
What about drillin a pair of holes in the side of an old fridge, and patching a line from near bottom of your tank, into the fridge and through a few horizontal loops of copper pipe, then back out the fridge and into the tank near the top.
once primed, the water should circulate on its own as the warm water is drawn in, cools, and drops into the lower port on your tank.
make the heat transfer more efficient by submerging the coiils in a closed 5gal water bucket.
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Yeah know,I've been eyein an old chiller @ work I think it might be mine.My Boss has been talking about an upgrade & he might toss the older one out!
It's pretty nice,it's a closed system,rated for 200 gallons it has temp settings that are tried & true.
I never put my tank in the ground,but what I could do is wrap the drum with a hot water tank wrap style insulation or wrap the drum with R-13 or higher rating insulation.
I like your idea but, can't spare any room in the fridge for NON-BEER ITEMS!!!!!Hummmmmmmmmmmmm beer!
It'll be a long winter,let's see what creativity comes from it.
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