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 ==== Immersion Chiller ====
-An immersion chiller is simply a coil of copper pipe.  Common lengths are 25' or 50' of 3/8" or 1/2" flexible copper tubing.  The tubing is wrapped around a [[equipment:cornelius keg|corny keg]] or paint can to form a coil, and bent to provide an inlet and outlet at the top.  The entire coil is placed into the brew kettle, and then cold water is fed through the chiller.
+An immersion chiller is simply a coil of copper pipe.  Common lengths are 25' or 50' of 3/8" or 1/2" flexible, soft copper tubing.  The tubing should be thin, either type M or type DWV (wall thickness in the .02 - .03 range).  The tubing is wrapped around a [[equipment:cornelius keg|corny keg]] or paint can to form a coil, and bent to provide an inlet and outlet at the top.  The entire coil is placed into the brew kettle, and then cold water is fed through the chiller.
 Water can be fed by connecting to a sink, garden hose, or pump.  The water can be chilled additionally by using a prechiller, which is a second coil of pipe placed into ice water.  Water flows out of your hose, into the prechiller, into the wort chiller, then out to a drain.