Northern Brewer 18-Foot Stainless Counterflow Chiller
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FERRODAY 40-Plate Brazed Wort Chiller
A compact external heat exchanger with separate wort and water ports, rather than an open immersion coil.
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The equipment in use
How this item fits your brewing setup
This FERRODAY unit sends wort and cooling water through separate passages in a stack of 40 brazed plates. Choose it for an external cooling layout where you can provide wort-side plumbing, cooling water and a suitable cleaning routine. It is not a coil that simply sits in the kettle.
The selected port version is 1/2 NPT and 3/4 NPT. The marked wort ports use 1/2 NPT and water ports 3/4 NPT. Match the actual hose fittings to the thread type, rather than assuming every connector described as 3/4 in will fit. The use photo explicitly says the loose fittings are not included.
The plates are specified as 304 stainless with copper brazing. The body cannot be taken apart for cleaning, which is an important difference from an accessible immersion surface. The supplier calls for a filter upstream to keep grain and hop residue out and excludes viscous liquids.
The cleaning guidance calls for flushing, an appropriate cleaning procedure, clear-water rinsing and drying before storage. No cleaning chemical, concentration or pump is supplied. Compare the Northern Brewer counterflow unit for a different internal passage format, or an immersion coil when direct access to the wort-contact surface is more useful than the compact external body.
The selected reference
Specifications & supplied details
- Brand
- FERRODAY
- Selected version
- 40 plates,1/2 NPT and 3/4 NPT ports
- Plate material specification
- 304 stainless steel
- Brazing material specification
- Copper
- Marked wort ports
- 1/2 NPT
- Marked water ports
- 3/4 NPT
- Construction
- Brazed, not disassembled for cleaning
Before and during use
Advice for this reference
Before you choose
Plan upstream filtration, exact thread connections and internal cleaning access as part of the purchase.
Also check
Provide the required hoses, fittings and transfer arrangement separately.
Documented use & care
Supplier guidance: flush after use, follow the cleaning procedure, rinse with clean water and dry before storage.
The body label says not to allow liquid to freeze inside; drain and follow the supplied storage instructions.
Connections & scope
Fit and useful limits
- No loose fittings, hoses, pump, cleaner, fixed cooling time, oxidation prevention or contamination-free result established.
- No unqualified working-pressure or temperature envelope adopted from the gallery; no universal brewing-system fit.
Questions about this product
What else should you know?
Can I open the plate stack to scrub it?
No. The supplier identifies the brazed unit as not disassembled for cleaning; plan an internal flushing and cleaning routine.
Are the hose adapters in the use illustration included?
The illustration explicitly says fittings are not included. Match and supply the actual connectors needed for your setup.
Can I send grain or thick liquids straight through it?
The supplier calls for filtering grain and hop residue upstream and says the unit is not for viscous liquids.
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