Chilling my condenser water.

[Spud1]

I'm using a 1/4 barrel for a boiler. Planning on running 3 to 6 gallons of wash at a time.

Was hoping to use a 1/2 barrel of cooling water. Will run the cooling water through an old AC condenser that is mounted on a 36 inch shop fan.

My questions will I have to keep adding cool water or will the fan and condenser setup keep the water cool enough? I plan on only running this in the winter. 60f or less.

Thanks in advance for the advice.

[Braz]

Just a guess but I'd think you'd be OK with the A/C condenser setup.

[Bushman]

I've seen this type set up used in the past, my saying is a 1 test is worth a thousand opinions so why not run it and find out shouldn't be to hard to change water when needed!

[midcarolina]

Several other factors come in to play also....... will you be doing strip runs or spirit runs
How fast you pump the water through the coil makes a difference in the efficiency of the coil to

It would be pretty easy to do a test run without alc to see how it performs, then you could fix any potential issues before your actual run...........

[Maritimer]

Hi spudder,

I've got a similar setup. You should not have any problems.

M

[Spud1]

It works fine. Didn't have to change the water. Cooling water stayed right around 70 degrees.