Stainless steel herms coil pre fabricated

Does anyone know where I could get a pre made hermes coil about 2 metres long as I don't have pipe benders or tools for stainless steel

[graysalchemy]

why not use copper?

Homebrew builder sells them not cheap but quality

Its not suitable for using star San with and its not shiny but I could always use another sanitizer and I already have the tools for copper bending.
Think also it has better heat transfer than stainless

Will have to think on this just wanted a we bit of advice I have used homebrew builder before and he's fine just thinking of a herms for next year.

[Jeltz]

quite a few on ali express such as http://www.aliexpress.com/item/50-Stain ... 9.9.nxCI2X

Thanks everyone for all the great input on this has given me a lot to think about

If its shiny you want then it has to be shiny, but you don't need to use starsan for a HERMs coil cos you will be boiling the wort after. In my HERMs days just used to run some oxi through and then a good rinse. I might be missing something.
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[graysalchemy]

My thoughts exactly springer their is no need to sanitise it as it is pre boil, I have never sanitised a mash tun.

As for it not being shiney it's going to be inside a pot so who will see it.

10mm copper pipe is simple to make a coil we have made a few just wrapped around a keg on the carpet

[graysalchemy]

Better heat transfer in copper that stainless as well.

Thanks again lads copper it is then

Well you can get seamless stainless steel pipe from a steel stockist. comes in metric 6,8,10,12,mm and it bends without kinking. Next time you visit a shopping centre or train station you will notice 1 metre polls set along where you are walking. They make great pipe bending poles when 2 people walk opposite each other twisting the pipe around them ,or so I'm told

As starsans acid based.coppers a.soft alloy so not compatible with acids got it on star San website

Like already discussed no need to sterilise anything pretty boil. Videne works well on copper as it's iodine based

The topic is about a herms coil which never gets boiled???? Herms coils don't need sterilising as it the wort just flows through them for the duration of the mash. Prior to boiling. I think there's confusion about the herms here. It's not a chiller

The topic is about herms coils and what materials,could be used copper can be used both as a herms and also if wanted a wort cooler which gets boiled in the wort the last 15 mins to sanitize.
I understand all the concepts of herms as the coil is used to maintain a temperature when wort moves through the inside of the coil and recalculated through your mash tun.
Thermos pot is in turn controlled by a pid and relay sensors are used by pid to monitor and maintain a set temp by cylcling herms pot element on and off.

There are links for star San somewhere on the forum I would post but limited to my kindle at the moment.

As,with all chemicals care has to be taken as star San can also harm kitchen worktops due to acid . Trust me I learned the hard way.
Viodene seems a good option especially if I do make a herms and the coils been laying dormant for months and want to sanitize it.
Just in case some mould or yeast gets in their or circulate hot water through it
I think most of the time as most have pointed out a herms coil doesn't need sanitized as the wort gets boiled anyway but it's personal preforance at the end of the day.
Will build a herms pot next year as would like to do a stepped mash but I will not be doing so without consulting other members on here first As I don't want or

But why sanitize a herms oh dear!!!!! I can understand cleaning with oxy which I have done but there's no need to sterilise /sanitize it whatsoever

Hi Mark sorry about this I understand fully what your pointing out just trying to point things out as to if you wished to sanitize something copper that's all. I have used oxi clean on my wort chiller works fine but rusted the jubilee clips

Herms what pump would you recommend I only do 23 litre batches