Built this a couple of weekends ago

[deevergote]

Ugh...see... that's why I didn't do it... because I don't know what i'm doing yet!

I wonder if the model fridge you used would fit in the space currently occupied by that countertop... how wide is it?

[phatdoughnut]

Ugh...see... that's why I didn't do it... because I don't know what i'm doing yet!

I wonder if the model fridge you used would fit in the space currently occupied by that countertop... how wide is it?

Each keg is 9in wide, and there is about 1.5 in on the walls. 21in wide? Im lazy and watching a movie right now.

Dude I literally read at work for 8hrs....... There was so much shit and some info was missing...

[deevergote]

i wonder how restaurants do their beer lines. i worked at Bennigan's, and they had like 16 different beers... all plumbed from the beer cooler about 50 yards away.

[phatdoughnut]

This is my price break down.

260 conversion kit-brother got it for me for my bday
234 for mini fridge shipped
116 bucks for two soda kegs plus plugs and shipping
610 with out the spare two kegs.

106 Ordered two more soda kegs to keep as back ups because the breweries take two days to fill them and I dont want down time.

But now that I have these kegs, I dont have to pay a deposit for the others.

This setup will also fit 1 1/6th barrel and 1 corny keg, if you want domestics brews, but at this point I have three micro brewries that will fill them.

Check this out

[pninja82]

Thats pretty bad ass! The coexist sticker is a nice touch! How long did you work on this,not counting plan time? I know someone who would love to take on a project like this and would probably wind up scouring every garage sale and craigslist ad for the supplies needed!

[WilliamW]

I've asked a local bar here in MO, they said they use the insulated gummy wrap that house air conditioners use to keep the lines cold. (it's good stuff)

With such a small fridge you gain an aspect of mobility. When the bars run 50' lines they are permanently in the location for the most part.

[phatdoughnut]

Thats pretty bad ass! The coexist sticker is a nice touch! How long did you work on this,not counting plan time? I know someone who would love to take on a project like this and would probably wind up scouring every garage sale and craigslist ad for the supplies needed!

I worked it for lets say four hours tops, because I Was scared to drill through it even though people posted where the cooling lines where. Then I had to wait two days to get the corny kegs filled.

One tip, dont buy a new CO2 bottle because they just take it in as a deposit and give you a filled bottle.. Well where I went anyways.... I saw my beutiful new bottle be taken away sigh


Ps I am dreading cleaning the lines...

[cbscandal]

I've asked a local bar here in MO, they said they use the insulated gummy wrap that house air conditioners use to keep the lines cold. (it's good stuff)

With such a small fridge you gain an aspect of mobility. When the bars run 50' lines they are permanently in the location for the most part.

Plus, the more lines you have, the easier they are to keep insulated. (Considering you run them all bundled together.) More lines=less surface area per line for heat transfer.

[phatdoughnut]

Plus, the more lines you have, the easier they are to keep insulated. (Considering you run them all bundled together.) More lines=less surface area per line for heat transfer.

Really? I would think that it would be the exact opposite. More surface area, more of them touching each other causing heat transfer?

[cbscandal]

Really? I would think that it would be the exact opposite. More surface area, more of them touching each other causing heat transfer?

Nope.
That's why water falls in spheres. (mostly) The surface tension of water keeps it in the shape that has the least surface area. Less surface area means less heat transfer and more insulation.

This would only be efficient if the beer was coming out of the kegs cold. If you had to cool the beer in the lines, then it would be just as hard to transfer the heat out of it, so it wouldn't work as well.