Any coolers that fit a 5g keg? - Page 2

Glibbidy · 11-07-2006, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ian

would it fit two cornies vertically? I haven't seen any that are that tall.

Only if the cooler were stored on it's side.

ian · 11-07-2006, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by glibbidy

Only if the cooler were stored on it's side.

Good point. Turn it into a cooler closet.

**JimiGibbs** · 11-07-2006, 08:25 PM

This is not a cooler but I saw it and though it was a pretty cool idea ... May get the creative juices flowing.

http://kotmf.com/articles/pkegerator.php

http://kotmf.com/photos/v/MiscBrewingProjects/PortableKegerator/100_0744.JPG.html

ian · 11-07-2006, 08:34 PM

Yep, that is very cool. I wonder what his price ended up being.

Jimi, did anyone ever tell you that you look just like Jerry Garcia?

Cheesefood · 11-07-2006, 08:40 PM

How about lining a trashcan with the pink foam insulation and filling it with ice?

Igorstien · 11-07-2006, 11:44 PM

I've used a coleman brand cooler, and put the keg on it's side. I do have pinlocks so it is a bit shorter.....Work really well...Once I remembered to put the gas in on the up side.....heheh...whoops....

IGOR

dougjones31 · 11-08-2006, 07:41 PM

Sorry, I have been away for a while.

Kegs are a tad over 8 inches so a 12 inch pipe leaves 2 inches all around the keg. That is plenty of room for ice. Especially when you add ice cold salt water as a buffer....and your keg is already cold. It will stay cool for hours at a tme.

Yes.... you could use 18" Pipe and then put that inside a 20" pipe and use spray insulation in between the 2 pipes. The 18 inch inside would give you much more room and would extend the cooling time, but the cost would go up drastically. Try pricing 18"-24" pipe!

Oh crap.....Sometimes I am just plain brilliant. If you want to use pipe larger than 12 inches, it will be cheaper to split sections of 12 inch pipe and put 3 pieces together which would increase the inside diameter. You can glue the pieces together. 12" pipe is way cheaper than bigger pipe. You can then use this same splitting technique to make the outside pipe so that you can insulate between the two.

I did get my pipe for free......They were putting in a new water line by my house and I got the guys to give me their scrap pieces. They even gave me some caps to cap the ends. The screw type caps are great! Easy to get in and out of the cooler. I just drilled 2 holes in the cap for the gas and liquid lines.

homebrewer_99 · 11-08-2006, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by olllllo

...the ideal is to get a self contained unit with wheels...

how about mounting it on a hand truck with bungie cords...

**olllllo** · 11-08-2006, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by homebrewer_99

how about mounting it on a hand truck with bungie cords...

And it has to be blue and have lights and speech recognition.
I'll be weighing all of the offered suggestions.

What's your take on this Omar. I kind of jacked the thread.