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07-21-2008, 04:15 AM
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Hose Sense?
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Why is gas hose very thin wall, and the Beer Line very thick wall? Doesn't make any sense! The gas side could see pressure up to 30 or so PSI when quick carbing, the beer line sees what 12?
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07-21-2008, 04:17 AM
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My gas hose is pretty damn thick, don't know what kind you have.
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07-21-2008, 04:18 AM
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My gas hose has a reinforcing fibre within it to provide strenght, the beer line does not.
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07-21-2008, 04:28 AM
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This is from Austin Home Brew web site.
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This thick wall beer line hose has an inner diameter of 3/16" and an outer diameter of 7/16." The hose is clear,
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This thin wall air line hose has an inner diameter of 1/4" and an outer diameter of 3/8." The hose is clear and flexible and will easily fit any 1/4" disconnect or fitting. It is primarily used for the gas side in most homebrew kegging systems.
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07-21-2008, 12:38 PM
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Well, the beerline is thickwall just for the purpose creating backpressure for balancing. The gas line doesn't have to be and 1/4" ID is much more common and thus cheaper. The pressure inside both lines is exactly the same (if you put 30psi on the reg, the beerline sees it too).
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07-21-2008, 12:40 PM
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Well, the beerline is thickwall just for the purpose creating backpressure for balancing. The gas line doesn't have to be and 1/4" ID is much more common and thus cheaper. The pressure inside both lines is exactly the same (if you put 30psi on the reg, the beerline sees it too).
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...only if you've got the liquid disconnect hooked up during force-carbing.
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07-21-2008, 01:08 PM
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Quote:
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Well, the beerline is thickwall just for the purpose creating backpressure for balancing. The gas line doesn't have to be and 1/4" ID is much more common and thus cheaper. The pressure inside both lines is exactly the same (if you put 30psi on the reg, the beerline sees it too).
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...only if you've got the liquid disconnect hooked up during force-carbing.
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07-21-2008, 03:30 PM
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Duh, obviously there's only pressure on the beer line if it's hooked up ;-)
MMB, you could have even 100 feet of beerline on the keg and the pressure should be the same. It provides resistance to flow when the faucet is open but if you put a pressure gauge on the end of the 100' of line with the system closed, it should read exactly the same as the input regulator (given a short time to equalize). The one caveat to that would be a drop from head pressure due to elevation.
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07-21-2008, 04:02 PM
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I use the same line for both gas and liquid. I just don;t see the point in having two different line types when one will work for both.
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07-21-2008, 05:59 PM
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It's just that the gas barbs are usually 5/16 or even 3/8" and 3/16ths doesn't really fit too well.
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